McKibbin had carded 65 and earns Open invite but back-to-back birdies earn Siem a sixth European title
Germany's Marcel Siem shakes hands with Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland after winning a playoff to claim the Italian Open at Adriatic Golf Club Cervia in Ravenna. Photohgraph: Andrew Redington/Getty ImagesSiem birdied the 18th to force a playoff and then repeated the feat on the first extra hole to deny McKibbin an unlikely triumph at Adriatic Golf Club Cervia.
Siem, who had birdied the third, fourth and eighth, bogeyed the 11th, 14th, 15th and 17th to fall one behind, but then holed from 22 feet for birdie on the last and around half that distance on the first extra hole. “Everyone was making bogeys and doubles, the wind was swirling and the pins were tucked in the corners.
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