molinari’s sweet 65
� winner francesco
molinari turned a four-shot
deficit into a three-stroke
win with a final-round 65 at
the reale seguros spanish
open at real gc in seville.
molinari began the final day
t- 6, trailing leader simon
dyson. it was the third
career win for molinari, who
finished at eight-under 280.
molinari, meanwhile, made
seven birdies on his first 14
holes—he took the outright
lead with a 4 on the par- 5
ninth to close an outward
32. he finished with four
pars, the sunday 65 being
the best round of the day.
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�key round dyson began
the final round with birdies
on the first two holes but
made six bogeys and 10 pars
the rest of the way to finish t- 12, at one-under 287.
�noteworthy pablo larrazábal, who won a minor-league event in spain a week
ago, was t- 2. … american
shaun micheel led after the
first round (67) but followed
that with a 77 and eventually finished t-32, 12 shots
behind molinari.
�top five real gc, Seville, Spain
1. Francesco Molinari 70-71-74-65—280
2. Alejandro Canizares 74-72-68-69—283
Pablo Larrazábal 71-72-69-71—283
Søren Kjeldsen 71-70-71-71—283
5. Jorge Campillo 68-72-73-72—285
Thorbjørn Olesen 73-72-70-70—285
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� quotable
“i was hoping the guys wouldn’t go too far under
par and everything worked out.” —francesco Molinari
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