DOUGHERTY LETS WINNING CHANCE SLIP
IN ITALIAN OPEN FINAL ROUND
England's Nick Dougherty let another victory chance slip through his hands with a poorish final round inward half to finish joint third in the weather-shortened, 54-hole Telecom Italian Open at Castello di Tolcinasco, Milna.
Victory went in the end to Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano who beat the Austrian, Markus Brier, at the second hole of a sudden death play-off after they had tied on 16-under-par 200, Gonzala after a final round 65 and Markus with a 68.
In contrast, Dougherty closed with a 70 for 201.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72). Players from GB&I unless stated
200 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 67 68 65, Markus Brier (Aut) 63 69 68 (Fernandez-Castano won play-off at second extra hole. Fernandez-Castano wins £193,163, Brier £128,770)
201 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 69 68 64, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 69 65, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 67 68 66, Nick Dougherty 67 64 70 (£55,052 each).
202 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 66 71 65, Marcus Fraser 68 66 68, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 70 64 68
203 Simon Khan 68 69 66, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 67 67 69, James Heath 65 69 69
204 Mark Foster 72 68 64, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 70 69 65, Oliver Fisher 69 69 66, Phillip Archer 69 68 67, Oliver Wilson 68 68 68, Maarten Lafeber (Net) 69 66 69, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 69 65 70
205 Gary Lockerbie 73 65 67, Garry Houston 66 70 69, Alastair Forsyth 68 67 70, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 65 67 73, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 62 70 73
206 Ian Garbutt 68 71 67, Mark Pilkington 71 68 67, Peter Lawrie 68 70 68, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69 65 72
207 Anthony Wall 68 72 67, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 70 68, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69 68, Kyron Sullivan 70 67 70, Brett Rumford (Aus) 66 71 70, Charl Schwartzel (SAf) 67 69 71, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 66 67 74
208 David Drysdale 70 70 68, Gareth Davies 69 71 68, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 70 69 69, David Park 71 68 69, Sven Struver (Ger) 68 70 70, Gregory Havret (Fra) 67 71 70, Tom Lehman (US) 70 68 70, Steven O'Hara 69 68 71, Kenneth Ferrie 68 69 71, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 67 67 74
209 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 71 69 69, Sam Little 71 69 69, Benn Barham 69 70 70, Gary Murphy 71 68 70, Richard Finch 66 73 70, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 67 70, Bradley Dredge 71 68 70, Paul Broadhurst 68 70 71, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 71 66 72
210 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 68 72 70, Anders Hansen (Den) 66 74 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 71 69 70, Robert Rock 71 68 71
211 Alessio Bruschi (Ita) 72 68 71, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 74 66 71, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 73 67 71, Duffy Waldorf (US) 67 72 72, Steve Jones (US) 70 69 72
212 Michele Reale (Ita) 71 68 73, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 69 70 73, Steve Alker (NZ) 70 69 73, Juan Parron (Spa) 67 71 74.
213 Jose Manuel Carriles (Spa) 70 70 73.
216 Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 70 68 78.