Siem holds off late Molinari charge to take first title in eight years July 8, 2012 -- Updated 2103 GMT (0503 HKT) Marcel Siem kisses the Open de France trophy after his victory at Le Golf National in Paris German Marcel Siem wins the Open de France at Le Golf National Siem holds off late charge from Francesco Molinari to win by one shot Molinari cards a final round of 64 but Siem wins on eight-under Lee Westwood fine after an injury scare during Saturday's round (CNN) -- Marcel Siem held his nerve amid a late charge from Francesco Molinari to take the Open de France -- his first European Tour title for eight years. The German finished on eight-under-par, one shot better than Molinari who recorded a final round 64, the lowest score of the week at Le Golf National in Paris. The Italian was six shots off the pace prior to Sunday's finale and double bogeyed the first hole but went on to make nine birdies. But Siem held held firm, despite a dropped shot on the 18th, to take his second title on the European Tour, and his first since the 2004 Dunhill Championship. I'm so happy. This means a lot to me," Siem told the European Tour's official website after picking up a check for $640,000. First, after eight years it doesn't matter what kind of tournament you won; it's huge, because you've got the confidence again. Every time I've played consistent golf this year, and there were so many times up there, I couldn't make it. Stupid things happened the whole time. It means so much to me to win after that long stretch. It's all about winning in the end and it puts so much pressure every time you don't win and people start talking, you will never win again and stuff like that, so it's very important for me. I love this golf course. I always loved it and I love it even more or even better now. I'm super happy. Molinari hit just 29 shots on his closing nine holes and despite missing out on the title, he was delighted with his form. "It's been just an unbelievable day really," he said. I had a really bad start, but two years ago when I finished second here, I doubled the first on the last day. From then on, it was just great golf. I had a couple of good breaks and finally a lot of putts going in the hole. I was in the moment, in the zone and I wasn't really counting the birdies. The game has been feeling well all week and everything was coming out perfect. 3 Lee Westwood shot a closing round 70 to finish 40th a day after an injury scare nearly forced him out of the tournament. "The leg is fine - it wasn't a problem today," he said, after fears he may have to miss the year's third major, the British Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes starting on Thursday week.