Sweden's Henrik Stenson, one of Europe's brightest golfing prospects three years ago, came back from the wilderness on Sunday to win The Heritage tournament at Woburn.

The 28-year-old from Gothenburg, who after capturing the 2001 Benson and Hedges International at The Belfry slumped to 176th on the Order of Merit the following season, beat Spain's Carlos Rodiles by four - after birdies at the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th.

That sparkling run came after Rodiles had birdied six of the last nine holes himself for a 65 that cut the gap to one, but Stenson went away again to finish with a 66 and 19 under par total of 269.

Another Swede, Patrik Sjoland, was third and Anders Hansen from Denmark was fourth, while there was real drama as England's Simon Wakefield rescued a closing bogey six for a share of fifth place.

A lowly 146th on the Order of Merit, Wakefield set his sights on a £50,000 cheque to save his tour career and earned £44,970 - but only after he hit a two-iron out of bounds down the last and then finished behind a tree before making a 30-foot putt.

It leaves him 114th on the money list and needing one more good week from the three tournaments he has left to avoid returning to qualifying school. The top 115 keep their cards.

Stenson led the Benson and Hedges International from start to finish in his first full season on the main circuit and, having won the "second division" Challenge Tour the previous year, looked a real star-in-the-making.

But as his swing started letting him down his confidence dipped alarmingly and he missed no fewer than 30 halfway cuts in 2002 and 2003.

"Some stay and fight the battle and others give up. I fought the battle," said Stenson.

"After a while you get scared of hitting the wild one and it gets to you mentally. I lost it so bad I started all over again.

"But I don't regret it. With all the hard work I've done (with Yorkshire coach Peter Cowen) I hope my swing will be better than it was when I won at The Belfry.

"It's good to be back. I'm over the moon and I owe Peter a lot."

One ahead overnight he was three clear when he eagled the long fourth for the second day running, but there were no shortage of challenges to come and one from was 46-year-old Ian Woosnam.

Back on the course where he won the 1994 British Masters the Welshman climbed into joint second only two shots behind, but then bogeyed the 15th and double-bogeyed the 356-yard 17th, pitching over the green and taking two chips to get back on it.

Woosnam dropped to joint ninth and into a group that also included Ireland's Gary Murphy, who will remember the day for an albatross two on the 510-yard fourth. He sank a two-iron from 229 yards.

Wakefield matched his best-ever finish on the circuit and commented: "Unbelievable. I took a two-iron for safety at the last and thought it was OK, but it started to turn over and then there was a gust of wind as well.

"When I was behind the tree by the green I thought I'd just have to take my punishment and make seven. To make the putt was fantastic.

"Earlier on I was losing control and had to go back to basics. I took a few deep breaths and steadied the ship."

While Murphy's 64 was the low round of the week, New Zealander Michael Campbell's closing 86 was the worst and it left him last by a massive 15 strokes on 18 over par.

Campbell went into free-fall after receiving a two-stroke penalty on the seventh for taking a wrong drop. Three more double bogeys and two bogeys followed in an inward half of 46.

"Just one of those days," he said afterwards.

Collated final round scores and totals from The Heritage tournament at the Duke's Course, Woburn, England

(Gbr and Irl unless stated, par 72):

(x) denotes amateur

269 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 69 67 67 66 (£226,436)

273 Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 70 71 67 65 (£150,957)

275 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 68 68 68 71 (£85,050)

276 Anders Hansen (Den) 72 68 71 65 (£67,931)

277 Stephen Dodd 76 68 67 66, Barry Lane 71 67 72 67, Phillip Price 68 67 72 70, Simon Wakefield 70 68 67 72 (£44,995 each)

278 Gary Murphy 71 73 70 64, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 67 72 71 68, Ian Woosnam 71 69 68 70, Alastair Forsyth 73 68 66 71, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 70 71 65 72

279 Graeme McDowell 67 68 72 72

280 David Lynn 73 70 70 67, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 70 72 67 71

281 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 74 71 70 66, David Howell 71 70 73 67, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 71 70 72 68, Nick Dougherty 68 73 69 71, Bradley Dredge 70 74 66 71, Mark Foster 69 69 69 74

282 Jamie Elson 69 71 75 67, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 69 75 71 67, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 67 73 73 69, Gordon Brand Jnr 70 70 71 71, Sven Struver (Ger) 75 69 67 71, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 70 69 70 73

283 Peter Senior (Aus) 71 73 71 68, Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 68 75 71 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 68 73 72 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 70 71 72 70, Richard Green (Aus) 73 70 70 70, (x) James Heath 73 70 70 70, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 70 70 70 73, David Park 71 70 69 73

284 Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 73 69 75 67, Padraig Harrington 72 71 71 70

285 Fredrik Andersson (Swe) 76 67 73 69, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 69 71 75 70, David Gilford 73 68 74 70, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 71 71 73 70, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 73 70 70, Jorge Berendt (Arg) 74 69 71 71

286 Raymond Russell 68 74 76 68, Peter Lawrie 72 72 74 68, Philip Golding 73 71 73 69, Sebastian Fernandez (Arg) 73 68 75 70, Casey Wittenberg (USA) 73 70 71 72, Sam Torrance 74 69 69 74

287 Robert Rock 73 70 77 67, Miles Tunnicliff 74 69 77 67, Jonathan Lomas 72 73 74 68, Stephen Gallacher 75 69 73 70, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 75 69 72 71, Gary Emerson 73 69 72 73, Mattias Nilsson (Swe) 70 70 73 74

288 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 72 72 73 71, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 74 70 71 73

289 Paul Lawrie 72 73 75 69, Gary Orr 75 70 72 72, Andrew Marshall 71 72 73 73

290 Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 75 70 73 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 70 73 76

291 Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned) 76 69 75 71, Roger Chapman 69 73 75 74, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 73 70 74 74, Kenneth Ferrie 72 73 72 74, Ross Fisher 74 71 71 75

306 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 72 73 75 86