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18 is so bitter and then so sweet for Englishman
Last updated: 3rd April 2011 
Horsey: second title
GB & Ire unless stated
-13 D Horsey
-13 R Davies
-13 J Van Zyl (SA)
(Horsey won at 2nd extra hole)
-11 G Coetzee (SA)
-10 O Floren (Swe)
-10 J-B Gonnet (Fra)
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England’s David Horsey claimed his second European Tour title with a play-off victory in the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco.
The 25-year-old from Cheshire beat defending champion Rhys Davies from Wales and South African Jaco Van Zyl at the second extra hole.
Horsey – whose breakthrough win came at last season’s BMW International Open – looked to have let victory slip from his grasp on the final hole when he carded a double bogey six.
But after all three men made par fours at the first play-off hole, he regained his composure when they went up 18 again and made birdie following a superb approach shot to just a few inches from the hole.
Horsey – who has struggled so far this season and started the week down in 116th place in the Race to Dubai – began the day in a tie for the lead alongside Davies.
And he made almost the perfect start – making birdie at the first and then a hole in one at the short second to surge clear.
He mixed three birdies with three bogeys after that, but a birdie at the 17th looked to have secured him the 250,000 Euros first prize, before that double bogey at the last.
He signed for a 69, the same score as Davies, while Van Zyl went a shot better to force his way into the play-off.
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