After 19 top-ten finishes Danny Willett finally claimed his first European Tour title with a nail-biting play-off victory over Marcus Fraser.

Conditions in Cologne may have been wet and windy for the final round, but there was nothing dull about the golf on an absorbing day at Gut Lärchenhof.

In the end Willett required a four-hole play-off down the testing 18th to shake off Fraser, after a final round 73 left him level with the former Ballantine’s Championship winner.

“It’s amazing,” said the former Walker Cup star. “It was a tough day – it was brutal with the wind whipping and it was raining.

“Marcus had a great round today and I hung in there nicely. Hopefully I gave people a good show.

“This week has been strange, I’ve been working really hard with support from my family and my girlfriend. I’ve had some ups and downs in the last 18 months as everyone knows but I’m injury free now and back to playing well and I’d like to thank everyone back home for supporting me.

“I’ll keep working hard and hopefully we can do it again.”

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7 Responses to Willett Wins After Marathon Play-Off

1. Richard Unwin says:

   June 25, 2012 at 11:33 am

   Well done Danny lad on win yesterday. (thanks for earning me a few quid) good luck today at open qualifying.

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2. Mick Allen says:

   June 25, 2012 at 1:20 pm

   Congratulations Danny on your First (of many i,me sure) Tour Win. Have seen you at the Oaks with your coach a couple of times and is richly deserved. Even Niki Hodkinson is impressed.

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3. John Hartley says:

   June 25, 2012 at 9:30 pm

   Well done on your win Danny, it’s long over due
   John Sitwell Park GC

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4. Jonathan Townrow says:

   June 26, 2012 at 3:48 pm

   Danny followed you round Celadna Czech open 2009 final 9 holes with Malcolm and Shiv Kapur and found you a delightful young man with great potential and an eye for the lovely Czech ladies!!I have played single handicap since 1970s so know a bit about golf and told everyone that you were an exceptional striker and that you would win very quickly.It has taken a bit longer than expected but please improve the putting you remind me of Lee Westwood.All the best and I still have a Czech girlfriend Jonathan Townrow

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5. mack gray says:

   June 27, 2012 at 8:16 pm

   well done danny,never know danger you were going to win that playoff cough cough.

   seriously though well done mate,

   next stop top 50 in the world.

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6. GolfHappy says:

   June 28, 2012 at 3:21 pm

   Great to see you picked up a ‘W’ many congrats! bet you’re glad to get that monkey off your back! Onwards and upwards!

   Too bad on the Open Qualifying, I bet you were shattered having to do that the next day!

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7. Thomas Pyman says:

   July 28, 2012 at 7:55 pm

   Thankyou Danny for your autograph, and im sorry for interupting your practice with Graham today.
   Good luck for the rest of the season.

   Thomas pyman.

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