Catlin wins Austrian crown after dramatic play-off

John Catlin defeated Maximilian Kieffer on the fifth hole of a dramatic playoff to claim a third win in eight months at the Austrian Open.

The American carded a bogey-free 65 in the final round to set the target at 14 under and it looked like that might be good enough when Kieffer found sand off the tee on the par-three 18th hole when needing a par.

Kieffer showed great nerve in making his upand-down and when the duo could not be separated after four more trips up the last, the German's mind must have been cast back almost eight years to the day when he lost out in a nine-hole play-off at the Open de Espana.

He then put himself in serious trouble when he found water off the tee at the fifth attempt, and he did it twice more from the drop zone, recording a quintuple-bogey eight and allowing Catlin to take the trophy with a four.