Richard Sterne claimed his second title in seven days by edging out Northern Ireland's Gareth Maybin on the first play-off hole in the South African Open on Sunday.
Sterne, who also won the Alfred Dunhill Championship last Sunday, shot a final round of 66 to finish 14 under par at Pearl Valley Golf Estates as overnight leader Lee Westwood struggled to a closing 73 to finish one behind.
Maybin had a chance to win on the final hole of regulation but saw his birdie putt from eight feet lip out, and when the players returned to the 18th in sudden death Sterne produced a birdie four to claim victory.
Westwood shared third with Rory McIlroy and four-time winner Ernie Els, who had set the clubhouse target after a
scintillating final round of 64.
English pair Richard Finch and Chris Wood - fifth in the Open as an amateur in July - and South African duo Branden Grace and Retief Goosen were a shot further back on 12 under.
Sterne was delighted to get his name alongside the former winners of the world's second oldest Open championship.
"The SA Open is so prestigious and the names on the trophy are just unbelievable," he said.
"To be on there has always been a dream and a goal. I may need to set a few new goals after this one."
The 27-year-old added: "I made a good save on the first hole today from around 15 feet for par and I think that's what kept me in the tournament.
"That was just a massive putt right there. I was quite surprised to see that no one was running away with it.
"Obviously Ernie made a big move, but going into my back nine I just said that if could just get to 14 or 15 under, you never know what can happen coming down the stretch."
Reflecting on his birdie putt to win in regulation, Maybin said: "I just couldn't keep it straight to be honest. I had a reasonable putt, but just lagged it a little bit.
"Obviously I just came up a little short, but all in all I'm very happy with myself and the way I held up."
Earlier in the day, a poor start by Westwood blew the tournament wide open after he recorded four bogeys in his first eight holes.
A poor start proved costly too for McIlroy after he began with double bogeys on the first and second, but he was faultless thereafter with four birdies and an eagle to cement his place in the world's top 50 and secure his Masters debut next April.
He said: "It's obviously very nice (to be playing in the Masters).
"It's been an absolutely great year and to get to play at Augusta in my second season, making the top 50 in the world and staying there, I had to go out this week and I played pretty well and I did that.
"I'm over the moon."
World number eight Henrik Stenson, the highest ranked player in the field, ended with a disappointing 73 to finish five under.
Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour SA Open Championship, Pearl Valley Golf Estates, Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
274 Richard Sterne (Rsa) 72 69 67 66 (Richard Sterne won at the first extra play-off hole), Gareth Maybin 66 69 69 70
275 Rory McIlroy 70 68 67 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 67 67 77 64, Lee Westwood 66 68 68 73
276 Chris Wood 68 69 71 68, Richard Finch 69 70 71 66, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 70 66 69 71, Branden Grace (Rsa) 69 67 73 67
277 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 69 71 70 67
278 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 66 71 74 67, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 64 72 73 69, Michael Hoey 70 66 73 69
279 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 67 65 72 75, Damien McGrane 70 64 72 73, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 66 72 72 69, David Frost (Rsa) 68 72 71 68, Ross McGowan 66 70 71 72
280 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 69 68 74 69, Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 68 70 68, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 72 70 68 70, David Horsey 70 65 76 69, Gary Murphy 72 71 67 70, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 65 74 71 70, George Coetzee (Rsa) 69 68 68 75
281 John Mellor 70 68 71 72, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 71 64 75 71, Richie Ramsay 66 72 75 68, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 70 71 69 71, Len Mattiace (USA) 70 66 71 74
282 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 69 65 78 70, Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 66 71 71 74, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 67 74 71 70
283 David Drysdale 74 68 70 71, Callum Mccaulay 71 69 74 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 70 71 69 73
284 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 68 72 72 72, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 70 68 72 74, Simon Dyson 67 73 68 76, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 70 72 72, Gary Lockerbie 72 69 69 74, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 68 74 66 76, Christiaan Basson (Rsa) 73 69 71 71, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 70 70 73 71, Carlos Del moral (Spa) 69 68 77 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 67 73 70 74
285 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 74 69 68 74, Estanislao Goya (Arg) 70 72 74 69, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 72 69 65 79, Trevor Fisher Jnr (Rsa) 72 67 71 75
286 Lee Slattery 68 72 71 75, Keith Horne (Rsa) 66 70 74 76, Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa) 72 71 70 73, Darren Clarke 74 67 67 78, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 69 74 71 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 72 70 70 74
287 Alan McLean 71 72 73 71, Dion Fourie (Rsa) 70 71 70 76, Peter Karmis (Rsa) 69 71 74 73
288 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72 69 73 74, Justin Rose 69 74 71 74
289 Adrian Ford (Rsa) 70 71 75 73, Andrew Coltart 71 72 67 79, Ariel Canete (Arg) 73 70 72 74
290 Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 71 72 74 73, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 73 67 81, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 71 69 79, Jake Roos (Rsa) 70 70 74 76, Wil Besseling (Ned) 75 68 73 74, Marco Ruiz (Par) 69 73 73 75, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 71 69 79 71, Tyrone Ferreira (Rsa) 74 69 73 74
291 Steve Basson (Rsa) 72 71 74 74
292 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 69 71 73 79
293 Albert Pistorius (Rsa) 68 75 76 74
294 Merrick Bremner (Rsa) 71 69 71 83
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