Britain’s all-time great Laura Davies shot a final level-par round of 71 to win the Open de Espana Femenino and claim her 76th career title at Flamingos Golf in Benahavis on the Costa del Sol.

Davies finished at 11 under par for the tournament and secured a two-stroke win over fellow Englishwoman Rebecca Hudson, Australian Frances Bondad and Christina Kim of the United States, just two weeks after her last victory in Austria.

The four-time major champion said it was one of the best wins of her life after she thought she had blown it by carding a quadruple bogey eight on the 13th hole.

After going to the turn in a three-under-par 32, Davies was three strokes clear of the field when she hit her tee shot left onto a steep rocky slope, on the uphill par-four.

Along with her caddie Johnny Scott, she scrambled up the slippery and dangerous hill and found the ball but twice hit a rock behind it whilst trying to escape from the trouble.

She hit her fourth shot onto the fairway and by the time she walked off the green with a quadruple bogey, was tied for the lead with compatriot Lisa Hall on 10-under-par.

Unlike at the previous week’s Open de France, where Davies was tied for the lead after 10 holes in the final round only to triple bogey the 11th and fall out of contention, she responded immediately with brilliant birdies on the 14th and 15th holes to establish a two-stroke advantage. Hall meanwhile double bogeyed the 16th to drop back into a four-way tie for fifth.

Davies explained: “I thought I’d blown it, because last week I had the triple bogey on number 11 and I did blow it, so it works on your mind a bit. It was nice to come straight back with those two birdies.

“”After last week, I thought the bogey man was following us around again. I think it made a big difference going birdie, birdie, after that. It saved the day, I think.”

With the 52,500 euros winner’s prize and her tally of four titles this season, in New Zealand, Germany, Austria and Spain, Davies moved to the top of the LET’s 2010 Henderson Money List, 4,038 euros clear of South African Lee-Anne Pace.

The 46-year-old, who already held the record as the oldest winner on the tour, is targeting the number one spot for the eighth time in her career.

She said: “I think I’m definitely playing in Dubai and possibly one of the Asian events to try and stay level with Lee-Anne and Mel (Reid).”

This was Davies’ 43rd LET victory and she also has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour in America and 13 on other Tours.

There are five events remaining this season and the next tournament on the schedule is the Sanya Ladies Open in China, from October 22-24.

Collated final round scores from the Ladies European Tour Open de Espana Femenino at Flamingos GC in Benahavis, Costa del Sol, Spain (Par: 71)

202 Laura Davies (Eng) 65 66 71

204 Christina Kim (USA) 68 71 65, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 69 68 67, Frances Bondad (Aus) 69 68 67

205 Florentyna Parker (Eng) 67 70 68, Maria Hernandez (Spa) 64 72 69, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 67 69 69, Lisa Hall (Eng) 68 65 72

206 Stefania Croce (Ita) 70 69 67, Julieta Granada (Par) 68 70 68, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 66 70 70

207 Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 68 70 69, Jeehae Lee (Kor) 72 67 68, Melissa Reid (Eng) 68 69 70, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 68 73 66, Carin Koch (Swe) 65 69 73

208 Trish Johnson (Eng) 69 69 70, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 72 66 70, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 67 70 71, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 71 65 72, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 69 66 73

209 Pernilla Lindberg (Swe) 70 70 69, Azahara Munoz Guijarro (Spa) 68 70 71, Sophie Walker (Eng) 72 69 68, Camilla Hedberg (Spa) 68 69 72, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 67 69 73, Julie Maisongrosse (Fra) 67 69 73

210 Vikki Laing (Sco) 69 70 71, Rebecca Flood (Aus) 73 67 70, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 69 71 70, Beth Allen (USA) 72 69 69, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 69 72 69, Caroline Masson (Ger) 66 71 73, Anja Monke (Ger) 69 68 73, Malene Jorgensen (Den) 69 67 74, Alison Walshe (USA) 65 70 75

211 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 67 71 73, Becky Morgan (Wal) 70 70 71, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 66 70 75

212 Mireia Prat (Spa) 72 67 73, Diana Luna (Ita) 67 72 73, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 72 68 72, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 70 71 71

213 Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 72 67 74, Johanna Lundberg (Swe) 70 71 72, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 69 73 71

214 Karen Lunn (Aus) 68 71 75, Hannah Jun (USA) 67 69 78, Elizabeth Bennett (Eng) 70 72 72

215 Kim Welch (USA) 70 68 77

216 Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 73 66 77, Km Juul (Den) 70 69 77, Kylie Walker (Sco) 70 70 76, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 71 70 75, Johanna W Johansson (Swe) 73 68 75, Tandi Cuningham (Rsa) 73 69 74, Federica Piovano (Ita) 72 70 74

217 Dewi-Claire Schreefel (Ned) 70 72 75

218 Pamela Feggans (Sco) 69 70 79, Clare Queen (Sco) 72 69 77, Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 68 73 77, Nina Reis (Swe) 66 76 76, Mallory Blackwelder (USA) 75 67 76

220 Mollie Fankhauser (USA) 70 70 80, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 74 68 78

224 Julie Greciet (Fra) 73 69 82