Little-known Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano emulated his idol Seve Ballesteros by winning the KLM Open in Holland, two shots ahead of England's Gary Emerson.

The 24-year-old from Madrid, ranked 421st in the world, claimed his maiden European Tour title in only his 16th event as a professional - becoming just the third rookie to win on the tour after Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia.

Trailing Emerson by one at the start of play, he shot a final-round 67 to finish 11 under at the tight Hilversumsche Golf Club to take the first prize of £168,000.

Ballesteros won the event three times (1976, 1980 and 1986) - the first when he was 19.

"It is difficult to explain it. I just went out today to play my best golf, and what happened was everything came true. It is a dream - the icing on the cake," said Fernandez-Castano.

"It was one of those days when everything came so easy; the putter, the driver, and putts were just dropping. It didn't matter where I aimed -it just went straight into the hole.

"I really felt the pressure when Gary eagled the 12th. It is difficult to be at the top of the leaderboard, especially in such an important tournament."

The two key holes on the front nine were the second and the ninth, where the Spaniard had two-shot swings go in his favour.

Fernandez-Castano bogeyed the first to give Emerson a lead of two. But at the par-four next, he holed a two-foot birdie putt to tie the lead after the Englishman bogeyed by overshooting the fairway despite playing an iron off the tee.

The other Englishman in contention, Paul Broadhurst - having started the day second in the group ahead - three-putted the third to drop to seven under.

Fernandez-Castano produced a superb eagle at the same hole, his seven-iron approach from 161 yards landing straight in the hole for an eagle two to go 10 under.

A 12-foot birdie putt from the fringe lifted Emerson back to nine under, but two trips to the rough and a missed 15-footer saw him give that back at the next.

Broadhurst returned to six under - having also bogeyed the fourth - after hitting his tee shot at the short fifth to within a foot, and Emerson repeated the feat for birdie to reduce the lead to one.

A bogey at the eighth dropped Broadhurst back to six under and out of contention. But at the same hole Fernandez-Castano holed a 40ft birdie putt and Emerson a 15-footer to go 11 under and 10 under respectively.

The Spaniard managed a 25-foot putt to go to the turn in 31 at 12 under, and when Emerson missed a four-foot par effort the lead was three shots.

It became four at the next after both missed the green, but only Emerson failed to get up and down. Fernandez-Castano then holed a 20-foot putt to save par on the 11th and maintain his lead.

Emerson chipped in for eagle at the 485-yard 12th to go to 10 under, and Fernandez-Castano three-putted for par to reduce the lead to two.

However, the Wimborne golfer carved his tee shot into the trees at the 14th and bogeyed. So did his partner, now 11 under, but Emerson then dropped another shot at the 16th to hand a three-shot lead back to the Spaniard.

It was too much to overhaul, even at the par-five last, where the Spaniard parred and Emerson birdied to finish second outright.

Emerson's main problem was evident in his stats, hitting only four of 14 fairways and seven of 18 greens.

"I tried, but he played really well. He holed putt after putt, and I just tried to hang on to him. But I hit a few poor shots at the end," said the 41-year-old from Dorset.

"I couldn't quite get close enough, and 16 (when Emerson bogeyed) killed it off really.

"Obviously I'm disappointed but happy at the same time."

Broadhurst finished with a 70 for eight under par and eighth place and admitted it was difficult to get anything going in his round.

"I didn't play well enough today," said the Warwickshire golfer.

"It always feels a struggle round here - you can never relax. It was a good week but it could have been better.

"Going down 11, I thought if I could get it to 10 under with four birdies in the last seven it would put a bit of pressure on. But realistically the last few holes I was trying for third.

"I've never done very well round here, but it is a chance gone."

Robert Coles carded a 66 to finish sixth on six under, while defending champion David Lynn finished three under after a final-round 70.

Englishmen John Bickerton (five under), Jamie Spence (two under) and David Park (level) shot the rounds of the day with five-under 65s.

Collated fourth round scores and totals in the European Tour The KLM Open, Hilversumsche GC, Netherlands

(Gbr and Irl unless stated, par 70):

269 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 66 70 66 67

271 Gary Emerson 69 63 69 70

272 Paul Broadhurst 66 67 69 70

273 Markus Brier (Aut) 67 68 69 69, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 68 67 70 68

274 Robert Coles 71 67 70 66

275 John Bickerton 74 67 69 65, Peter Senior (Aus) 70 67 68 70

277 Steven O'Hara 70 65 72 70, Johan Skold (Swe) 68 70 72 67, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 70 64 71 72, Andrew Oldcorn 69 67 70 71, Pierre Fulke (Swe) 67 73 69 68, David Lynn 70 67 70 70, Damien McGrane 68 70 71 68

278 Philip Golding 74 67 69 68, Andrew Marshall 72 69 68 69, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 73 68 67 70, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 69 69 72 68, Jamie Spence 73 69 71 65

279 Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 69 67 70 73, Alastair Forsyth 72 65 73 69, Guido Van Der Valk (Ned) 66 70 72 71, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 69 70 71 69

280 Ivo Giner (Spa) 69 73 68 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 71 69 68 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 68 69 71 72, Bradley Dredge 73 70 68 69, Santiago Luna (Spa) 69 73 71 67, David Park 73 69 73 65, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 71 73 69 67

281 Mark Roe 68 73 70 70, Jose Manuel Carriles (Spa) 70 71 71 69, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 68 72 71 70, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 71 70 73 67, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 69 74 70 68, Stuart Little 70 71 73 67, Anthony Wall 69 71 68 73, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 72 70 69 70

282 Gordon Brand Jnr 74 67 69 72, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 70 72 69 71, Peter Baker 69 71 73 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70 72 68 72, Graeme Storm 71 71 70 70, Richard Bland 71 64 74 73

283 Anders Hansen (Den) 71 73 69 70

284 Peter Lawrie 70 70 74 70, Ian Garbutt 71 72 71 70, Raymond Russell 67 70 73 74, David Carter 71 73 70 70, Gary Orr 72 70 75 67, Peter Fowler (Aus) 73 70 67 74, Sebastian Fernandez (Arg) 72 69 75 68, Simon Wakefield 69 74 73 68

285 Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 66 72 71 76, Roger Chapman 70 70 75 70, Stuart Manley 72 72 72 69, Fredrik Henge (Swe) 68 71 73 73, Adam Groom (Aus) 66 71 78 70, Paul Eales 74 70 75 66

286 Ben Mason 68 76 68 74, Phillip Archer 70 74 69 73, Leif Westerberg (Swe) 73 68 75 70, Robert Rock 71 70 72 73

287 Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 68 76 66 77, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 75 67 75 70, Oliver Wilson 72 72 69 74

Brad Kennedy (Aus) 71 70 75 71

288 Neil Cheetham 69 71 73 75, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 73 68 75 72, Kyron Sullivan 68 70 75 75, Mark Foster 71 70 75 72

289 Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 72 72 74 71, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 71 73 70 75

290 Sam Little 72 72 71 75, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 69 73 77 71, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 73 69 76 72, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 71 73 75 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 69 74 75 72

293 Rafael Gomez (Arg) 72 72 76 73

294 Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 71 72 78 73

297 Tobias Dier (Ger) 70 74 73 80