Kenny Perry's stunning streak of form continued on Sunday when he won the Greater Milwaukee Open, a tournament which has always figured high in his affections.

Having finished third, fifth and fourth in the previous three years at the event, he won the tournament for the first time.

And with his win, achieved by finishing 12 under par, he stretched a remarkable sequence of results.

The 42-year-old Perry was playing his first tournament since his sensational three-start run which included consecutive wins at the Colonial and Memorial and a tie for third at the US Open.

He made birdies on four of the first 12 holes and improved to 12-under for the tournament, one stroke better than Steve Allan.

He had birdies on the sixth, eighth, ninth and 11th holes.

Allan hit back though, and moved level with Perry, as the former outright leader began to show signs of fragility.

It was a struggle for Perry down the back nine, and Allan moved into the lead, looking set to put an end to Perry's winning run on the domestic tour.

There was more drama to come though, with Perry taking advantage of the two par-fives on the way home to put himself back in control.

"I love those last four holes and when I got to 17 I thought: 'Birdie, birdie, we win the golf tournament,"' said Perry on Sky Sports.

Perry found deep rough just beyond the green on the 18th, but a sweetly judged chip rolled to within a couple of feet of the hole, and he measured the birdie putt perfectly to clinch the title.

"I always wanted to have to putt to win a golf tournament and that feels good to me," he said.

"I had a big lead in my other events and I wanted to see what it was like coming from behind.

"I had nothing to lose. All those other guys were trying to win their first of the year, I've already won.

"I played good today. I had more golf game today than I had the first three days."

Australian Allan finished a shot back on 11-under, the same score as American Heath Slocum.

Perry added: "Hopefully I can keep the momentum running and go over there and be competitive at the British Open next week."

Final scores from the Greater Milwaukee Open Milwaukee, Winsconsin (USA unless stated par70 ):

268 Kenny Perry, 69-67-66-66

269 Steve Allan 69-66-68-66 Heath Slocum 72-63-68-66

270 Brett Quigley 66-67-72-65

272 Chris Smith 72-69-67-64, Dennis Paulson 68-69-69-66, Billy Mayfair 67-72-67-66, Jeff Gallagher 73-66-67-66, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 72-68-63-69

273 Spike McRoy 69-70-69-65, Hal Sutton 69-70-67-67,

274 Grant Waite 70-72-67-65, Richard S.Johnson, 69-69-69-67, Todd Fischer 69-68-68-69, Jerry Kelly 66-67-70-71, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 66-69-69-70

275 Kent Jones 67-71-69-68, Loren Roberts 69-66-70-70, Tommy Armour III 67-68-70-70

276 Paul Goydos 70-69-70-67, Hunter Mahan 70-70-68-68, Dicky Pride, 72-69-70-65, J.P.Hayes 71-67-69-69 Notah Begay III 67-72-68-69, Jason Gore 69-72-72-63, Joel Edwards 66-69-70-71

277 David Peoples 70-72-67-68, Danny Ellis 72-68-68-69, Robert Gamez 69-68-73-67, Arron Oberholser 69-68-70-70, Rocco Mediate 69-69-68-71

278 David Sutherland, 69-69-71-69, Mario Tiziani, 73-69-66-70-278, Frank Lickliter II 70-69-70-69, K.J.Cho 70-68-72-68, Carlos Franco (Par) 70-67-70-71, Michael Muehr 68-70-69-71, Olin Browne 72-70-69-67, Harrison Frazar, 71-68-66-73, Mike Heinen 73-69-74-62, Jay Don Blake 64-68-71-75

279 Scott Hoch 73-65-71-70, Pat Bates 69-70-71-69, Mark Calcavecchia 67-70-71-71, Donnie Hammond 71-68-71-69, Corey Pavin 71-70-69-69, Stan Utley 71-68-68-72, Joey Sindelar 67-68-76-68, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70-70-66-73, Stephen Ames (Tri) 70-71-71-67, Patrick Sheehan 68-65-70-76

280 Dan Forsman 70-70-69-71, Skip Kendall 73-69-67-71, Billy Andrade 68-70-70-72, John Morse 69-70-71-70, Jim Carter 69-70-69-72, J.J.Henry 73-68-70-69, Pat Perez 71-71-69-69, Kenneth Staton 66-72-74-68

281 Kirk Triplet 65-74-70-72, Andy Miller 71-70-69-71, Greg Kraft 71-69-71-70, Willie Wood 68-72-71-70, Peter Jacobsen 68-72-72-69, Brian Henninger 70-72-71-68

282 Jay Delsing 70-69-71-72 Doug Barron 69-71-68-74 Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 73-68-70-71, John Senden (Aus) 69-73-70-70, Mark Brooks 71-71-70-70

283 Deane Pappas (Rsa) 69-71-72-71

284 Tom Pernice Jr 73-68-70-73, John Maginnes 72-70-70-72, Steven Alker 69-71-76-69

286 Tom Scherrer 70-70-74-72, Gavin Coles 71-70-74-71, Gene Sauers 69-73-74-70

287 Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn) 72-70-72-73

289 Bill Glasson 71-71-75-72

294 Mike Hulbert69-73-81-71