Fasth chips in with another play-off victory in Hamburg
Fasth, winner of the New Zealand Open in February, defeated Argentina's Angel Cabrera on the third extra hole after the pair had finished tied on 14 under par at Gut Kaden.
The former Ryder Cup player rolled in a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th to take the €545,000 first prize after Cabrera had missed from a similar distance.
Ireland's Peter Lawrie finished in a four-way tie for fifth on 11 under alongside Germany's Bernhard Langer, England's Graeme Storm, and Welshman Bradley Dredge.
"It's fantastic, by far my biggest victory," said Fasth. "I really had to fight for it. I didn't have the greatest day, I was really struggling on the greens but I hung in and hung in and fought well to get the play-off. I was really proud.
"We played great in the play-off. It was more excitement than I needed but it was great of course. I thrive on the pressure, it was the same in the Ryder Cup. It's a good thing to have when you get into these situations once in while. I obviously play better with the pressure on."
With 36 holes played yesterday due to Thursday's wash-out, Cabrera looked like securing victory when he birdied the 15th, 16th and 17th to move three clear of the field.
But a poor approach to the last led to his only bogey of the day in a closing 67, and opened the door for the chasing pack.
Fasth took full advantage with birdies of his own on the 14th, 15th and 17th, and saved par superbly from a greenside bunker on the 18th to card a 68 and force extra holes.
The pair returned to the 18th and twice parred the tough 468-yard dogleg before firing in superb approaches which were so similar in length it required a tour official to determine which player was furthest away.
Cabrera's putt was never on line but Fasth made no mistake.
Former Open champion John Daly had stormed home in 30 with four birdies and an eagle in six holes from the 10th, but the American's superb 65 was only good enough for a share of third with Scot Stephen Gallacher.
Daly was left to rue a problem with his putter which he noticed on the first hole of his opening round. An insert in the face of the club came loose but he was not allowed to change it during his round and struggled to an opening 74.
"If I could have putted it could have been different," said Daly, who fired the lowest round of the week with a 64 on Saturday. "I had one chip in and four gimmes out there. The 64 and 65 were the two days I didn't have to putt. I put another grip on the putter at lunchtime to get a bit more feel on it but I've just got to get home and get mine the way I like it."
Gallacher admitted playing 36 holes had left him exhausted. "Put it this way, I'll be glad to see my bed tonight," said the 30-year-old, nephew of former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher.
"I shot 68-69 the last two rounds but it just wasn't good enough. I set myself a target of 68-67 and thought I needed to get to 14 under to win it. You know the last four holes can go any way and if you have a decent finish you are in with a shout but I just birdied one of them."
