Houston wins play-off

Welshman Garry Houston was victorious in a thrilling four-hole sudden-death play-off against England's Gary Emerson to win the European Challenge Tour's Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge event.

Mon, 28 Jun, 2004 - 01:00

Emerson twice holed from six feet to stay alive before, on the fourth extra hole, he found the sand and failed to get up and down.

That handed Houston a tap-in for the title and a cheque for £11,700 (€17,555) which lifted him to third position in the Challenge Tour rankings from where the top 15 players join the European Tour at the end of the season.

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