Italian brothers win World Cup of Golf

Italian brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari won a dramatic three-way final round tussle with Sweden and Ireland to claim a first World Cup of Golf. They clinched it by just one stroke at the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China on Sunday.

Edoardo Molinari (R) of Italy and teammate Francesco Molinari lift  up the trophy after winning the World Cup golf tournament in  Dongguan November 29, 2009.REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA SPORT GOLF  IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The national players from England finished well. Ian Poulter sank this birdie putt at the 18th.

He and Ross Fisher carded an eight-under-par round of 64 for a 26-under-par total of 262, and fourth place outright.

Italians Francesco and Edoardo Molinari came through for their country. Francesco drained a long putt for back-to-back birdies after holing out at the 13th. He and Edoardo moved to 29-under-par.

It was par golf after that. Francesco played a great recovery from the sand at the 18th. He set up a par putt for his elder brother.

And an ecstatic Edoardo finally got in on the act as he holed the winning par putt to spark celebrations for the siblings. They became the first brothers to lift the John Jay Hopkins trophy in the 55th staging of the event. Each pocketed a share of the winning cheque for 1.7 million US dollars.