CERVIA, Italy — Marcel Siem beat Tom McKibbin in a playoff to win the Italian Open on Sunday within the German’s fourth occasion again after hip surgical procedure in February.
It was Siem’s sixth victory on the European tour.
Each Siem and McKibbin completed at 10 underneath general after which Siem birdied the opening playoff gap to seal it.
Siem was three strokes forward of clubhouse chief McKibbin eight holes into his closing spherical. Then 4 bogeys put him one stroke again going to the 18th. However Siem holed a 22-foot putt to complete with an even-par 71 and pressure the playoff.
“Holing that putt on 18 was one [of] the best moments in golf for me and doing it once more in a playoff was unbelievable,” Siem mentioned.
McKibbin posted a bogey-free 65 in his closing spherical at Adriatic Golf Membership Cervia.
McKibbin had the comfort prize of incomes a spot within the British Open together with American Sean Crocker, who completed one stroke behind the leaders in a tie for third with Jannik de Bruyn.
The 43-year-old Siem received his first European tour title greater than 20 years in the past. He misplaced his tour card in 2021 and received it again at qualifying college final yr. Then he received the Indian Open at the beginning of final yr for his first tour victory in additional than eight years.
