James Morrison wins in Portugal.

James Morrison secured his maiden European Tour title at the Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal after holding off a determined charge from Oliver Fisher.

Overnight leader Morrison carded a final round 70 to finish on 20 under par, one clear of Fisher, who roared into contention with a host of birdies on the final day.

Fisher finished with an impressive 65 - the joint-lowest round of the day - while George Murray claimed third on 14 under following a 73.

Morrison endured a shaky start to his final round, bogeying the first hole and dropping a further shot on the par five third after finding the water with his second shot.

However, he recovered well by picking up a shot at the sixth before registering an eagle at the 569 yard eighth and another birdie at the tenth to regain control.

Fisher flew out of the blocks with four successive birdies from the third hole and the Englishman also birdied the eighth on his way to a front nine of 31.

Another birdie at 14 took him to within two of Morrison, who then bogeyed the penultimate hole to set up a grandstand finish.

But although Fisher managed to make four on the par five 18th, after narrowly missing a 25 foot eagle attempt, it proved to no avail as Morrison also ended his round with a birdie, getting up and down from a greenside bunker after going for the green in two.

"I'm overwhelmed," said a delighted Morrison. "It hasn't really sunk in yet. I don't think it'll sink in until Monday. I'm over the moon."

Belfast's Michael Hoey continued his love affair with Portugal when he finished in a tie for 6th place on 11 under par.He opened with a level par 72 and followed up with a 68,69,68 to win €21,000.
Simon Thornton was chasing the leaders on 11 under par after 3 rounds,but fell back into a tie for 13th with a closing 75.He earned €10,103.

Gary Murphy shot a second round of 69 but found himself with the weekend off as he missed the level par cut mark by one shot.Gareth Shaw was 3 over par,while Colm Moriarty +7 and Niall Kearney +10 were well off the mark.