Congratulations to Edoardo Molinari in winning the  Italian Federation Cup at Olgiata Golf Club in Rome and with it clinching the No1 spot on the 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings.

It was a 30 foot putt on the final green that secured victory for Molinari – who has achieved one of the most outstanding Challenge Tour years in the Tour’s history. But according to Phil Kenyon of Harold Swash Putting School and Yes! Golf Tour rep, Molinari is one of the most focused putters in the game at the moment, and the 30-footer rolled true to leave the crowds gasping.

After wins in Piemonte and Kazakhstan already under his belt the 28 year-old from Turin was never going to rest on his laurels, and he visited Southport to spend time with Phil Kenyon to further improve his puttig stroke. It paid off because as Edoardo himself told the media afterwards, the fourth round was the hardest owing to high winds that were fierce at times.

Edoardo Molinari is the only golfer on the European, Seniors and Challenge Tours to have enjoyed three victories this season. Also, he is only the second European golfer ever to do so, the other player being Taco Remkes, who also works with Phil Kenyon. In so doing, Edoardo Molinari also earns himself Battlefield Promotion to the European Tour.

It is also the second year running a pupil of Phil Kenyon has won the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. England's David Horsey topped the list in 2008.