Welsh 1-2 as Dodd scores first European
Senior Tour victory
FROM THE EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR WEBSITE
Welshman Stephen Dodd held his nerve at Golf Club Udine to win the 2016 Senior Italian Open by one shot from compatriot Phillip Price.
In just his seventh event on the European Senior Tour, the 50 year old Dodd went into the final day nine under par after rounds of 69-64 and held on in testing conditions, carding a level par final round of 71.
The three-time European Tour winner, who made his Senior Tour debut at the Senior Open Championship in July, started his round with a birdie to move to ten under par but made three bogeys before the turn and another on the par four tenth hole.
He rallied on the back nine as he made birdie on the 13th hole and then took the lead after a gain on the 16th.
A sublime second shot to the 18th green left him a 15 foot putt for
birdie which he duly converted to take home his first Senior Tour title.
“It was a bit strange really,” said Dodd. “I didn’t play too badly on the front nine, I just missed a lot of putts. But I had a decent finish which put me over the line, thankfully.
“I hit a lot of good shots but missed everything I looked at. That was the problem, but then I holed a nice one on the last when it really mattered.
“I didn’t realise my birdie on 16 put me in the lead. There wasn’t a scoreboard there so I didn’t know.”
Dodd also becomes the ninth player to win on the European Challenge Tour, European Tour and Senior Tour. He won on the Challenge Tour in 1992, and secured three European Tour titles, his last in 2006.
“It’s nice to do that and to get a win so early in my career on the Senior Tour," he said. "One of my goals at the start of the year was win this season and I’ve achieved that. It’s a big confidence boost for me and I can now look forward to next year.”
Price, one of the heroes of Europe’s 2002 Ryder Cup side, made his Senior Tour debut this week after turning 50 on the day of the first round. The Welshman carded a one under par final round of 70 to take sole ownership of second place.
In third place were the pair of Magnus P Atlevi and André Bossert, winners earlier in the year at the Paris Legends Championship and Travis Perkins Masters, and Argentina’s Cesar Monasterio rounded out the top five after finishing six under par.
Austria’s Fife-born Gordon Manson carded the best round of the afternoon, a five under par 66, to finish in sixth place alongside England’s Barry Lane and Welshman Mark Mouland.
LEADING TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY
Par 213 (3x71)
Senior Tour victory
FROM THE EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR WEBSITE
Welshman Stephen Dodd held his nerve at Golf Club Udine to win the 2016 Senior Italian Open by one shot from compatriot Phillip Price.
In just his seventh event on the European Senior Tour, the 50 year old Dodd went into the final day nine under par after rounds of 69-64 and held on in testing conditions, carding a level par final round of 71.
The three-time European Tour winner, who made his Senior Tour debut at the Senior Open Championship in July, started his round with a birdie to move to ten under par but made three bogeys before the turn and another on the par four tenth hole.
He rallied on the back nine as he made birdie on the 13th hole and then took the lead after a gain on the 16th.
“It was a bit strange really,” said Dodd. “I didn’t play too badly on the front nine, I just missed a lot of putts. But I had a decent finish which put me over the line, thankfully.
“I hit a lot of good shots but missed everything I looked at. That was the problem, but then I holed a nice one on the last when it really mattered.
“I didn’t realise my birdie on 16 put me in the lead. There wasn’t a scoreboard there so I didn’t know.”
Dodd also becomes the ninth player to win on the European Challenge Tour, European Tour and Senior Tour. He won on the Challenge Tour in 1992, and secured three European Tour titles, his last in 2006.
“It’s nice to do that and to get a win so early in my career on the Senior Tour," he said. "One of my goals at the start of the year was win this season and I’ve achieved that. It’s a big confidence boost for me and I can now look forward to next year.”
Price, one of the heroes of Europe’s 2002 Ryder Cup side, made his Senior Tour debut this week after turning 50 on the day of the first round. The Welshman carded a one under par final round of 70 to take sole ownership of second place.
In third place were the pair of Magnus P Atlevi and André Bossert, winners earlier in the year at the Paris Legends Championship and Travis Perkins Masters, and Argentina’s Cesar Monasterio rounded out the top five after finishing six under par.
Austria’s Fife-born Gordon Manson carded the best round of the afternoon, a five under par 66, to finish in sixth place alongside England’s Barry Lane and Welshman Mark Mouland.
LEADING TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY
Par 213 (3x71)
1
DODD Stephen
WAL
69
64
71
204 € 52,500
2
PRICE Phillip
WAL 71
64
70
205
€ 35,000
T3
ATLEVI Magnus P
SWE 69
67
70
206 € 21,875
T3
BOSSERT André
SWI
68
68
70
206
€ 21,875
5
MONASTERIO Cesar
ARG 67
70
70
207 € 15,855
T6
LANE Barry
ENG 67
70
71
208
€ 12,600
T6
MANSON Gordon
AUT/Sco
72
70
66
208
€ 12,600
T6
MOULAND Mark
WAL 72
67
69
208
€ 12,600
T9
BROWN Simon P
ENG 67
68
74
209 € 9,100
T9
GOLDING Philip
ENG
69
70
70
209
€ 9,100
T9
SHERBORNE Andrew
ENG
69
70
70 209 € 9,100
SCOTS' SCORES
T14
DRUMMOND Ross
SCO
71
72
68
211 € 6,125
T20
OLDCORN Andrew
SCO
72
71
70 213 € 4,270
T56
BRAND JNR Gordon
SCO
73
76
81
230 € 1,190Labels: Pro seniors
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