A bogey-free round of 63 saw Luke Donald triumph at the rain-shortened Scottish Open in Inverness on Sunday.

The world number one started the day four shots behind the overnight leaders but he had closed that to a single shot by the time he completed the final holes of his second round card.

With the tournament cut to 54 holes because of the extremely wet weather being experienced over the last couple of days, Donald kept his cool and his punter in working order to win by four strokes and a final score of 19-under-par from Fredrik Andersson Hed.

The Swede actually went one better than his rival by collecting no less then eight birdies and an eagle on the par-5 18th to claim second.

Six golfers – Austrian Martin Wiegele, Lorenzo Gagli, Mark Tullo, George Coetzee, Nicolas Colsaerts and Angel Cabrera – shared third, with Paul McGinley, Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington the best of the Irish on -12, good enough for a share of 14th.

Graeme McDowell looked best placed for a challenge until a nine on the par-5 12th ended his hopes of chasing down Donald.

Perhaps the biggest news of the day, however, was Colin Montgomerie’s failure to make an impression on the scoreboard. His final round of 70 left him in a tie for 31st position and out of next week’s Open Championship for the first time since 1989.