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Green's late mistake hands Dyson victory

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A rush of blood to the head at the final hole from Richard Green handed England's Simon Dyson his fifth victory on the European Tour at the Irish Open on Sunday.

Australian Green came to the 18th needing a par in order to get into a play-off with Dyson, who had earlier missed a short birdie putt of his own to set a target of 15-under after a round of 67.

But Green raced his 50-foot approach putt ten feet past the pin and failed to hole the return, signing for a bogey and closing round of 68 that handed Dyson the title at Killarney GC by a single shot.

It is the second time Dyson has pipped Green to a tour title, after he edged the 40-year-old in a playoff at the KLM Open five years ago.

"It's amazing, it really is," Dyson said afterwards. "I was just so focused all day I never really gave it a thought. Hitting the two shots on the last that I did I couldn't have played it any better, it's just a shame the putt didn't go in.

"Ireland's always been one of my favourite places to come to but I've never really done any good in the tournaments so I'm glad to put that to bed."

He added: "The golf I've played this week is probably the best golf I've ever played, I've been working on some good things with Pete Cowan during the British Open week and I just brought it to here.

"I played three and three quarter near perfect rounds on this course so I was just thinking if I keep swinging it well then I'll give myself chances of birdies.

"You always feel sorry for somebody when that [Green's three-putt] happens, I would have much more preferred to have won it with a birdie but I'll take whatever I can get."

The two men, who both finished inside the top 16 at the recent Open Championship, had started the final round as co-leaders. The third overnight leader, David Howell fared less well on the day, however, as he paid the price for a few wayward approach shots and some sloppy par putting on the back nine as he came back in 38 to card a round of 73 that left him nine-under overall, just inside the top ten.

Scotland's Stephen Gallacher holed a lengthy putt at the 18th to grab third position on his own at 12-under, adding a nice flourish to a round of 68 that saw him come home in just 32 shots.

Young Austrian Bernd Wiesberger finished fourth at 11-under after cruising around the course in 66 shots a number of hours ahead of the leaders, while the top five was rounded out by Alexandre Kaleka (68), Ignacio Garrido (68) and Soren Hansen (69) - who all finished ten-under.

Italian Lorenzo Gagli joined Howell in a tie for eighth thanks to a final round 65, while Peter Lawrie also finished at the same score, eventually signing for a round of 69 that saw him finish as the tournament's low Irishman.

Elsewhere, home favourite Rory McIlroy carded a level-par round of 71 to finish some way down the field at three-under, while Graeme McDowell pipped his younger compatriot by one shot on the day to beat him by one shot in the tournament, just edging inside the top 25 at four-under.

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