Doherty's T2 finish in Viking Challenge

Clément Sordet cruised to his third European Challenge Tour title by carding a final round of 67 to win the inaugural edition of the Viking Challenge by five shots.

Heavy rain earlier in the week had caused the competition to be reduced to 54 holes, with the final round at Miklagard Golf taking place today.

Sordet began the day with a share of the lead, but after four birdies in his first six holes, the Frenchman moved into a commanding position that he would not relinquish.

The 24 year old, whose previous Challenge Tour victories came at the 2015 Northern Ireland Open and the 2016 Turkish Airlines Challenge, did see his lead reduced to two after making a double bogey on the par four 14^th – his only blemish of the day.

But after consecutive birdies on the 15^th and 16^th Sordet went into the final two holes with a four-shot cushion.

A par at the last handed Sordet a third Challenge Tour victory in three years – and meant the Frenchman sealed his place in next week’s Rolex Trophy.

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Also making moves up the Rankings were England’s Charlie

Ford, the Netherlands’ Daan Huizing and Scotland’s Jack

Doherty – who all finished five shots behind Sordet in second

place.

Final scores:
par 216 (3x72)

203 C Sordet (Fra) 70 66 67,
208 J Doherty (Sco) 70 68 70, D Huizing (Netherlands) 69 67 72, C Ford (Eng) 72 68 68,
210 A Wennstam (Swe) 72 68 70, C Koepka (USA) 72 67 71, C Del Moral (Esp) 72 66 72,
211 C Blomstrand (Swe) 72 68 71, M Schwab (Austria) 74 68 69,
212 R Evans (Eng) 70 73 69, R Enoch (Wales) 69 70 73, T Tree (Eng) 71 70 71, M Madsen (Den) 71 72 69, A Zemmer (Ita) 72 67 73,
213 B Eccles (Australia) 71 68 74, S Fernandez (Spn) 74 68 71, J Garcia Pinto (Spn) 73 71 69, M Ford (Eng) 74 69 70, M Kinhult (Swe) 67 75 71, E Bertheussen (Nor) 70 71 72,
214 A Bernadet (Fra) 73 68 73, R Kellett (Sco) 72 70 72, N Johansson (Swe) 72 68 74, M Lundberg (Swe) 71 69 74,
215 T Pulkkanen (Fin) 70 69 76, P Howard (Eng) 73 71 71, S Kim (USA) 67 75 73, B Hellgren (Swe) 70 75 70, B Evans (Eng) 70 74 71, B Poke (Den) 70 72 73, K Samooja (Fin) 70 71 74, P Widegren (Swe) 74 72 69, T Lawrence (SAf) 68 75 72, S Piaget (Mon) 72 70 73, M Lampert (Ger) 73 69 73, V Riu (Fra) 69 74 72, J Sarasti (Spn) 72 74 69,
216 S Hutsby (Eng) 70 72 74, E Goya (Arg) 73 72 71, J Elson (Eng) 68 74 74, R McEvoy (Eng) 74 70 72, M Trappel (Austria) 71 74 71, A Saddier (Fra) 71 72 73, A Olsen (Norway) 73 71 72,
217 J Heath (Eng) 71 71 75, R Saxton (Netherlands) 72 71 74, A Bjornsson (Iceland) 73 73 71, P Mejow (Ger) 74 72 71, N Geyger (Chi) 71 75 71, L Vaisanen (Finland) 73 73 71,
218 B Hafthorsson (Iceland) 73 70 75, N O'Briain (Irl) 71 74 73, R Green (Australia) 74 71 73, M Laskey (Wal) 72 72 74, G Moynihan (Irl) 73 72 73,
219 S Henry (Sco) 73 69 77, V Maroy (Nor) 72 74 73, G Hurley (Irl) 74 72 73, J McDonald (Sco) 72 73 74, M Cort (Eng) 73 72 74, M Wiegele (Austria) 69 77 73,
220 T Murray (Eng) 69 72 79, J McLeary (Sco) 70 76 74, T Linard (Fra) 74 70 76, J Dantorp (Swe) 74 70 76,
221 M Ovesen (Den) 70 75 76,
222 M Søgaard (Den) 74 72 76,
223 A Altuntas (Turkey) 77 68 78,
225 M Hoey (Nir) 72 72 81
 ** S Forsström (Swe) 69 76 WD,