Golf Digest: SENIORS TOUR A brilliant birdie at the last hole gave former Ryder Cup player José Rivero a dramatic one-shot victory in the lucrative Wales Seniors Open at The Vale Hotel, Golf & Spa Resort near Cardiff.
Rivero had started the final round six strokes back but as the leaders faltered over the back nine of the Wales National Course, the Spaniard went on a birdie spree for a round of 68 and a winning total of four under par 212.
Sam Torrance of Scotland, who closed with a 71, overnight leader David J Russell of England (75), Juan Quiros of Spain (69) and Frenchman Gery Watine (70) shared second place on 213.
Ireland's Des Smyth finished on 219 after a final round of 75
EUROPEAN TOUR: Argentina's Cesar Monasterio produced a brilliant up and down from a bunker at his last hole to save par and clinch the Aa St Omer Open title by just one stroke.
The 42-year-old claimed his maiden European Tour victory in northern France after splashing out of the sand beside the 18th green and holing a 10-foot putt.
That enabled him to card a four-under-par 67 and finish on 10 under par - one ahead of South African Martin Maritz, who was playing in the group behind..
Henrik Nystrom birdied the last to tie Maritz in second place on nine under par 275, with Juan Parron of Spain and the South African Jean Hugo sharing fourth place.
CHALLENGE TOUR: Sweden's Kalle Brink won the Lexus Open after two miraculous shots propelled him to a three stroke victory at Larvik Golf Club in Norway yesterday.
The golfing gods were smiling on the 30-year-old, as early in his final round he holed from a bunker on the par five third for an eagle three and then on the 11th hit a the perfect eight iron into the hole for an eagle two.
José Carrile from Spain, Greig Hutcheon from Scotland, Peter Kaensche and Jan-Are Larsen Jan-Are from Norway shared second place.
John Kelly was best of the Irish in 19th place after a final round of 70 gave him a seven-under-par total of 281.
LET TOUR: France's Gwladys Nocera proved she is still the woman to beat in European golf by sealing her second tournament victory in a month on Saturday at the BMW Ladies Italian Open in Rome.
The 31-year-old from Biarritz fought off a strong challenge of Sophie Giquel to eventually claim a two shot margin of victory and take a first prize of €60,000. Her winning total was fourteen-under-par 274 after rounds of 71, 66, 65 and 72.
LGU BRITISH AMATEUR: Long-hitting Spaniard, Belen Mozo from Cadiz, won the Women's British Amateur Championship at County Down on Saturday with a 3 and 1 victory in the final over Swede Anna Nordqvist, the reigning British Girl's champion.
