The 29-year-old from Turin did so under the pressure of the Ryder Cup gun pointed firmly at his head in his bid to make it impossible for captain Colin Montgomerie to ignore him.
Edoardo Molinari made it a Scottish double yesterday when he added the Johnnie Walker Championship to the Barclays Scottish Open he won last month, and the Italian did it in style with birdies at his closing three holes to pip Australian Brett Rumford for the £233,330 top prize.
The 29-year-old from Turin did so under the pressure of the Ryder Cup gun pointed firmly at his head in his bid to make it impossible for captain Colin Montgomerie to ignore him.