Golf-Super Molinari brothers claim first World Cup for Italy (Reuters)
November 29, 2009
SHENZHEN, China, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Brothers Francesco andEdoardo Molinari won a dramatic three-way final round battlewith Sweden and Ireland to claim a first World Cup of Golf forItaly by one stroke on Sunday.
The duo found their putting touch on the back nine tofinish with a four-under-par 68 for a total of 29-under for the$5.5 million tournament at Mission Hills.
Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, who led allweek after opening 58, carded an error-strewn 70 to sharesecond with defending champions Swedes Henrik Stenson andRobert Karlsson, who carded a 69.
Edoardo Molinari, who won the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan lastweek, will share a cheque for $1.7 million with his brotherafter making Italy the 15th nation to lift the John Jay Hopkinstrophy at the 55th version of the event. (Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by John O’Brien; Toquery or comment on this story emailsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) ((nick.mulvenney@thomsonreuters.com; +8610 6627 1282; Reutersmessaging: nick.mulvenney.reuters.com@reuters.net. For the newReuters sports blog Left Field:http://blogs.reuters.com/sport/))
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