France's Gwladys Nocera claimed a two-shot victory at the Scottish Open on Saturday - her sixth women's European Tour success inside two years.
The 32-year-old from Biarritz shot rounds of 69, 70 and 69 at The Carrick on Loch Lomond for a five-under-par total of 208.
Sweden's Maria Boden recorded a career-best finish of second on three-under after a final round of 69, while England's Rebecca Hudson's 68 enabled her to tie for third on two-under with Austria's Nicole Gergely (69).
Nocera tied for the lead with Boden after the first round and was a stroke clear of the field going into the final day.
She birdied the second hole to take a two-stroke advantage and maintained her lead in dry but cold conditions.
Nocera carded back-to-back birdies at the seventh and eighth holes and after a three-putt bogey at the ninth she held a three-stroke lead over five players at the turn.
Coming in, she birdied the 10th but then bogeyed 12 and 14 to move back to four-under-par and her lead was narrowed to a stroke with one hole to play.
She sealed the victory with an impressive birdie at the 407-yard par-four last, where she hit her drive 317 yards and then holed from 20 feet.
Nocera, who now lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, said after she had been pushed to play better by keeping an eye on the leaderboard.
She explained: "There were a lot of good scores.
"The thing that was hard was that they were done playing and I had to deal with the situation. I just thought about doing the best I could."
After finishing second and third on the tour's money rankings over the last two seasons, Nocera added: "My goal when I started the season was to win the money list because I haven't won it yet."
Hudson, the 2006 OTP Bank Ladies Central European Open champion, recorded her third top-10 finish in three starts this year, excluding her win in the European Cup.
But she was slightly disappointed to have missed a three-foot par putt for a share of second place.
Hudson said: "I had to go for that putt. It's one of those things.
"I hit 18 greens in regulation and can't fault that. I hadn't holed any putts until the back nine then I got another good run going.
"I am playing well. I've hit the ball tee to green really well.
"Another top 10 and I'll keep working away...looking towards the Solheim Cup next year. I missed out last year and I want to be in that team next year."
Collated third round scores & totals in the Ladies European Tour Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open, The Carrick Cameron House, Loch Lomond, Scotland
(Par 71)
208 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 69 70 69
210 Maria Boden (Swe) 69 72 69
211 Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 72 71 68, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 70 72 69
212 Amy Yang (Kor) 70 70 72
213 Clare Queen (Sco) 72 71 70, Kathryn Imrie (Sco) 73 69 71, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 75 67 71, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 70 71 72
214 Melissa Reid (Eng) 77 71 66, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 77 70 67, Martina Eberl (Ger) 74 72 68, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 74 70 70, Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 72 72 70, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 71 73 70
215 Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 75 67 73
216 Mhairi McKay (Sco) 74 74 68, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 71 73 72, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 75 67 74
217 Lisa Hall (Eng) 74 76 67, Samantha Head (Eng) 73 75 69, Ellen Smets (Bel) 75 72 70, Marina Arruti (Spa) 77 70 70, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 70 75 72, Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 73 71 73
218 Danielle Masters (Eng) 78 71 69, Nathalie David-Mila (Fra) 73 74 71, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 74 73 71, Cecilia Ekelundh (Swe) 75 71 72, Sophie Walker (Eng) 73 72 73
219 Natalie Claire Booth (Eng) 76 75 68, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 81 70 68, Beatriz Recari (Spa) 76 74 69, Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 79 70 70, Zuzana Kamasova (Svk) 72 75 72, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 73 73 73
220 Stefanie Michl (Aut) 76 73 71, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 78 71 71, Lill Kristin Saether (Nor) 77 71 72, Marjet van der Graaff (Ned) 76 70 74, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 71 74 75
221 Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 73 77 71, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 75 75 71, Karen Lunn (Aus) 73 75 73, Karen-Margrethe Juul (Den) 74 73 74, Fame More (Eng) 74 73 74, Sofia Renell (Swe) 76 68 77
222 Florence Luscher (Swi) 75 75 72, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 78 70 74, Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 75 71 76
223 Georgina Simpson (Eng) 80 71 72
224 Trish Johnson (Eng) 77 73 74, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 74 72 78
225 Yuki Sakurai (Jpn) 76 75 74, Isabella Maconi (Ita) 76 74 75, Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 77 73 75
226 Janice Olivencia (Pue) 73 78 75, Vittoria Valvassori (Ita) 77 74 75, Diana Luna (Ita) 79 72 75, Jenna Wilson (Sco) 80 71 75, Olof Maria Jonsdottir (Ice) 73 77 76
227 Kylie Walker (Sco) 78 72 77
228 Kiran Matharu (Eng) 77 74 77
230 Eva Steinberger (Aut) 77 74 79
235 Stephanie Arricau (Fra) 74 75 86
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