Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee kept his nerve to win the Nordea Masters in the first hole of a playoff against Victor Dubuisson and Stephen Gallacher in Malmo, Sweden, on Sunday.
Thongchai, lying four shots off the lead overnight, carded a closing 65 to take the clubhouse lead with a 16-under total of 272.
He then had to wait for the last four groups to finish, with France’s Dubuisson and Britain’s Gallacher matching his score.
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On the first trip back down the 18th, Thongchai spun his third shot to within three feet and, after seeing Dubuisson and Gallacher miss lengthy birdie putts, converted to seal a sixth European Tour title.
“I worked hard today,” the Thai player said.
Joint overnight leaders Eddie Pepperell and world No. 2 Henrik Stenson’s bid faded away — Stenson bogeying the last and Pepperell finding the water to also finish with a six.
Dubuisson would have won with a birdie on 18 in regulation play, but three-putted from just off the green.
Gallacher’s chance looked to have gone when he bogeyed the 17th, but he converted from 20 feet at the next.
Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen matched Thongchai’s 65 to take fourth on 15-under, with Stenson alone in fifth, and Pepperell sharing sixth with Spain’s Alvaro Quiros and another local favorite in Robert Karlsson — whose 63 was the best round of the week.
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