Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, last year's European Rookie of the Year, capitalised on a disastrous triple bogey by Sweden's Henrik Stenson to win the BMW Asian Open on Sunday.
The Swede looked to be coasting with a three-stroke cushion when his ball hit a tree on the ninth and bounced into the water.
It cost him three shots and opened the door to a chasing pack that also included Colin Montgomerie, who ended the tournament joint third after a gritty 68 alongside Jose-Filipe Lima of Portugal.
Aside from Stenson's horror ninth, the turning point came on the 16th when the Spaniard holed a 30-yard chip from the sand as the Swede, his playing partner, dropped a shot.
It gave Fernandez-Castano a one-stroke lead although he stuttered on the 18th, with Stenson birdying the hole to send it into a playoff.
The Spaniard won on the first extra hole to take the 300,000 dollars winner cheque at seven-under par.
BMW ASIAN OPEN FINAL ROUND SCORES:
281 - Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP) 71-71-69-70 (won on first extra play-off hole), Henrik Stenson (SWE) 67-72-71-71
282 - Colin Montgomerie (SCO) 69-74-71-68, Jose-Filipe Lima (POR) 71-70-73-68
283 - Paul Casey (ENG) 72-71-69-71, Simon Dyson (ENG) 72-71-72-68, Mahal Pearce (NZL) 72-72-68-71
285 - Terry Pilkadaris (AUS) 73-73-74-65, David Brandson (AUS) 72-74-73-66, Peter O'Malley (AUS) 73-70-69-73, Paul Lawrie (SCO) 70-70-73-72
286 - Barry Lane (ENG) 74-71-72-69
287 - Brett Rumford (AUS) 75-70-75-67, Christian Cevaer (FRA) 73-72-73-69, Peter Lawrie (IRL) 69-72-75-71, Steven Jeppesen (SWE) 73-73-72-69, Ignacio Garrido (ESP) 75-71-71-70, Charlie Wi (KOR) 69-73-74-71, Thaworn Wiratchant (THA) 73-70-73-71, Graeme Storm (ENG) 74-69-72-72
SELECTED:
288 - Francois Delamontagne (FRA) 70-73-76-69, Jean Van de Velde (FRA) 68-78-71-71, Frankie Minoza (PHI) 69-72-76-71
289 - Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 69-78-71-71, Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 72-75-72-70, Shiv Kapur (IND) 71-74-76-68
293 - Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 72-72-78-71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 71-75-76-71.
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