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Updated at 5:50 a.m., Sunday, July 27, 2008

Golf: Sweden's Lundberg wins 2nd Russian Open title

Associated Press

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Mikael Lundberg, of Sweden, putts at the 18th hole during the last day of the Russian Open golf championship at Moscow Country Club in Nakhabino, outside Moscow on Sunday.

IVAN SEKRETAREVE | Associated Press

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NAKHABINO, Russia — Mikael Lundberg won his second Russian Open title with birdies on two of the last three holes for a 68 Sunday and a two-stroke victory over Jose Manuel Lara.

The Swede finished at 21-under 267.

Lundberg also won the tournament in 2005 — his first European Tour title — on the fourth hole of a playoff.

Lara, a Spaniard, shot 64 and Benn Barham (68) of England was one stroke down for third.

The Russian Open became a full-fledged European Tour event in 2006 and doubled its prize money to $2 million last season.