Tyrrell Hatton savours first victory since 2017 after six
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An enthralling spectacle under floodlights is a sporting pleasure typically denied to golf fans, until Sunday's final round of the Turkish Airlines Open where Tyrrell Hatton triumphed in a six-man play-off staged in remarkable circumstances.
Matthias Schwab's missed par putt from close range handed the £1.56 million winning cheque to the Englishman on the fourth extra hole, after Hatton kept himself in the contest with a chip-in birdie on their first attempt at the par-five 18th.
Hatton, Schwab, Victor Perez, Erik Van Rooyen, Benjamin Hebert and Kurt Kitayama all finished on 20-under par in regulation play - equalling the European Tour's record size of play-off - and the stalemate meant the Montgomerie Maxx Royal's floodlights were required to complete play as darkness fell in Antalya.
"It's hard to put into words," Hatton said. "It's just been a crazy day. Obviously the playoff was mental, and I'm just so happy to win again."
The players were split into two threeballs and sent to the 18th tee for the sudden death play-off. Perez, Van Rooyen and Hebert were the first to fall away after failing to match the birdie fours made by Hatton, Schwab and Kitayama.