MOLINARI BROTHERS BACK IN BUSINESS AT SINGAPORE OPEN

NEWS RELEASE FROM ASIAN TOUR

Singapore: Tiger-tamer Francesco Molinari will be looking to put the icing on the cake of a tremendous season with victory at next week's US$6 million Barclays Singapore Open.

His brother Edoardo, on the comeback trail after a three-month injury lay-off, will join him in the stellar field at Sentosa Golf Club from November 8-11.

The siblings, who teamed up to win the World Cup of Golf for Italy in 2009, face a formidable challenge with world number one and Race to Dubai leader Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, three-times winner Adam Scott of Australia and American great Phil Mickelson the main drawcards in Asia's richest National Open.

Francesco Molinari was the last man out for Europe in the Ryder Cup singles at Medinah and halved his match with Tiger Woods to give his team outright victory over the United States by 14 ½ - 13 ½.

He clinched his place in the team after a good run of form on the European Tour including victory at the Reale Seguros Open de Espana in May and runner-up finishes in the Alstom Open de France and Scottish Open.

Currently lying sixth on the Race to Dubai with earnings of 1,816,113 Euros, Francesco Molinari can close the gap on leader McIlroy by lifting the US$1 million (773,926 Euros) winner's purse at the Barclays Singapore Open.

Edoardo is trying to get his season back on track after a wrist surgery and will be keen to repeat his form of last year when he finished fifth.

A sizzling 62 over the Tanjong Course saw him share the first round lead with James Morrison and he was joint second heading into the weekend after a 68 on the Serapong Course.

A level par 71 in the final round of the rain-shortened 54-hole tournament took him level with Joost Luiten and Danny Lee in fifth place, two shots behind eventual winner Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano of Spain who pipped Filipino Juvic Pagunsan in a play-off after both finished on 14-under 199.

Eight-time European Tour number one Colin Montgomerie, who missed the cut by a shot last year, is also coming back for another shot at the title in the 49th staging of the Singapore Open which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.