Lara beats Lynn

Spaniard Jose Manuel Lara beat Briton David Lynn in a play-off at the Austrian Open for his second European Tour title.

Both players finished with a 17 under par total of 271 after the fourth round, with Lara taking the honours on the first extra hole after Lynn took three shots to make the green. He two-putted leaving the 33-year-old Lara, who was building on his fourth place finish in last week’s Dutch Open, to win with a par.

This win represents a major turnaround in fortune for the Valencia-born Lara who only a fortnight ago was in danger of losing his Tour card after nine successive missed cuts. He put himself in line for victory with a closing round of 64 peppered with ten birdies, holing a curling 20 foot putt on the final green to set the clubhouse target at 17 under.

Vienna, AFP