EDDIE Pepperell shot a one-over par 72 to finish joint 38th in the Rocco Forte Open in Verdura, Sicily.

The Abingdon golfer, who was in the top 25 at the halfway stage, fell back with a third round of 75. It cost him any chance of a top ten finish.

The 26-year-old won €6,000, only his second prize money of the year.

The event was won by Spaniard Alvaro Quiros, who beat South African Zander Lombard in a sudden-death play-off after both had finished on 14-under par 270.