29 year old Edoardo Molinari birdied the last three holes to win the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. Molinari was two behind Australian Brett Rumford with three holes to play.
With the pressure on, not only to win the Johnny Walker Championship but also needing a win to convince Monty he was good enough for a Ryder Cup wild card, Edoardo then two-putted the long 16th for a birdie 4, sank a monster 30 foot putt at the 194 yard 17th and then hit a chip to within 18 inches of the final hole.
It was a magnificent finish for Molinari who finished on 10 under par to beat Rumford by one shot. Edoardo was playing Challenge Tour golf last year and now with his 2nd victory in Scotland this year he will make his debut on the Ryder Cup side in Wales alongside his younger brother Francesco.
Damien McGrane was up with the leaders after 3 rounds. He was 7 under par starting the final round but dropped down into joint 7th with a disappointing 74. His 5 under par total gave him a nice cheque of €43,774.
Simon Thornton was also 7 under par heading into the last round. Unfortunately he took 78 shots in the last round to win €15,100 and finish down in 26th place.
Paul Mc Ginley opened brightly with a 68 and 70 but fell away after weekend scores of 74 and 76 to win €11,707 for a share of 35th place.
The cut came at 1 under par 143. Shane Lowry 72/74, Peter Lawrie 72/75 and Gary Murphy 73/77 all had the weekend off.
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