LOCH LOMOND (Scotland), July 14: Argentina’s Eduardo Romero won the Scottish Open after a sudden-death playoff with Sweden’s Fredrik Jacobson on Sunday to become the third oldest winner in European Tour history.

The 47-year-old Romero clinched the eighth European title of his career at the first extra hole when he birdied the 430-yard 18th with a putt from seven feet.

Both players had completed the 72 regulation holes at 11-under 273, Romero after shooting a 70 and Jacobson a level-par 71.

South Africa’s Tim Clark birdied four of the last six holes to card a 68 and share third place at 10-under with England’s Roger Chapman, whose matching 68 featured a birdie-bogey-birdie finish.

England’s Justin Rose, bidding for his fifth title of the year, ended up in fifth a further stroke back after a final-round 71.

Final round scores:

Eduardo Romero won at first play off hole.

273 Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 66 65 71 71, Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 72 66 65 70

274 Tim Clark (South Africa) 71 68 67 68, Roger Chapman 70 70 66 68

275 Justin Rose 65 71 68 71

276 Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 72 70 69 65, Tom Lehman (U.S.) 69 69 71 67, Jean-Francois Remesy (France) 70 72 67 67, Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 72 67 66 71, Stephen Leaney (Australia) 72 65 67 72

MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin): Jeff Sluman fired an eight-under-par 63 to take a two-shot lead at 20-under over Steve Lowery after the third round of the Greater Milwaukee Open Saturday.

Sluman, winner of the event in 1998, has made the leaderboard a little less crowded than it was, with now only four players within five shots of the lead, compared to 28 after the second round.

Lowery, who shot a 64, is two strokes clear of third-placed Kirk Triplett, one of two players who had been tied with Sluman for the lead after the second round.

With a six-under 66, Australian Greg Chalmers moved into fourth place, five shots behind Sluman.

Leading third round scores (U.S. unless stated):

193 Jeff Sluman 64 66 63

195 Steve Lowery 66 65 64

197 Kirk Triplett 66 64 67

198 Greg Chalmers (Australia) 67 66 65

199 Tim Herron 68 66 65 200 J.P. Hayes 68 69 63, David Peoples 66 67 67

201 Chris Smith 67 70 64, Bob May 68 67 66, Kenny Perry 64 70 67, Dan Forsman 69 63 69

202 Joey Sindelar 69 68 65, Jess Daley 67 67 68 203 Steve Stricker 65 72 66, Bryce Molder 65 71 67, Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 68 67 68, Scott Hoch 69 64 70, Robert Damron 69 63 71

204 Joe Durant 69 68 67, Skip Kendall 68 67 69, Joe Ogilvie 68 67 69, Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 65 70 69, Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 68 65 71

Other international players:

205 Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 70 67 65

206 Grant Waite (New Zealand) 70 66 70, Mathew Goggin (Australia) 70 69 67, Kaname Yokoo (Japan) 68 71 67

207 Phil Tataurangi (New Zealand) 70 66 71, Bradley Hughes (Australia) 66 68 73, Glen Hnatiuk (Canada) 69 70 68.—Reuters