Four months after surviving the European Tour’s qualifying school by the skin of his teeth, Argentina's Daniel Vancsik today became the circuit’s latest first-time winner.

It looks set to be the month of the first-time winners on the European Tour.

A day-long downpour washed out most of the third round of the BMW Russian Open to leave some players facing the prospect of having to squeeze in 35 holes on the final day.

A visibly upset Colin Montgomerie felt he had not quite done enough when he finished the Open championship qualifier at Sunningdale today with a six under par total of 137.