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Henningsson makes history

Oskar Henningsson with his Q-School trophy

Oskar Henningsson with his Q-School trophy

Swede Oskar Henningsson has became the first man ever to come through all three stages of Q-School and win the Final.

While rising English stars Danny Willett and Chris Wood both finished in the top-five to seal one of the 32 2009 tour cards up fro grabs here, Henningsson closed with a 69 for an impressive 21-under-par total and four-shot win over Australian Wade Ormsby and Spain's Carlos Del Moral.

Henningsson, who led for five of the six rounds, became the first player to come through stages one and two of the qualifying school and go on to win the 108-hole final.

"To be the first guy to win coming through all three stages is a great achievement and it will give me a lot of confidence going into the new season," said the 23-year-old Swede, who picked up a cheque for £15,000.

"It's been my goal for the season to get on tour and I feel well prepared to go out on the main circuit and make an impression."

Yorkshire rookie Willett, the former world amateur number one, signed off with a two-under 70 to seize the fourth card and give his fledgling professional career an early lift.

"It feels good, very good," said Willett, who underlined his potential earlier this year when he shared 10th place as an amateur in the Spanish Open.

"It's been a bit scrappy over the past two days but I've got myself a European Tour card, which is what I came here for."

Willett finished just ahead of countryman Wood who ended a stellar season, in which he finished fifth as an amateur in the Open at Birkdale, on a high.

"I've worked really hard for this so I feel like I deserve everything I've achieved, but this does cap a pretty amazing year for me," said the 20-year-old.

Former Ryder Cup players Joakim Haeggman and Andrew Coltart will both return to the main tour in 2009 after qualifying comfortably.

Scottish amateur Callum Macaulay, who will now turn professional, capped a season of achievement which has included success in his national amateur championship and a gold medal at the World Team championship, by also capturing a tour card.

ALL THE 5TH AND FINAL ROUND SCORES

409 Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 66 66 65 74 69 69

413 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 66 75 64 71 69 68, Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 72 67 66 70 67 71

414 Danny Willett (Eng) 70 67 63 70 74 70

415 Chris Wood (Eng) 72 66 69 71 69 68, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 70 67 70 71 69 68

416 Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 69 66 67 71 74 69

417 Michael Hoey (NIrl) 68 69 71 72 70 67

418 Ake Nilsson (Swe) 71 67 68 66 76 70, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 71 67 66 69 72 73

419 Gary Clark (Eng) 70 70 70 68 72 69

420 Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 78 67 72 67 67 69, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 71 71 66 72 69 71, Andrew Coltart (Sco) 71 69 67 71 69 73

421 Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 72 68 69 71 70, Chris Doak (Sco) 75 72 71 62 71 70, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 73 66 69 70 73 70, David Drysdale (Sco) 68 71 67 70 72 73, Matthew Millar (Aus) 74 69 69 65 70 74

422 Michael Curtain (Aus) 67 77 71 69 69 69, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 66 71 69 73 74 69, Marco Ruiz (Par) 66 75 65 75 71 70, Callum Macaulay (Sco) 71 67 72 69 71 72

423 John Mellor (Eng) 68 75 69 72 71 68, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 68 72 68 74 70 71, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 68 70 72 71 71 71, Stuart Manley (Wal) 67 73 67 72 73 71, Branden Grace (Rsa) 66 69 70 72 73 73

424 Federico Colombo (Ita) 68 67 76 70 73 70, Santiago Luna (Spa) 70 74 73 66 70 71, Jonathan Caldwell (NIrl) 67 70 69 74 70 74, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 69 69 68 70 72 76

425 Nathan Smith (USA) 71 70 71 70 76 67, Roland Steiner (Aut) 68 73 68 71 76 69, Tony Carolan (Aus) 67 73 70 74 71 70, Ben Mason (Eng) 70 72 65 75 73 70, Richard Mcevoy (Eng) 71 67 75 69 72 71, Michele Reale (Ita) 69 72 66 74 72 72, Michael Mcgeady (Irl) 69 69 69 72 74 72, Dennis Kpper (Ger) 69 68 69 71 73 75

426 Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 74 71 67 72 71 71, Carl Suneson (Spa) 70 74 71 68 68 75

427 James Morrison (Eng) 71 71 69 72 73 71, Iain Pyman (Eng) 70 67 71 75 70 74

428 Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 70 68 73 73 75 69, Dominique Nouailhac (Fra) 69 70 70 72 78 69, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 79 64 69 73 73 70

429 Andrew Butterfield (Eng) 73 70 68 74 75 69, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 69 75 74 65 77 69, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 73 73 67 73 73, James Kamte (Rsa) 2 76 70 74, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 72 71 68 72 72 74, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 69 76 69 69 71 75

430 Julien Grillon (Fra) 69 72 70 74 75 70, Simon Thornton (Irl) 69 72 72 72 74 71, Robert Coles (Eng) 69 75 71 69 75 71, Javier Colomo (Spa) 75 73 70 66 73 73, Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 69 67 71 71 78 74

431 Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 67 75 75 68 76 70, Ben Evans (Eng) 70 67 73 75 76 70, Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 69 76 75 65 71 75, Rory Hie (Ina) 71 72 73 67 73 75, Garry Houston (Wal) 70 73 73 66 74 75

432 Roope Kakko (Fin) 68 73 72 72 72 75, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 72 69 72 70 73 76, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 69 74 69 70 74 76

433 Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 73 73 70 66 81 70, Anthony Grenier (Fra) 73 70 71 70 76 73

434 Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 74 63 72 75 79 71, Chris Gane (Eng) 69 68 72 72 79 74

436 Antti Ahokas (Fin) 69 75 70 71 76 75

437 Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 71 74 71 69 75 77

438 Jamie Moul (Eng) 75 71 67 72 76 77

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