Turkish Open: Tyrrell Hatton wins playoff with six men

Tyrrell Hatton played the par-five 18th at the Turkish Airlines Open eight times during the tournament, making six birdies and no bogeys

The English Tyrrell Hatton won the Turkish Open at the fourth extra hole after a dramatic six-man play -off.

Ryder Cup player Hatton, 28, claimed the title after Matthias Schwab from Austria missed a short par putt.

They ended up in the spotlight after six players in 20 under par.

The American Kurt Kitayama was eliminated after three holes, while the French duo Benjamin Hebert and Victor Perez and Erik van Rooyen from South Africa were eliminated at the first extra hole.

It was an incredible afternoon on the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course that ended with the first six-man play-off on the European Tour since 2003.

And it took four times for the 18th hole , a par five of 558 yards to decide the outcome.

How the play-off unfolded: Hole 1: Hatton, Schwab and Kitayama all make birdies. Perez and Hebert make pars, and Van Rooyen a bogeyman. Hole 2: Hatton, Schwab and Kitayama make par-fives. Hole 3: Hatton and Schwab have fours. Kitayama can only do par. Hole 4: Hatton pars. Schwab three putts for a bogey six. Hatton is the winner.

Kitayama and Schwab made birdies the first time they played it and it needed a brilliant chip-in from the green to keep Hatton alive while the other three were eliminated.

The American originally set the goal of the clubhouse at 20 below, after shooting nine birds in an eight-under 64, the lowest round of the day.

The 26-year-old from California was looking for his third European Tour victory of the season when he stood above a short birdie chance at the second extra hole but his effort shaved the cup.

And his par was not enough next time when Schwab sank a brilliant putt to match Hatton's birdie.

But there would be no first victory for the 24-year-old Austrian, because he missed a short par putt in the fourth game of the 18th victory at Hatton.

It was Hatton's fourth European Tour title and his first since winning the Italian Open in October 2017.

He takes a first prize of $ 2 million (£ 1.56) million) and jumps to the sixth position in the Race to Dubai with only two events left of the season.

He also arranged for the year to finish in the top 50 of the world, which will guarantee his invitation to the Masters at Augusta National in April.

"I can't believe I won," he told Sky Sports. "It has been a pretty difficult year with some things off the track, but I really found my game this past month.

" It's easy to take things for granted in sports, but it is getting lost at home when things are not going well.

"I said I would really enjoy it if I won again and I will. I am absolutely happy."