Frenchman Julien Guerrier won his maiden European Tour title with victory over home hope Jorge Campillo on a record-equalling ninth sudden-death play-off hole at the Andalucia Masters on Sunday.
In 2005, Julien Guerrier made his debut on the DP World Tour...
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19 years later, he defeats Jorge Campillo in a nine hole play-off to claim his first title! 👏#EDAM2024 pic.twitter.com/FUf9DDR1m8
The world number 207 and Spain's Campillo both parred eight successive holes in the playoff after finishing tied on 21-under par for the tournament.
In 2005, Julien Guerrier made his debut on the DP World Tour...
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19 years later, he defeats Jorge Campillo in a nine hole play-off to claim his first title! 👏#EDAM2024 pic.twitter.com/FUf9DDR1m8
But Guerrier holed an eight-foot par putt to take the title after Campillo made a bogey when they played the 18th for the sixth time in added holes.
"Jorge is a great player, I knew it would be very hard," Guerrier said after finally winning on his 229th European Tour start.
"I was trying to do my best and I'm very, very happy."
A maiden title on his 230th start 🤩
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Julien Guerrier wins the 2024 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters 🏆 #EDAM2024 pic.twitter.com/6FsresK3Kj
The leading duo were level at the top of the leaderboard overnight and both carded two-under 70s in their final rounds.
Campillo was left to rue a costly bogey on the 18th hole in regulation to slip into the play-off, which proved to be the joint-longest in European Tour history.
England's Daniel Brown took third place, two shots adrift, with LIV star and former world No 1 Jon Rahm settling for sixth spot, four strokes behind.