GRAEME STORM finished in the money for the third week in a row at the Italian Open.

The Rockliffe Hall touring pro finished his four days with a one under 70 in Turin to end tied 35th on -11.

That was some 13 shots shy of winner Gonzalo Castano- Fernandez but earned him a further 9,750 euros in season’s earnings.

The Hartlepool golfer sits 86th on the Order of Merit with 260,000 euros and sits 70,000 euros short of a top 60 place in the Race to Dubai.

Spaniard Fernandez-Castano picked up his sixth European Tour victory by two shots after not dropping a shot in the fourth round.

“It felt like match play out there and I’m delighted to have come out on top,” he said. “It feels very special to win this tournament again.

“I knew it would have to be a low round to win today and so it proved. The putts were going in today.”

Ryder Cup pick Nicolas Colsaerts, who briefly held the lead after he holed a four-foot eagle on the fifth, could only par the back nine as his challenge faded leaving the top two to battle it out.

Fernandez-Castano was quick out of the blocks and birdied the first to draw level with the overnight leader, but under par scores in the fourth and fifth put Mulroy back in the driving seat.

The 31-year-old turned the screw and birdied four in a row around the turn and although Mulroy replied with three of his own on 13, 14 and 15 a dropped shot on the penultimate hole put pay to his challenge.

Gregory Bourdy did not drop a shot for his 65 to finish third, alongside Matteo Manassero who hit nine birdies in the final round, with a double bogey on the fourth his only blemish.