{"id":364189,"date":"2011-04-03T18:13:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T18:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/horsey-captures-play-off-victory\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T18:13:33","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T18:13:33","slug":"horsey-captures-play-off-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/horsey-captures-play-off-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Horsey captures play-off victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"71.649855907781\">\n<div readability=\"70\">\n                    <!-- empty related-stories for Wide --><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>FINAL LEADERBOARD:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>-13:<\/em> D Horsey (Eng), R Davies (Wal), J Van Zyl (SA) (Horsey won at second play-off hole)<\/li>\n<li><em>-11:<\/em> G Coetzee (SA)<\/li>\n<li><em>-10:<\/em> JB Gonnet (Fr), O Floren (Swe)<\/li>\n<li><em>-9:<\/em> R Ramsay (Sco), M Ilonen (Fin)<\/li>\n<li><em>Selected others: -6:<\/em> T Bjorn (Den)<\/li>\n<li><em>-5:<\/em> M Campbell (NZ)<\/li>\n<li><em>+7:<\/em> D Clarke (NI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/262bb9df011683716-1.jpg.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"282\" alt=\"David Horsey\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Horsey collected a distinctive trophy for his endeavours<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>David Horsey recorded his second European Tour win with victory in a three-way play-off in the Trophee Hassan at the Royal course in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old, who won the BMW International Open in Munich last year, had a hole-in-one at the second but double bogeyed the final hole for a 69.<\/p>\n<p>That put him at 13 under with defending champion Rhys Davies and Jaco Van Zyl.<\/p>\n<p>But Horsey played a fine iron shot to within two feet for a birdie at the second extra hole to claim the title.<\/p>\n<p>Horsey&#8217;s first 11 holes, including a 180-yard ace at the second, contained only two pars but he looked set for victory in regulation holes when he came to the final tee at 15 under.<\/p>\n<p>But from the middle of the fairway he proceeded to take five more shots.<\/p>\n<p>He missed the green with his approach, duffed his first chip, and then two putted from five feet for a six.<\/p>\n<p>That meant Davies could win the tournament outright with a par but the drama continued as from little more than a yard he sent the putt two feet past.<\/p>\n<p>In the play-off Horsey&#8217;s hopes took a further battering when he pushed his second shot into a greenside bunker after Van Zyl had escaped on to the green from the woods and defending champion Davies had left himself a putt for a birdie from around 12 feet for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>That putt stayed up and Horsey produced a fine escape from the trap, swiftly followed by a majestic second shot from light rough which proved decisive when the 18th was played again.<\/p>\n<p>The best round of the day at Agadir came from veteran Thomas Bjorn, the 40-year-old moving up 57 places to a share of 15th after a course record 62 featuring nine birdies and an eagle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/262bb9df011683716-1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/12952459.stm\" title=\"Horsey captures play-off victory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Horsey captures play-off victory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> FINAL LEADERBOARD: -13: D Horsey (Eng), R Davies (Wal), J Van Zyl (SA) (Horsey won at second play-off hole) -11: G Coetzee (SA) -10: JB Gonnet (Fr), O Floren (Swe) -9: R Ramsay (Sco), M Ilonen (Fin) Selected others: -6: T Bjorn (Den) -5: M Campbell (NZ) +7: D Clarke (NI) Horsey collected a distinctive trophy for his endeavours David Horsey recorded his second European Tour win with victory in a three-way play-off in the Trophee Hassan at the Royal course in Morocco. The 25-year-old, who won the BMW International Open in Munich last year, had a hole-in-one at the second but double bogeyed the final hole for a 69. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Horsey captures play-off victory - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/horsey-captures-play-off-victory\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Horsey captures play-off victory - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"FINAL LEADERBOARD: -13: D Horsey (Eng), R Davies (Wal), J Van Zyl (SA) (Horsey won at second play-off hole) -11: G Coetzee (SA) -10: JB Gonnet (Fr), O Floren (Swe) -9: R Ramsay (Sco), M Ilonen (Fin) Selected others: -6: T Bjorn (Den) -5: M Campbell (NZ) +7: D Clarke (NI) Horsey collected a distinctive trophy for his endeavours David Horsey recorded his second European Tour win with victory in a three-way play-off in the Trophee Hassan at the Royal course in Morocco. 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