Siem chips in for playoff win

Marcel Siem chipped in for a birdie on the first playoff hole to secure a dramatic victory over Ross Fisher and Alexander Levy to claim the BMW Masters title in Shanghai.

Overnight leader Levy’s form finally broke as he squandered a four-shot lead with a six-over round of 78 in tough blustery conditions at Lake Malaren dropping him into a three-man playoff.

On a dramatic final hole of regulation, Siem missed a six-foot putt for the title, while Jamie Donaldson missed a putt to join the playoff and Levy holed his bogey putt to join Siem and Fisher in the playoff battle.

While everyone else had struggled, Fisher blazed home with his five-under round of 67 by far the best round of the day which set the clubhouse lead on 16-under â€" the mark which Levy and Siem just about matched.

All three found the fairway on the first playoff hole, but while Levy and Fisher found the green, Siem could only find the fringe with a tricky lie ahead of him for his third shot.

The German produced a superb chip shot though that toppled into the cup and, when Levy and Fisher were unable to convert their birdies chances Siem could celebrate his fourth title on the European Tour.

Ryder Cup winner Donaldson, who started the day in second place, had a triple-bogey six on the front nine to get over, and he almost did but missed a birdie putt on the 18th to miss out on the playoff by just a shot with his closing 75 putting him on 15-under.

And Gleneagles team-mate Justin Rose finished alongside Donaldson on 15-under after a bogey on the last hole in a closing round of 72.