Alvaro Salto won the Credit
Suisse Private Banking Open in Switzerland by one shot.
The 26-year-old carded a
closing 67 for a 16-under-par tally of 268, one ahead of Michele Reale, who shot
69, and two clear of Marten Olander and Stephen Dodd.
Dodd, the 33-year-old from
Barry, was aiming to secure his first Challenge Tour victory in eight years and
had every chance as he went into the final round two strokes clear.
But despite shooting well
under par in his previous three round, Dodd failed to find a single birdie and
eventually came home in 72 to collect a prize of £3,293.
"I takes some doing
not to score a birdie around this course," he said. "But I haven't
played that well this week and I didn't today."
268 A Salto (Spa) 64 68
69 67
269 M Reale (Ita) 63 70
67 69
270 M Olander (Swe) 68 68
67 67, S Dodd 67 65 66 72
271 A Butterfield 69 68
69 65
272 L Claverie (Spa) 67
70 70 65, T Spence 70 67 69 66, J M Arruti (Spa) 67 69 69 67
273 R Sjoberg (Swe) 74 65
69 65
Other Gbr & Irl scores:
274 L James 69 70 67 68,
Sam Little 67 67 71 69
275 S Wakefield 68 72 69
66, M Blackey 71 65 68 71
276 Stuart Little 67 71
72 66
277 S Hurd 69 68 71 69,
C Duke 68 67 71 71
279 D Higgins 72 65 71 71
281 C Watts 69 70 73 69
282 A Barnett 70 68 75 69,
G Storm 67 72 73 70, G Houston 70 69 72 71, M Pilkington 69 69 72 72
