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Lin Wen-tang birdied the second playoff hole to edge out Rory McIlroy and Francesco Molinari in a dramatic climax to the Hong Kong Open played on Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling.
The Taiwanese becoming the event's first Asian winner in a decade.

The three players had finished the co-sanctioned tournament (European Tour & Asian Tour) on 15-under and Italy's Molinari was the first to be eliminated on the opening extra hole when he could only manage a par-four on the 18th before a packed gallery.

Lin appeared to have blown his chances on the same hole when he pulled a drive into the left rough.
However, he nailed an audacious 150-yard shot through a tiny gap in the trees to land his approach to within six feet of the pin, from where he made a birdie to force a second hole playoff with Northern Ireland's McIlroy.

On the next hole, the 18th again, it was McIlroy who scuffed his drive into the left rough, while Lin drove straight down the fairway and chipped to within inches of the cup to set up his biggest victory yet.

The 34-year-old, who turned pro in 1996, is one of the island's top golfers with three Asian Tour victories under his belt and can now add a European Tour title to his tally.

The last Asian to win the Hong Kong Open was South Korea's Kang Wook-soon in 1998.