Three birdies over the last four holes catapulted Frenchman Julien Quesne to an unlikely victory at the Italian Open on Sunday. Trailing Australia's overnight leader Marcus Fraser by three shots with four holes to play, the 33-year-old Quesne produced a stirring finish in Turin to secure a second European Tour triumph after last year's Andalucia Open in Spain.
He picked up a shot at the par-five 15th before surging home with two more birdies on his final two holes to end with a 12-under total of 276 after a final round 67.
Fraser dropped shots at the 15, 16th and 17th to limp home with a closing 74 to end on nine-under (279) and a share of eighth place.
Ireland's David Higgins and England's Steve Webster finished in a share of second at 11-under (277) after closing rounds of 68.
"I'm very proud of the back nine," Quesne told Sky Sports.
"My attitude was very good this whole week, I will enjoy this win... it is a dream for me."
Ryder Cup stars Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari endured a disappointing final day.
Colsaerts struggled to an even-par 72 to end in a four way share for fourth at 10-under (278) while Molinari posted a three-over 75 to slip back to a share of 16th and a total of 281.
FINAL SCORES
276 Julien Quesne (France) 70 68 71 67
277 David Higgins (Ireland) 67 69 73 68, Steve Webster (Britain) 67 69 73 68
278 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Sweden) 73 67 71 67, Emiliano Grillo (Argentina) 70 72 68 68, Felipe Aguilar (Chile) 69 66 72 71, Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 65 71 70 72
279 Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 71 67 73 68, Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlands) 71 69 71 68, Seve Benson (Britain) 68 70 72 69, Hennie Otto (South Africa) 71 67 70 71, Romain Wattel (France) 71 72 66 70, Marcus Fraser (Australia) 66 71 68 74
280 Espen Kofstad (Norway) 70 69 73 68, Maximilian Kieffer (Germany) 65 72 72 71
281 David Horsey (Britain) 72 70 73 66, Morten Madsen (Denmark) 72 71 70 68, Jaco Van Zyl (South Africa) 70 69 71 71 , Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay) 71 70 69 71, Mark Foster (Britain) 74 65 71 71, Simon Thornton (Ireland) 68 67 72 74, Francesco Molinari (Italy) 68 67 71 75
282 Mark Tullo (Chile) 70 70 74 68, David Drysdale (Britain) 69 72 71 70, Matthew Baldwin (Britain) 71 68 72 71, Scott Jamieson (Britain) 72 69 70 71, Jorge Campillo (Spain) 68 73 70 71, Chris Doak (Britain) 74 67 69 72, Scott Hend (Australia) 72 71 66 73, Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 69 72 68 73, Joakim Lagergren (Sweden) 72 67 67 76
283 Oscar Floren (Sweden) 71 72 71 69, Mikko Korhonen (Finland) 70 70 73 70, Robert Allenby (Australia) 71 72 70 70, Magnus Carlsson (Sweden) 72 71 68 72, Simon Wakefield (Britain) 70 73 68 72, Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 65 73 70 75
284 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 71 70 73 70, Thomas Aiken (South Africa) 69 71 74 70 , Alejandro Canizares (Spain) 71 67 72 74, Renato Paratore (Italy) 72 66 71 75
285 Gregory Bourdy (France) 71 72 73 69, Alexander Levy (France) 70 72 72 71, Matthew Nixon (Britain) 70 69 74 72, Gary Orr (Britain) 73 68 72 72, Matteo Manassero (Italy) 70 70 69 76
286 Bjoern Akesson (Sweden) 72 69 75 70, Simon Dyson (Britain) 69 74 72 71, James Kingston (South Africa) 68 71 75 72, James Ruth (Britain) 69 72 73 72, Richard Finch (Britain) 68 74 69 75, Johan Edfors (Sweden) 69 70 71 76
287 David Howell (Britain) 71 72 72 72, Garth Mulroy (South Africa) 71 72 72 72 , Alessandro Tadini (Italy) 72 71 71 73, Simon Khan (Britain) 73 70 71 73, Kristoffer Broberg (Sweden) 70 73 70 74, Joachim Hansen (Denmark) 68 74 70 75
288 Jean-Francois Lucquin (France) 71 72 74 71, Tom Lewis (Britain) 70 72 75 71, Gary Boyd (Britain) 74 69 74 71, Damien McGrane (Ireland) 71 69 76 72, Andreas Harto (Denmark) 69 74 71 74, Lee Slattery (Britain) 70 73 71 74, Richie Ramsay (Britain) 75 68 70 75
289 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 70 72 74 73, Peter Whiteford (Britain) 73 68 74 74, Mathias Groenberg (Sweden) 71 70 73 75, Justin Walters (South Africa) 70 73 71 75
290 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 71 68 74 77
291 Richard McEvoy (Britain) 73 70 73 75
292 Estanislao Goya (Argentina) 69 72 80 71
293 Graeme Storm (Britain) 70 71 73 79
294 Edoardo Raffaele Lipparelli (Italy) 69 73 78 74
299 Peter Erofejeff (Finland) 74 69 77 79
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