Hansen wins Murphy’s Irish Open

Soren Hansen claimed his first ever victory on the European Tour when he won the Murphy’s Irish Open at Fota Island at the fourth hole of a sudden death play-off.

Hansen, Darren Fichardt, Niclas Fasth and Richard Bland all finished on 14-under-par with Fichardt and Bland carding rounds of 67 and Hansen and Fasth taking 68.

All four players parred the first extra hole, Bland bowed out at the second, when he could only manage a par-five and after Hansen, Fichardt and Fasth all parred the next, the Dane produced a winning birdie two at the 17th.