If Adrian Meronk is going to return to Italy this September as a rookie member of the European Ryder Cup team, his victory Sunday on the host course certainly boosted those chances.
Meronk, a towering 29-year-old from Poland, was the only player in the DS Automobiles Italian Open field to shoot under par all four days, and on Sunday he fired a 2-under 69 around Marco Simone Golf Club outside of Rome to edge France's Romain Langasque by a shot.
With European captain Luke Donald sticking around the tournament after missing the cut, Meronk made the most of his latest audition.