Scottish Open won by Els with 267
LUSS, Scotland (AP) -- Ernie Els won the Scottish Open by five strokes after shooting a 2-under 69 Sunday.
Els, tuning up to defend his British Open title this week at Royal St. George's, finished at 17-under 267. Darren Clarke and Phillip Price both shot 69 and were second at 272, while Gary Murphy had a 67 and was fourth at 274.
Ian Poulter and Australian Peter Lonard, who had a hole in one on the 17th hole with a 4-iron from 208 yards, shared fifth.
Els, also a two-time U.S. Open champion, won for the second time at Loch Lomond. He three-putted at the second and 16th holes Sunday but otherwise was pleased with his performance.
"It was a tough day. I had a little battle within myself and I overcame that and I'm happy about that," Els said.
"It's a tough thing when you play in the lead from Day 1. You don't want to back off, you don't want to do something stupid. You have to play a game within yourself and I won that battle this week."