Robert Karlsson warms up for Ryder
Cup with Mercedes-Benz victory

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Sweden's Robert Karlsson warmed up in perfect style for next week's Ryder Cup with his first victory for two years, in the Mercedes-Benz Championship today.
Europe captain Nick Faldo had further reasons to celebrate too - with fellow team members Miguel Angel Jimenez, Soren Hansen and Graeme McDowell third, eighth and 16th respectively.
Karlsson began the final day with a three-stroke lead, despite suffering a one-shot penalty after his third round on Saturday, and carded a closing 71 at Gut Larchenhof.
That gave the 6ft 5in Swede a total of 13 under par 275 and a two-shot victory over Italy's Francesco Molinari.
Karlsson had been six clear at one stage in the final round, but Molinari birdied four holes in a row from the 12th, and Karlsson bogeyed the 16th to see his lead cut to just two.
Molinari then left a birdie putt on the 17th agonisingly short of the hole and missed another birdie chance on the last as Karlsson held his nerve to claim the £270,000 first prize.
Marc Warren was top Scot in joint 11th place on 284.
Paul Lawrie was next best Scot on 38.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
275 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 67 69 68 71
277 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 71 71 65 70
279 Ross Fisher 68 73 68 70, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 71 70 68 70, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 72 73 68 66
281 Richard Finch 66 73 70 72, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 73 69 67 72
282 Soren Hansen (Den) 73 67 73 69, Marcel Siem (Ger) 72 68 72 70, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 74 70 68 70
284 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 73 70 73 68, Marc Warren 72 69 72 71, David Dixon 72 71 71 70
285 Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 69 73 74, Steve Webster 73 72 68 72
286 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 72 70 67 77, Graeme McDowell 72 73 70 71, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 73 70 73 70, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 66 71 70 79, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 74 67 72, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 74 75 68 69
287 Paul Lawrie 70 72 71 74, Richard Green (Aus) 72 72 72 71, David Lynn 73 75 69 70
288 Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 76 72 71 69, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 73 70 72 73, Darren Clarke 76 74 69 69, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 80 66 73 69
289 Alexander Noren (Swe) 71 71 72 75, Markus Brier (Aut) 72 74 72 71, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 70 76 71 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 67 73 75
290 Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 77 72 70, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 70 73 70 77
291 James Kingston (Rsa) 69 73 72 77, Fred Couples (US) 75 70 74 72
292 Damien McGrane 70 75 75 72, David Howell 76 74 68 74, Ariel Canete (Arg) 73 72 73 74, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 75 75 70 72, Paul McGinley 73 74 71 74, Thomas Levet (Fra) 75 75 70 72
293 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 77 70 75
294 Anders Hansen (Den) 76 76 70 72, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 80 72 72 70, David Frost (Rsa) 71 72 77 74, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 71 73 74 76, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 74 71 75 74
295 John Daly (US) 73 71 74 77
296 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 71 73 80 72, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 72 75 74 75
297 Phillip Price 71 76 74 76, Scott Strange (Aus) 74 74 79 70, Peter Lawrie 72 76 74 75
298 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 75 77 75 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 78 76 72 72, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 73 75 74 76
300 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 70 76 81 73, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 73 74 72 81, Simon Dyson 76 74 76 74
301 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 80 75 70 76, Sven Struver (Ger) 72 76 75 78, Alastair Forsyth 74 78 76 73
302 Graeme Storm 75 71 73 83
303 Mardan Mamat (Sin) 76 76 74 77, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 76 75 80 72
306 Stephen Dodd 73 76 78 79, Mark Brown (US) 76 78 76 76
307 Anton Haig (Rsa) 74 78 81 74, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 77 78 79 73, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 76 76 78 77
310 Oliver Fisher 75 74 80 81
313 John Bickerton 80 76 74 83, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 79 76 79 79, Pablo Martin (Spa) 77 79 80 77
317 Scott Drummond 84 74 81 78
320 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 77 83 79 81