Golf: Kaymer takes playoff

Germany's Martin Kaymer came back from a faltering finish to win the BMW International Open in Munich yesterday by beating Denmark's Anders Hansen in a sudden-death golf playoff.

Kaymer led the field by six strokes going into the final round but needed to birdie the 72nd hole to match Hansen's 15-under-par 273.

Another birdie at the first extra hole earned Kaymer the ¬333,330 ($690,500) first prize.

The English trio John Bickerton (67), Mark Foster (68) and Paul Casey (70) tied for third.

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