Hennie Otto clinches maiden European Tour victory

Hennie Otto won his first European Tour title by shooting a 3-under 69 Sunday to hold off Oliver Wilson by one stroke at the Italian Open.

The South African had four birdies and a bogey at Castello di Tolcinasco Golf and Country Club to finish at 25-under 263. Wilson, an Englishman, shot an 8-under 64, the best round of the day.

“It’s great to win at last,” said Otto, who failed to defend a five-shot advantage going into the final round of the Madeira Islands Open in March. “I have been working very hard on my putting and I don’t think I’ve ever holed more long putts than I did this week.”

Robert Karlsson, who shot a course-record 61 Friday, had a 5-under 67 to finish third, two shots behind.

“It was a good try, I suppose, but I haven’t really played that well over the weekend and that is why I have come up a bit short,” the Swede said.

Two-time major champion John Daly (67) finished 12 shots behind at 275.

263 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 65 66 63 69

264 Oliver Wilson 66 69 65 64

265 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 68 61 69 67

267 Phillip Archer 70 64 65 68, Marcel Siem (Ger) 70 66 65 66

268 Ross McGowan 64 71 64 69

270 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 67 67 64 72, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 70 64 64 72, Gregory Havret (Fra) 70 67 63 70

271 Nick Dougherty 71 66 67 67, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 72 66 63 70

273 Estanislao Goya (Arg) 66 67 68 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 71 66 67 69, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 66 72 66 69, Mark Foster 65 66 72 70, Paul Broadhurst 69 67 67 70

274 Anders Hansen (Den) 68 65 68 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 70 65 70 69, Paul Waring 70 67 67 70, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 66 73 66 69, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 67 69 71, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 67 69 69 69

275 John Daly (USA) 67 73 68 67, Steve Webster 66 69 71 69, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 68 70 69 68, Scott Barr (Aus) 70 69 65 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 68 66 69 72, David Park 70 70 67 68, Santiago Luna (Spa) 71 68 68 68

276 Peter Baker 69 71 68 68, Matthew Millar (Aus) 68 70 69 69, David Frost (Rsa) 71 68 65 72, Lee Slattery 71 68 66 71, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 66 73 69 68, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 68 70 67 71, Miles Tunnicliff 69 68 68 71, Bradley Dredge 69 65 70 72

277 Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 69 68 66 74, Marco Ruiz (Par) 64 70 70 73, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 66 71 71 69, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 69 70 72 66, Thomas Levet (Fra) 69 70 67 71

278 Ben Mason 68 68 69 73, Doug McGuigan 68 68 70 72, David Lynn 68 67 73 70, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 70 70 69, Mark Pilkington 74 64 71 69, Stephen Dodd 72 68 71 67, Alexander Noren (Swe) 66 71 70 71, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 68 70 68 72

280 Richard Bland 68 71 72 69, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 71 69 72 68, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 67 73 72 68, Gary Clark 71 69 71 69, Robert Rock 71 69 74 66, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 71 67 71 71, Sam Little 69 66 74 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 67 71 69 73

281 Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 70 68 71 72, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 67 72 74 68, Federico Colombo (Ita) 69 70 67 75, Lorenzo null Gagli (Ita) 71 66 73 71, James Kamte (Rsa) 69 70 72 70

282 Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 67 72 70 73

283 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 69 70 73, Pedro Linhart (Spa) 70 70 71 72, Gary Orr 69 69 73 72, Marc Warren 65 70 72 76, Alastair Forsyth 74 66 72 71

287 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 67 70 70 80

288 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 67 71 72 78

290 Ian Garbutt 73 67 73 77

291 Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 69 70 82 70

292 Nunzio Lombardi (Ita) 68 71 76 77

295 Renaud Guillard (Fra) 72 67 75 81

296 Claudio Vigano (Ita) 75 65 78 78