Round up: Wiesberger wins in Paris; Power, Selfridge and Smyth finish well
Austrian Bernd Wiesberger. Picture: Getty Images
European Tour — Michael Hoey had a costly finish as Austrian Bernd Wiesberger produced a master-class in the final round of the Alstom Open de France with a flawless six under par 65 to win his third European Tour title.
The 29 year old started the day three shots off the lead, but followed his superb Saturday 66 with another fine effort, signing off in style with a birdie at the last to win by three shots from Englishman James Morrison with a 13 under par total at Le Golf National.
Morrison’s consolation prize was one of the three Open Championship spots available, with third-placed South African Jaco Van Zyl, who began the round with a two shot advantage only to card a 73, and fifth-placed Spaniard Rafa Cabrera-Bello claiming the other two.
“This tournament is very special to me," Wiesberger said. "It’s one of the biggest events we have on Tour and the oldest one on Continental Europe. I’m very proud to be on the winners’ list on this trophy, dating back to 1906. It's amazing and it was a great week. It was a great way to finish with a birdie at the last.
Hoey was on the fringes of the Top 20 with five holes to go but bogeyed the 14th and 17th and triple bogeyed the 18th to post a 75 for a share of 45th on four over (€15,600) as Damien McGrane (73) tied for 54th on eight over (€10,500).
271 B Wiesberger (Aut) 68 72 66 65; 274 J Morrison (Eng) 71 68 68 67; 276 J Van Zyl (RSA) 68 71 64 73; 277 M Kaymer (Ger) 69 69 69 70; 279 R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 68 70 72 69; 280 M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 75 70 67 68, B Steele (USA) 72 69 67 72, A Sullivan (Eng) 71 70 69 70, F Molinari (Ita) 70 69 70 71; 281 M Kieffer (Ger) 70 70 65 76, T Jaidee (Tha) 70 74 65 72; 282 V Dubuisson (Fra) 68 70 69 75, T Hatton (Eng) 71 68 69 74, K Broberg (Swe) 72 69 68 73.
290 M Hoey (Nir) 72 73 70 75; 292 D McGrane (Irl) 73 70 76 73.
Web.com Tour — Seamus Power shot a second successive 67 to finish tied 16th in the Nova Scotia Open in Cananda.
The West Waterford star had six birdies in a four under round to finish on nine under par at Ashburn Golf Club’s New Course in Halifax to move into the Top 60 in the money list.
Americans Abraham Ancer (68) and Bronson Burgoon (68) tied on 13 under with Ancer taking the title with a bridie at the first extra hole.
The top 25 in the Web.com Tour’s money list at the end of the season earn PGA Tour cards.
Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia. Picture: Getty Images
Challenge Tour — Chris Selfridge mght have bogeyed the last but a four under 67 on payday earned him € 1,547 and moved him up to 50th in the Challeng Tour rankings.
The Moyola Park rookie made five birdies in a 67 to finish tied for 24th on four under par in the AEGEAN Airlines Challenge Tour by Hartl Resort and has now made €12,707 from five starts having finished T17, T13, T25 and T10 in his previous starts.
Ruaidhri McGee is ninth in the standings behind Sebastien Gros of France, who leads the Road to Oman Rankings by less than €2,000 from Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia, who stormed to his second European Challenge Tour title on Sunday.
The 26-year old snatched a four-stroke victory on the Beckenbauer Course in Bad Griesbach after a 67 moved him to 15 under for the tournament
The stocky Faro native has been nothing short of a sensation since making his professional debut on the European Challenge Tour almost exactly one year ago, following a glittering amateur career in the American collegiate ranks.
His maiden victory came in Rome after just seven appearances and, while it was not enough to earn graduation to The European Tour at the conclusion of the 2014 season, he has returned this year an even bigger force to be reckoned with.
269 R Gouveia (Por) 63 70 69 67; 273 D Burmester (RSA) 67 63 70 73; 274 S Gros (Fra) 70 68 63 73, J Winther (Den) 71 66 68 69; 275 C Gloet (Den) 69 71 72 63, S Jeppesen (Swe) 72 67 69 67, M Schneider (Ger) 65 73 68 69, M Southgate (Eng) 69 65 73 68; 276 C Aguilar (Esp) 71 67 67 71, F Praegant (Aut) 71 69 69 67, B Åkesson (Swe) 66 68 72 70…
280 C Selfridge (Nir) 71 70 72 67,
281 A Snobeck (Fra) 71 68 70 72.
Gordon Manson. Picture: Getty Images
European Senior Tour — Des Smyth made five birdies in a closing 66 to take 19th spot in the Swiss Senior Open at Bad Raz.
Smyth finished on six under par but was eight strokes behind Austria’s Gordon Manson, who secured his maiden European Senior Tour title courtesy of a superb back nine of 31 which included an eagle putt from 60 feet.
Manson closed with a round of 66 for a 14 under par aggregateon a day when the lead changed hands with thrilling regularity.
Denis O’Sullivan (70) tied for 49th on level par with Philip Walton (69) a shot further back in 57th.
196 G Manson (Aut, € 45,000) 66 64 66; 198 P Golding (Eng) 67 65 66; 199 F Lamare (Fra) 66 69 64, J Smith (USA) 67 68 64, R Drummond (Sco) 65 67 67; 200 C Mason (Eng) 63 69 68, P Fowler (Aus) 66 68 66; 201 J Carriles (Esp) 66 72 63, K Tarling (Can) 66 69 66, A Bossert (Sui) 67 73 61.
204 D Smyth (Irl, € 3,848)) 70 68 66; 210 D O’Sullivan (Irl, €802) 72 68 70; 211 P Walton (Irl, €600) 69 73 69.
