Stoke's David Lynn admitted his maiden European Tour win felt "awesome" after he overhauled Australian Richard Green's three-shot advantage to win the KLM Open in Holland by three strokes.

This was the 30-year-old's first success in 168 attempts, becoming the 11th first-time winner on the European Tour this season and the fourth in as many weeks.

"I feel absolutely awesome," said Lynn, who revealed he had allowed the occasion to get to him on the penultimate hole as he realised he was heading down the 18th with a two-shot lead.

"I was getting a bit carried away going down 17 and there was a tear in my eye and I had to pull myself together, which I did because I had to finish the job off.

"You have got to make key putts and some went for me today. There were a couple out there that Greenie could have made and it just changes the whole thing.

"You just have to make those crucial putts at the time and then hang on."

Lynn began the day three shots behind overnight leader Green, who opened with a birdie to go 16 under only for Lynn responded by doing the same at the par four second to restore the gap to three shots with a three at the next.

But the deficit was soon down to two when the leader bogeyed the par three fifth - his first dropped shot in 30 holes.

Birdies at seven and nine put Lynn level at 15 under, although but failed to take advantage at the 11th where the pair both found greenside sand and left their bunker shots too short to drop back to 14 under.

Paul McGinley, meanwhile, had made his way to 11 under - within three of the lead - after birdies at the second and third for a bogey-free outward nine of 33.

That score could have been much better as at the fifth and the eighth he missed makeable puts by just an inch.

Andrew Raitt, who also made two birdies in going to the turn at 30, dropped a shot at the 11th but then eagled the par five 12th to go to 11 under.

McGinley's eagle putt on the 12th went close enough for him to make birdie and move to within two shots of the lead at 12 under.

Green let another opportunity slip at the 12th when he missed the green with his second shot, chipped past the flag and into the fringe and missed a 15-footer back for birdie

Lynn could have taken the outright lead but his eight-foot birdie putt lipped out, while McGinley birdied the 14th but then dropped back to 12 under at the short 15th.

The 14th proved a pivotal hole for the leaders as Green was through the back of the green and could only make par after his chip horse-shoed out while Lynn pitched to six feet for birdie.

Raitt dropped out of the running after a lost ball on 17 cost him a triple-bogey seven.

Lynn found trouble in the trees to the right of the 16th fairway but escaped with a 15ft par putt while Green found the greenside bunker and bogeyed to make the lead two strokes in Lynn's favour.

He faced that deficit going down the last and although he put his drive in the left-hand rough, Green did the same.

Lynn made birdie to finish 16 under, Green made par and a maiden Tour title - and a cheque for £132,343 - was on its way to Stoke.

Ryder Cup hopeful McGinley finished joint second at 13 under after a 65, which equated to 104,225 very useful points towards his bid to make the team for Oakland Hills.

Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, another Ryder Cup hopeful, shot a 67, including an eagle three at the 12th to go with birdies at the second, 11th and 18th and only two bogeys, the sixth and eighth.

"It was a bit of disappointment that I didn't quite do what I wanted to do but today was a case of what could have been," he said.

"But I was happy with the way I handled things today, it was good to have another solid Sunday."

Ian Poulter, who started the day five under, finished it five under after a par 70 round of an eagle and four birdies and three bogeys and a double-bogey six.

Surrey's David Howell, another looking to strengthen his grip on a Ryder Cup place, saved his best round of the week until last with a 67 to finish two under.

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):

264 David Lynn 63 70 65 66

267 Paul McGinley 65 69 68 65, Richard Green (Aus) 65 63 67 72

271 Andrew Raitt 64 67 71 69, Miles Tunnicliff 67 66 71 67

272 Paul Marantz (Aus) 69 72 65 66, Andrew Marshall 69 68 65 70

273 Per Nyman (Swe) 66 67 70 70

274 Graeme McDowell 69 67 71 67

275 Ian Poulter 67 67 71 70, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 70 67 70 68, Stephen Scahill (Nzl) 65 71 67 72

276 Steven O'Hara 69 67 72 68

277 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70 69 68 70, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 68 66 73 70, Andrew Coltart 68 68 70 71, Jamie Spence 70 71 69 67

278 Craig Williams 69 68 70 71, David Howell 70 70 71 67, Kalle Brink (Swe) 69 68 70 71, David Park 67 72 70 69, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 69 69 72 68, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 69 71 66 72, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 66 73 74 65, Markus Brier (Aut) 71 68 68 71, Marten Olander (Swe) 68 71 68 71, Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 74 67 68 69

279 Mark Roe 69 67 73 70, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 70 70 69 70, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 70 72 68 69, Peter Lawrie 73 66 71 69, David Dixon 67 70 72 70, Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 68 70 69, Greg Owen 70 70 69 70

280 Andrew Oldcorn 71 66 67 76, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 68 69 71 72, Costantino Rocca (It) 70 67 70 73, Diego Borrego (Spa) 68 71 70 71, James Hepworth 70 70 70 70, Tom Whitehouse 68 70 71 71, Rob Rashell (USA) 75 67 68 70, Nick Dougherty 72 67 71 70

281 Marc Farry (Fra) 73 66 71 71, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 69 71 68 73, Phillipe Lima (Fra) 72 69 70 70, Anders Hansen (Den) 77 65 73 66, Raymond Russell 66 71 69 75, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 68 72 69 72, Simon Wakefield 68 73 69 71, Damien McGrane 70 69 67 75, Simon Khan 71 69 71 70

282 Gary Emerson 71 71 65 75, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 69 71 69 73, Gordon Brand Jnr 68 67 76 71, Ross Fisher 69 68 70 75, Matthew Blackey 73 68 70 71, Guido Van Der Valk (Ned) 74 68 73 67, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 65 71 72 74, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 69 73 72 68

283 Bradley Dredge 73 67 71 72, Simon Dyson 69 73 71 70, Anthony Wall 70 70 68 75, Paul Eales 71 71 69 72, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 69 72 65 77, Robert Rock 72 67 69 75

284 Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 72 69 75 68, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 69 68 70 77, Sebastian Fernandez (Arg) 70 69 69 76, Stuart Little 74 67 71 72, Mark Reynolds (Ned) 71 68 70 75, Russell Claydon 70 72 72 70

286 Euan Little 71 71 70 74

287 Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 69 71 72 75, Pasi Purhonen (Fin) 71 71 72 73

288 James Heath 72 70 72 74, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 69 72 73 74

289 David Carter 70 72 70 77, Edward De Jong (Ned) 74 68 74 73

290 Alan McLean 74 68 72 76

292 Gary Orr 69 69 80 74