AGADIR, Morocco – Richie Ramsay of Scotland shot a 3-under 69 Sunday to win the Trophee Hassan II by one shot ahead of Frenchman Romain Wattel and claim his third European Tour title.

Ramsay wasted a three-shot lead before recovering with three straight birdies from the 12th hole at the Golf du Palais Royal to finish with a 10-under 278 total.

Wattel birdied the 17th but settled for par on 18 for a 70.

Six players shared third place on 8 under, including South African George Coetzee, who needed to win in order to secure a place at the Masters.

Ramsay said “I stood over the putt at the 12th hole and thought my putter feels great. I thought, `Just go for it, this is your time.'”

AGADIR, Morocco – Romain Wattel of France produced a late charge Saturday to share the lead with Scottish pair Richie Ramsay and Andrew McArthur on 7-under par heading into the final round of the Trophee Hassan II.

McArthur and Wattel shot 5-under 67s while overnight co-leader Ramsey had to be content with a 71 after hitting five birdies and four bogeys.

“It was a thrilling back nine,” said Wattel, who picked up four shots in his last four holes. “I was two under quite quickly then I had a few mistakes … You have to be patient here and on the good side every time.”

South African George Coetzee (71), who must win to secure a place at the Masters in less than two weeks, remains in the mix after a superb back nine at the Golf du Palais Royal.

Coetzee, who carded five birdies and one bogey on the back nine, is among seven players lying just one shot off the leaders, along with former champion David Horsey.

“I made some silly errors, mental errors, but I feel like I am still in a good space,” Coetzee said. “When you make mistakes, you focus on doing the mental stuff correct and it kind of takes care of itself.”

The tournament remains wide open with only four shots separating the top 29 players.

AGADIR, Morocco – Welshman Oliver Farr missed the chance to take the outright lead at the Trophee Hassan II on Friday after making a bogey on the last hole, and was in a four-way tie after a 4-under 68.

Farr had four birdies on the back nine to share the lead with Scotsman Richie Ramsay, Spaniard Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Australian Richard Green at 6-under 138.

Ramsay surged up the leaderboard with a 66, while Cabrera-Bello had five birdies and two bogeys in his round of 69. Green shot a 70.

South African George Coetzee, who needs to win to reach the Masters in two weeks, is in a group of five players who are a shot behind the leaders.

Overnight leader Adrien Saddier of France tailed off after making a 77 and is four shots behind the front four.

Englishman Daniel Gaunt, who was one shot behind Saddier at the start of play, fared even worse with an 82 featuring seven bogeys and two double bogeys to drift way out of contention.

Veteran Jose Maria Olazabal, a two-time Masters champion with 23 European Tour wins, also had a bad day. The 49-year-old Spaniard had five bogeys and a double bogey in a 76 to drop out of contention at 1 over.

AGADIR, Morocco – Frenchman Adrien Saddier opened with an eagle and added five birdies in a 7-under round of 65 to lead Englishman Daniel Gaunt by one shot after the first round of the Trophee Hassan II on Thursday.

Gaunt could have gone back to the clubhouse level with Saddier, or better, but bogeyed the 18th after birdies on the three previous holes.

“I was very grateful to get an invite to play here. This place is just unbelievable,” said Saddier, who missed the cut at the South African Open in January. “It was a great start and I kept it going.”

Saddier hopes a strong showing at Hassan II can kickstart his career.

“If I could get a win it would change my schedule, as at the moment I’m playing on the Challenge Tour,” he said. “It’s almost my best round. I shot 64 in Qatar last year, which was 8 under.”

South African George Coetzee, Scotland’s David Drysdale, and Englishman Chris Wood were two strokes back after 67s.

Coetzee and former champion Marcel Siem of Germany need to win to claim a place in the Masters in two weeks.

“Augusta is on my mind obviously,” said Coetzee, who won the Tshwane Open on his home course in Pretoria two weeks ago. “I’m happy with my start. It looks better than it felt.”

Coetzee had seven birdies but was undone by a double bogey on the eighth.

Siem, one of nine players at 4 under, eagled the 15th and also bogeyed the last.

He wants to avoid a repeat of two years ago. Then, he led the Hassan II from start to finish, looked to have done enough to climb into the top 50 ranks and secure a first appearance in the Masters, only to miss out by .003 points.

“I won here two years ago and it still wasn’t enough, which was horrible,” said Siem, who had five birdies and two more bogeys. “I can make enough birdies so I just need to avoid the mistakes.”

SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal – Organizers canceled the Madeira Islands Open because of continuing bad weather on Sunday.

In a statement on the European Tour website, chief operating officer Keith Waters said “we are already in discussions with the club and the sponsors to reschedule the event for another week” later this season.

Heavy winds and rain sweeping the Portuguese island for the previous three days did not let up, leaving the Clube de Golf Santo da Serra flooded.

Organizers had already reduced the tournament to 36 holes on Saturday in an effort to salvage the European Tour event.

The field was only able to complete the first round on Saturday, with Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen leading by one stroke.

This is the second straight year weather has disrupted the tournament.

Last year, heavy fog during the first three days forced organizers to reduce it to 36 holes.

SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal – Bad weather has forced organizers to reduce the Madeira Islands Open to 36 holes for a second straight year.

Organizers said Saturday that continued heavy rain falling on the Portuguese archipelago maintained flooding on the Clube de Golf Santo da Serra course. Heavy winds prevented the first round from starting on Thursday, and rain interrupted play on Friday.

Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen holds a one-shot lead with several golfers yet to finish their opening round.

Last year, heavy fog during the first three days of the event forced organizers to reduce it to 36 holes.

SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal – Bad weather disrupted the Madeira Islands Open for a second straight day on Friday as organizers were forced to suspend the first round again.

Play was stopped after heavy rain flooded the greens on the Clube de Golf Santo da Serra course, with Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen holding the clubhouse lead after a 4-under 68. He was one shot ahead of England’s Andrew Marshall and French pair Adrien Saddier and Jean-Baptiste Gonnet. The four were among roughly half the field able to complete the first round.

Play is scheduled to resume on Saturday.

On Thursday, heavy winds sweeping the Portuguese archipelago kept play from starting and led to organizers reducing the event to 54 holes.

Last year, heavy fog during the first three days of the event forced organizers to reduce it to 36 holes.

SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal – Organizers have reduced the Madeira Islands Open to 54 holes and suspended play on Thursday because of high winds sweeping the Portuguese archipelago.

No players managed to take to the Clube de Golf Santo da Serra course.

Round one has been rescheduled to start on Friday.

Last year, heavy fog during the first three days of the event forced organizers to reduce it to 36 holes.

PRETORIA, South Africa – George Coetzee won the Tshwane Open on Sunday at the golf course he grew up playing on, making birdie on No. 17 to take the title by a shot from Jacques Blaauw.

Coetzee finished on 14-under 266 with his final-round 65 at the par-70 Pretoria Country Club, where he is a member. It was his second win on the European Tour following his Joburg Open victory last year.

Fellow South African Blaauw had a chance at his first European title with the clubhouse lead at 13 under after a course record-equaling 61 in the South African capital, with nine birdies and no dropped shots.

Blaauw made six birdies in seven holes around the turn to set a tough target.

But the Pretoria-born Coetzee, one of six players tied for the lead overnight, kept his nerve. Trying to drive the green on No. 17, he sent his tee shot into some trees. He chipped out to within five feet and made the decisive birdie, his fifth of the round.

That left him to par the last and triumph in front of family and friends at the club where he first won a junior tournament at the age of 10.

“It’s perfect playing my home course and winning this,” the 28-year-old Coetzee said. “I never thought as a kid that I would play a European Tour event at my home club.”

Coetzee was the first golfer in seven years to win a European Tour event at his home club, the tour said.

On a South African-dominated leaderboard, home players Dean Burmester and Tjaart van der Walt tied for third on 9 under with Scotland’s Craig Lee, the only non-South African in the top five.

New Europe Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke, who has played all three European Tour events in South Africa in the last three weeks, carded 68-69 over the weekend to finish in a tie for 15th, his best result this year.

PRETORIA, South Africa – Six players were tied for the lead Saturday heading into the final round of the Tshwane Open in South Africa.

Adrian Otaegui of Spain had a two-shot lead overnight but shot a 2-over 72 and was joined atop the leaderboard by Englishman David Horsey, South Africans George Coetzee, Trevor Fisher Jr. and Wallie Coetsee, and Scotland’s Craig Lee. They were all on 9-under 201.

Lee made the biggest move with his 66 at the Pretoria Country Club.

Two other South Africans, Ockie Strydom and Erik van Rooyen, were a shot behind at the final event of a three-tournament swing for the European Tour in South Africa.

Ryder Cup player Edoardo Molinari of Italy was in a tie for ninth, but just two shots off the lead.