SAN ROQUE, Spain: England’s Andrew Johnston clinched his first victory on the European Tour at the Spanish Open with a one-under par 70 on Sunday to win by one shot from Dutchman Joost Luiten.

Sergio Garcia, whose foundation hosted the event at the Real Club de Valderrama, was four-under par for his final round to finish third two shots back.

Johnston’s one-over score for the tournament is the first over-par score to win a European Tour event outside the majors since 1996.

“I came off the course and I just started crying with the emotion of it. It’s just very surreal and I don’t think it will hit me for a few days,” said 27-year-old Johnston.

“It is what you dream of to have your name on a trophy alongside so many special names like Seve (Ballesteros), (Nick) Faldo and (Bernhard) Langer.

“You see them winning these tournaments, and the history of it and all these names, so to put mine on there feels pretty ridiculous really.”

Donald regains Heritage lead, Day falters

Former world No. 1 Luke Donald will try to end his run of near-misses at the RBC Heritage when he takes a one-shot lead into Sunday’s final round.

Donald carded a two-under par 69 over Harbor Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina, on Saturday to lead Americans Jason Kokrak and Charley Hoffman by one stroke.

Seven players are within three shots of the lead, but that doesn’t include current world No. 1 Jason Day.

The overnight co-leader opened with a bogey and things went downhill from there. In a round that included a double-bogey at the third, he made six of his eight bogeys on the back nine en route to a 79 that left him tied for 40th.

Day said that when he knew he had shot himself out of contention, he concentrated on not distracting playing partner Kevin Chappell, who is seeking a first PGA Tour title.

“I really wanted to stay out of Kevin’s way,” Day said. “I know that he really wants to win a tournament. He’s had two second-place finishes already this year. And my bad play, I just felt like it may have affected him.”

Indeed Chappell carded a four-over 75 that included two double-bogeys on the back nine to fall five shots off the pace.

He’ll have work to do with Donald and his closest pursuers setting their sights on what has proved an elusive title.

Donald has five top-three finishes without a victory at Harbor Town. Hoffman let a 54-hole lead get away in 2013.

“I haven’t been in this position as much as I would have liked the last couple of years,” said Donald,who hasn’t won on the US or European Tour since 2012 and is now ranked 95th in the world.

“But certainly I have been in this position many times, and I’ll draw from that.

“I know especially around this place, I think if there’s one tournament I’ve been in this position the most, it would be this one.”

Donald’s closest calls at Harbor Town came in 2011 — when Brandt Snedeker forced a playoff with a final-round 64 and won it with a birdie at the third extra hole — and in 2014, when Matt Kuchar chipped in from a bunker to win.

Hoffman has also endured Heritage disappointment. He led by two through three rounds in 2013, but shot a final-round 77.