Francesco and Edoardo Molinari won the Omega World Cup title, giving Italy its first title in the team event with a one-stroke victory over Sweden and Ireland on Sunday. This success follows Italian teenager Matteo Manassero becoming the youngest winner of the British Amateur title in June.
The Molinaris closed with a 4-under 68 in the alternate-shot final round on Mission Hills´ Course. They finished at 29 under and earned $875,000 each in the tournament that featured two rounds of better ball and two of alternate shot.
Francesco hit a long greenside bunker shot to 3 feet on the 18th to set up Edoardo´s winning par putt.
Three consecutive birdie putts from Francesco at the start of the back nine were the key as the Irish duo of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell let slip a three-shot lead.
Sweden´s Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson, the winners last year, shot a 69 to tie for second with Ireland´s Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell (70). McIlroy and McDowell led after each of the first three rounds.
