Swede Fredrik Jacobson, who on Sunday became the first European golfer to win two titles this season, is still concerned about a wrist injury that has already forced him to take 10 weeks off.

And as a result, the 28-year-old is not planning to play in next month's Benson and Hedges International Open at The Belfry.

Jacobson returned to action in what he himself described as "unbelievable" fashion at the Algarve Portuguese Open, breaking the Vale do Lobo course record with his opening 64 last Thursday and then chipping in three times in his final round to beat Londoner Brian Davis and Welsh pair Bradley Dredge and Jamie Donaldson by a single shot.

But afterwards he said: "I'm still worried. The wrist is not 100% and I'm still feeling it.

"I'm doing exercises and I'm going to play this week's Spanish Open, but then I'm going to have two weeks off." In other words, skip both the Italian Open and the last-ever Benson and Hedges event.

The problem started in January in Singapore and the Portuguese Open was his first since the end of that month.

"It's different when you are told to rest for a while and it will be fine," he added. "They couldn't find anything on the X-ray. I played a few rounds after I first felt it, but it just got worse and worse.

"I'm really worried about how serious it might be because it has not gone away after taking so long off."

After six second-place finishes that left him wondering whether he would ever break through - "there are players who have been out here for 10-15 years and have not won" - Jacobson lifted the Hong Kong Open in December and his latest success leaves him fifth on the European Order of Merit.

That was the last thing he expected after a practice round last week in which he lost five balls and four rounds in which his swing felt off and his putting stroke "dodgy".

It was some remarkable chipping that won him the £142,000 title in a dramatic finish.

After holing out from off the green at the first for birdie and the third for bogey - he had driven out of bounds there - Jacobson was level with Davis, Dredge, Donaldson and also Greg Owen with two holes to play.

But then came another chip-in for eagle on the long 17th and that allowed him the luxury of a closing bogey after Dredge had missed from 15 feet, Donaldson had two-putted from long range for par, Owen had bogeyed and Davis had just failed to hole from a greenside bunker.

Dredge won the Madeira Island Open on his previous start last month and so now is pressing again for a first major in America at the US Open in June, having just missed out on the world top-50 spot three weeks ago which would have earned him a Masters debut.

Davis has finished as a joint runner-up in his last two tournaments and is looking forward to the Spanish Open in Tenerife. His only one victory came in the event three years ago.

For Donaldson second place was a best-ever display on the circuit, but Owen's closing bogey means he has now had 20 top-10 finishes and not one win or even second place.

It also meant that the £100 each way bet his manager Barry Hearn had placed on him at odds of 33/1 did not come off.

Collated final totals in the Algarve Portuguese Open, Vale do Lobo, Portugal (Gbr and Irl unless stated, par 72):

(x) denotes amateurs

283 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 64 76 71 72 (£142,541)

284 Bradley Dredge 69 73 74 68, Jamie Donaldson 72 71 73 68, Brian Davis 70 71 71 72 (£63,775 each)

285 Greg Owen 66 70 76 73 (£36,263)

287 James Kingston (Rsa) 72 75 72 68, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 73 73 69 72

289 Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 75 67 79 68, David Lynn 71 72 74 72, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 69 71 76 73, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 68 76 74

291 (x) Richard Walker 73 73 74 71, Gustavo Rojas (Arg) 70 75 74 72, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 73 72 74 72, Steve Webster 72 73 73 73

292 Terry Price (Zim) 76 71 76 69, Graeme McDowell 70 75 76 71, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 72 70 78 72, Kenneth Ferrie 74 72 74 72, Ben Mason 75 69 74 74, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 73 73 71 75, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 72 70 74 76

293 Paul Eales 77 69 76 71, Van Phillips 70 77 75 71, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 76 72 73 72, Alastair Forsyth 72 72 76 73, Jonathan Lomas 72 72 75 74, Matthew Blackey 74 71 73 75, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 75 71 72 75, Phillip Price 73 71 72 77

294 Soren Hansen (Den) 74 75 76 69, Barry Lane 72 77 76 69, Simon Dyson 74 72 76 72, Simon Khan 74 74 73 73, David Carter 72 72 75 75, Fredrik Andersson (Swe) 73 73 73 75, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 73 73 73 75

295 Charlie Wi 74 75 75 71, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 76 71 75 73, Malcolm Mackenzie 74 75 73 73, Gordon Brand Jnr 72 71 78 74, Jamie Spence 77 71 73 74, Andrew Raitt 74 70 76 75, Andrew Coltart 71 71 75 78

296 Miles Tunnicliff 73 75 76 72, David Drysdale 76 69 78 73

297 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 73 72 75 77, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 73 75 72 77, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 73 73 73 78

298 (x) Zane Scotland 75 72 80 71, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 72 77 75 74, Richard McEvoy 77 72 74 75

299 Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 78 71 77 73, Nick Dougherty 74 75 77 73, Lee James 71 73 81 74, Benn Barham 75 71 78 75, Jan-Are Larsen (Nor) 73 72 77 77

300 Euan Little 70 79 78 73, Anders Hansen (Den) 71 75 80 74

301 Raymond Russell 76 72 80 73, Santiago Luna (Spa) 74 75 77 75, Philip Golding 72 76 77 76

302 Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 74 72 81 75, Warren Bennett 74 73 78 77, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 78 71 73 80

303 Roger Chapman 73 75 80 75, Andrew Oldcorn 75 72 79 77, Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 74 74 78 77, David Gilford 75 74 77 77

305 Federico Bisazza (Ita) 74 72 83 76, Marten Olander (Swe) 73 75 78 79

307 Simon Wakefield 75 72 79 81