GLASGOW golfer Marc Warren was today savouring a spot in the US Open after finishing with a flourish in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

The 34-year-old needed to safeguard his place in the top-60 of the world rankings to secure an automatic tee-time for the second Major of the campaign.

And the triple Tour champ made sure of that with a battling three-under 69 over the West Course for a six-under 282 which left him tied for 18th in the European circuit's flagship event.

Warren was sliding down the Wentworth leaderboard having played his opening nine holes in one-over but he kick-started his recovery with a crucial par save from 10-feet on the 10th before reeling off birdies at 12, 16 and 17.

A pulled tee-shot on the 18th ended up against a tree but he chopped out left-handed then launched a super 7-iron to 15-feet and holed the putt for a birdie-four.

Warren said: "After that par on the 10th I said to my caddie 'we need to play the back nine in three-under at least for this US Open spot.

"Playing for something like a US Open spot gives you the motivation on the back nine. You want to finish well and it gives you something to get your teeth into. I was still pressing on the 18th as I thought I needed the birdie."

Next month's US Open will be held for the first time at Chambers Bay on the north west Pacific coast and Warren is relishing the prospect of this step into the unknown.

He added: "It will be pretty much new to everybody and in many ways it will be more of a level playing field. Nobody will really have the advantage of familiarity."

With the final three Majors of the season now on his schedule, Warren is eager to make the most of the lucrative chances as he looks to cement his place in the upper reaches of the world order and bolster his Ryder Cup ambitions for 2016.

He added: "You've got to be in these events if you're wanting to be in a Ryder Cup. It's one thing being in them but you need to perform in them. The Ryder Cup is not a given. It's the best 12 players in Europe and it has to be earned."

Scott Jamieson, partnering former US Open champion Justin Rose for the final round at Wentworth, closed with a 70 for a 284 and a top-30 finish.

At the head of the field, America-based Korean, Byeong-hun An coasted to A six-shot win with a 21-under tally of 267 after a classy 65. It was the 23-year-old's first Tour triumph and it earned the rookie over £600,000.