Moriarty Best of Irish in Mallorca

Having traded the Challenge Tour this week for the main Tour Colm Moriarty of Team Ireland finished the final day with a one under par 69 at the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca to earn a share of 32nd place and was the best of three Irish players who made the cut for the weekend at Pula Golf Club.

Although his final tally of 7 over was well of the pace Moriarty can draw satisfaction from this week having missed the cut on his last outing on the European Tour in the Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal last April. Moriarty played the front nine in level par mixing two birdies with two bogeys and then went two shots better to finish the back leg in 34 after a birdie on 17.

Alejandro Canizares shot a four under par round to match Sweden's Peter Hanson earning a play off which the Swede went on to win.

Peter Hanson has now added to his European Tour wins having won the SAS Masters at Arlandastad Golf in Stockholm in 2008

The early tournament leader James Kingston dropped to 2 under after a 1 under par final round to card an aggregate of 278 and finish 3rd in a tie with Pelle Edberg of Sweden who was 3 over for the final day having started out the morning in a share of the lead.

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano battled through the day but a double bogey on 16th added to his problems and finished 4 over for the day on 1 under for the tournament.

Damien McGrane also completed the final day in one under par for a 7 over total after making the turn in 36 shots. Two birdies on 14 and 17 gave him his best round of the week.

Paul McGinley, still struggling to find form after his knee operation, dropped two shots through the first 4 holes then picked up a birdie on 7 only to drop another shot reaching halfway in 38. On the back nine he traded two early birdies on 11 and 12 with bogeys on 17 and 18 to end his round on three over on a total of 15 over.