Scotland's Marc Warren will gladly give up his home comforts after claiming his first European Tour title in a thrilling finish to the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters.

Warren birdied three of the last six holes to card a closing 69 and force extra holes after home favourite Robert Karlsson squandered a one-shot lead with two to play in Malmo.

The 25-year-old from Cambuslang then parred the second extra hole to secure victory and the £182,000 first prize after Karlsson made two visits to the trees to run up a double-bogey six.

The pair had finished tied on 10 under par after Karlsson, seeking back-to-back titles after victory in Hamburg last week, let slip a one-shot lead with two holes to play.

South African Richard Sterne took third on nine under with Germany's Marcel Siem another shot back in fourth.

Warren, whose two play-off victories last year helped him top the Challenge Tour rankings, already has firm plans what to do with his winner's cheque.

"I think a flat of my own could be on the agenda now," he revealed. "I still live at home with my mum and dad. Every Sunday I fly home and give my mum a load of dirty washing so I'm sure she'll be glad to see the back of me!"

Victory also gives Warren an exemption until the end of the 2008 season and lifts him from 129th in the Order of Merit to 53rd.

"It's a great feeling to have that exemption behind me because I was running out of tournaments to keep my card," admitted Warren, who holed the winning putt in the Walker Cup in 2001 and joins team-mates Luke Donald, Nick Dougherty and Graeme McDowell in the winner's circle - McDowell also made the Scandinavian Masters his first tour victory in 2002.

"It's been a tough year but this more than makes up for everything that's gone before. I'd missed the last four cuts in a row but had been working hard with Bob Torrance and he kept telling me there was nothing wrong with my swing; it was just a matter of me taking it out on the course."

Warren looked to have dropped out of contention after three-putting the sixth and seventh but almost holed his tee-shot on the par-three eighth to get back on track and also birdied the 13th, 16th and 18th to set the clubhouse target.

Karlsson had been as much as four shots clear after seven holes after recovering from a bogey at the first with three birdies in his next four holes.

A bogey at the 11th gave the chasing pack some hope, but even after Warren's superb finish drew him level, the 6ft 5in Swede birdied the 16th to edge ahead after finding a path through the trees following a wayward drive.

He was not so lucky after a similar drive on the 17th however, and in the end did well to scramble a bogey five to drop back alongside Warren.

It was Warren's turn to scramble a bogey on the first play-off hole - the 18th - as Karlsson failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker to secure the first Swedish victory in the event since Jesper Parnevik in 1998.

When the players returned to the 18th again it was Karlsson's turn to hit a poor tee shot and when his attempted recovery hit a tree and rebounded into further trouble Warren was left to seal an unexpected triumph.

"I tried to keep saying to myself it was no different to the Challenge Tour, even though I was up against a player the calibre of Robert," added Warren. "I know pressure can make people make mistakes and I had my fingers crossed I would get another chance.

"I really enjoy being in pressure situations, I don't really have any fear about what can go wrong. I just try to picture myself holding the trophy.

"I have a belief that when I'm under pressure I can conjure something up when it matters."

Karlsson insisted he had "no regrets" despite missing out on becoming only the fourth player to win back-to-back tournaments on the European Tour in the last 10 years.

"If you had asked me on Tuesday if I would take second place I would have said yes. Any time you finish second in a tournament the week after winning you can't complain," said Karlsson, who at least had the consolation of securing his place in the Ryder Cup team, barring a miraculous set of circumstances.

"It's been a strange week, three days ago I was halfway to Stockholm when I was four over par after four holes of the second round so I'm really happy to finish second."

Collated scores and totals in the final round of EnterCard Scandinavian Masters, Barseback GC, Malmo

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, Par 72)

(x) denotes amateurs

278 Marc Warren 67 69 73 69 (£182,321), Robert Karlsson (Swe) 75 69 63 71 (£121,545)

Warren won play-off at second extra hole

279 Richard Sterne (Rsa) 70 68 72 69 (£68,481)

280 Marcel Siem (Ger) 72 71 69 68 (£54,697)

281 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 68 71 72 70, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 73 69 67 72 (£42,336 each)

283 Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 72 70 72 69, Simon Dyson 71 71 71 70, Tom Whitehouse 68 70 73 72

284 Benn Barham 67 73 74 70, Santiago Luna (Spa) 71 69 73 71, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 69 72 71 72, David Carter 73 66 70 75, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 69 73 66 76 285 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 70 72 74 69, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 73 70 73 69, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 70 74 70, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 72 69 74 70, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 72 71 72 70, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 72 73 70 70, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 71 71 72 71, Peter Lawrie 70 72 72 71, Mark Roe 69 65 75 76

286 Ian Garbutt 74 70 70 72, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 70 71 72 73, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 67 67 73 79

287 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 72 70 76 69, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 73 72 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 73 71 71 72, David Lynn 69 71 74 73, (x) Jesper Kennegard (Swe) 72 69 73 73, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 69 67 76 75

288 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 68 75 75 70, Richard Bland 73 71 74 70, Phillip Archer 70 71 75 72, Steven O'Hara 75 69 72 72, Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 75 72 72, Gregory Havret (Fra) 75 69 72 72, Jamie Spence 70 70 75 73, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 74 69 72 73, Oliver Whiteley 74 71 70 73, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 70 71 70 77

289 Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned) 72 72 75 70, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 69 73 76 71, James Kingston (Rsa) 70 71 76 72, Leif Westerberg (Swe) 71 74 72 72, Markus Brier (Aut) 72 71 73 73, Matthew Millar (Aus) 72 72 72 73, Stephen Gallacher 74 70 72 73, Oliver Wilson 72 73 71 73, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 71 73 71 74

290 Sam Little 72 70 77 71, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 72 71 75 72, Miles Tunnicliff 74 71 72 73, David Higgins 72 73 72 73, Alexander Noren (Swe) 73 71 72 74, Iain Pyman 72 73 68 77

291 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 73 72 73 73, Adam Mednick (Swe) 71 74 73 73, Richard Finch 72 73 72 74, Magnus Persson (Swe) 71 72 73 75

292 Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 76 68 74 74, David Bransdon (Aus) 69 70 77 76, Peter Fowler (Aus) 73 72 68 79

293 Andrew Butterfield 73 69 76 75, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 72 71 74 76, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 72 69 74 78, Michael Hoey 73 72 70 78

294 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 72 73 73 76, Johan Axgren (Swe) 76 69 72 77

295 Marco Ruiz (Par) 72 72 79 72, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 74 70 75 76, Shaun Webster 71 74 73 77

297 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 76 69 79 73, Ariel Canete (Arg) 74 71 77 75, Fredrik Andersson (Swe) 68 71 81 77, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 73 76 77

298 David Drysdale 70 74 79 75, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 70 74 77 77

303 Louis Ootshuizen (Rsa) 72 70 80 81

304 Janne Martikainen (Fin) 73 71 80 80