The 32-year-old from Newcastle held his nerve to lift a third European Tour title, adding to his wins at the Canarias Open de Espana in 2003 at the Smurfit European Open in 2005.
He sealed the win on the 18th hole, being afforded two putts to do s
o despite his initial drive going wide of the fairway while Wakefield's landed on it.Staffordshire's Wakefield, last year's Qualifying School champion, overhit his second shot into rough at the back of the green, though, and, after Ferrie had recovered with a beautiful second to within seven feet of the pin, the rest was a formality.
It had so nearly been a three-way play-off, with Holland's Joost Luiten dropping a shot on the par-4 18th to fall out of contention on 11-under.
Both Ferrie, who lost to Andrew McArthur in a marathon play-off in the Paul Lawrie Invitational at Deeside earlier in the year, and Wakefield ended on 12-under, both of them carding five-under 67s. Wakefield birdied the last to deny Ferrie the win in regulation time after the latter had missed a putt to win it on the penultimate hole.
A disappointing round of 72 - par for the course - denied overnight leader Thomas Norret the right to fight for the title, and he will be left to reflect on a disastrous 7 on the par-5 13th.
Helensburgh's Gary Orr finished as leading Scot, closing with a 70 to tie for tenth on six-under alongside Tom Lewis.
The young Englishman closed with a 68 and now moves on to this week's Dunhill Links Championship, which features five other players in the recent winning Walker Cup side at Royal Aberdeen.
Alastair Forsyth signed off with a second successive 70 to finish in a share of 14th on five-under and is up to 131st on the money-list.
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