Italian teenage sensation Matteo Manassero wins in Valencia.

17 year old Matteo Manassero broke a few records when he won the Castello Masters around the Club de Campo del Mediterraneo course in Valencia, Spain.

Matteo shot 68,66,67,67 ( -16 ) to become the youngest ever winner on the European Tour at the tender age of 17 years and 188 days. The previous holder New Zealand's Danny lee was more than a year older than Matteo at 18 years and 213 days. Matteo is now also the youngest ever full member of the European Tour, beating the legend Seve Ballesteros record by 12 days. He was granted full membership of the tour with earnings of €641,197 from 6 starts and now finds himself in 43rd place on the Race to Dubai league table.

Manassero afterwards admitted he had not expected his first win to come so soon. He was full of praise for his caddy, Ryan McGuigan from Coleraine.

It was another good week for Dubliner Peter Lawrie. A superb second round of 64 helped Lawrie to a share of 3rd place when he finished on 11 under par. Gareth Maybin got his game back on track after a few missed cuts. Maybin finished in a share of 19th place on 7 under par.

Damien McGrane started with a 5 over par 76. He then shot a 65 to easily make the cut and went on to finish in a share of 30th place on 5 under par. Paul McGinley was 51st on 1 under par. Shane Lowry took 76 in the 3rd round but still finished in 66th place on 3 over par but Michael Hoey had a poor finish, taking a 78 in the final round to finish in 72nd place on 6 over par.

Simon Thornton took 75 in round one and even though he recovered with a 70 in the 2nd round he missed the +1 cut by 2 shots.