Frenchman Bihan wins Lyoness Open

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Frenchman Alan Bihan won by one shot the Alps Tour's Lyoness Open today with a total of 18 under par after scoring 67 in the final round to maintain his overnight lead.
The suspense was high as many players shot really low scores. Spaniard Inigo Urquizu holed his tee shot at the ninth to grab a beautiful Harley Davidson. Obviously this shot did not disturb him and he signed for a great 65.
The main opponent to Bihan was Englishman Jason Palmer. He was playing in the penultimate group and Bihan could see his assault on leaderboard. Palmer made no mistake but missed one birdie putt that would have got him into a play-off.
Bihan played perfectly as well.
“I am so happy with this win. I knew during the round that many guys were making some birdies. But I managed to stay focused, thanks to my father who was caddying me. He made me calm down and honestly I had the situation under control from the 1st to the last hole," said Bihan.
"Then, as I holed on the 15th for birdie I though about winning. I am so happy of the victory in Austria ! And what a cheque, that will help me a lot.”
The Lyoness Open is the biggest tournament of the Alps Tour season with a total prizefund of 66,000 Euros.
The Order of Merit leader, Italian Matteo Delpodio, keeps his advantage with more than 3000 points but won't play next week in Slovenia. Coming closer, English Lawrence Dodd and taking third place French Alan Bihan. English Jason Palmer is fourth and Scot Gavin Dear lost two places but is still in the top five.
Agathe Séron
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
270 Alan BIHAN (FRA) 67 65 71 67 (9,570.00 Euros)
271 Jason PALMER (ENG) 67 69 69 66 (6,501.00 Euros)
272 Farren KEENAN (ENG) 74 68 65 65, Peter LEPITSCHNIK (AUT) 70 65 67 70 (3,861 Euros each).
273 Fredrik SVANBERG (SWI) 64 73 69 67 (3,168.00 Euros).
274 Carlos BALMASEDA (ESP) 72 64 72 66, Lawrence DODD (ENG) 70 69 68 67, Jason BARNES (ENG) 70 71 66 67, Adam HODKINSON (ENG) 71 68 67 68 (2,343 Euros each).
275 Xavier GUZMAN SADABA (ESP) 68 69 71 67 (1,584.00 Euros).
276 Lukas NEMECZ (AUT) (am) 72 68 72 64, Shane McHENRY (AUS) 69 70 71 66 1, Kim Joon (ITA) 71 68 68 69, Michael MOSER (AUT) 71 69 66 70,Pol BECH (ESP) 65 71 69 71 (1,353 Euros each, except amateur).
277 Richard KILPATRICK (NIR) 70 67 69 71 (1,188.00 Euros)
278 Iñigo URQUIZU (ESP) 68 71 74 65, Uli WEINHANDL (AUT) 69 72 71 66 »» Marco GUERISOLI (ITA) 69 73 70 66, David ANTONELLI (FRA) 67 67 74 70 »» Kenny LE SAGER (FRA) 71 67 70 70, Jurgen MAURER (AUT) 70 71 67 70 »» Benjamin MANNIX (ENG) 71 67 66 74 (1,054.11 Euros each).
279 Gavin DEAR (Murrayshall House Hotel and GC) 73 70 69 67, Jann SCHMID (SWI) 70 70 70 69, Romain SCHNEIDER (FRA) 73 69 68 69, Matteo DELPODIO (ITA) 72 70 67 70 (905.85 Euros each).