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Shiv Kapur of India claimed the sixth spot at the Johnnie Walker Championships at the Gleneagles Hotel Golf course. He has played his best golf of the year, with no less than 21 birdies and an eagle in four rounds.
Kapur, who missed more than a few short birdies, including two on the back nine on the final, double bogeyed the par-3 fourth and the par-4 15th and that dampened his great effort of seven birdies. Overall, Kapur shot 21 birdies and an eagle against six bogey, three doubles and one triple bogey.
Kapur shared the sixth place with Gregory Bourdy (70), Jamie Donaldson (70) and Steven O'Hara (70) .Gary Orr clinched the 5th place had 10 birdies and one double bogey in his final round 64.
Peter Hedblom won his third European Tour title followed by Swede Martin Erlandsson in the second place with a stunning 10-under 62 to get from two-under after three rounds to set a clubhouse target of 12-under.
Hedblom had last won the Malaysian Open in 2007 and last year he lost the title in a play-off to Arjun Atwal.
Kapur made it in the top-10 only for the second time this season. His previous best was eighth at the BMW International.
Out of the 11th cuts he has made in his 21 starts this year, most of his finishes have been in the 30s and 40s, with the exception of the 21st at Malaysian Open.
Defending champion Gregory Havret finished in the third place after a great weekend finish of 67-67 to come to 10-under after making the cut on the line with first two rounds of 68 and 76.
Paul Lawrie, who led at the midway stage ended third at 10-under with a final round of 67. He shared the third place with Havret.
