David Horsey winner in Morocco
Michael Hoey secured a top 20 finish at the Trophee Hassan II on Sunday with a three under par final round 69 after a flawless back nine that included three birdies move dhim up the leaderboard for a 5 under par total alopng with Peter Lawrie.
Damien McGrane was two under par on Sunday to finish on +2 overall.
Paul McGinley signed for a round of 74 to finish one shot further adrift on 3 over par.
Darren Clarke's day included a quadruple bogey on the last hole, that added to his doubles on the 5th and 9th, to ensure a three over par 75 in Agadir.
At the top of the leaderboard, in the play-off, a birdie at the second extra hole saw David Horsey overcome Rhys Davies and Jaco Van Zyl in a three-man play-off to win the Trophée Hassan II.
After a final round full of tension, incredible drama at the final hole sent the trio to extra holes in Morocco, defending champion Davies and England's Horsey - who had a hole in one at the second - exchanged blows all day.
With one to play, Horsey was one ahead of the Welshman and two clear of Van Zyl, but took five from the middle of the fairway and six in total.
His double bogey left Davies a four footer for the win, but inexplicably one of The European Tour's finest putters ran it two feet past.
That allowed South African Van Zyl into a play-off with his par four as the South African carded a four under 68 to join his playing partners - both of whom signed for rounds of 69 - on 13 under.
All three players parred the first extra hole, but Horsey held his nerve at the second to seal a second European Tour title.
A hole in one helped the BMW International Open winner complete an outward 32 to claim a two shot lead at the turn.
Horsey, who headed into the final round as joint leader along with Davies, made the perfect start with an ace at the 180 yard second and, despite following that up with bogeys on the third and fifth, he regained his composure with putts and eight and six feet on the seventh and eighth adding to earlier birdies on the first and fourth.
Davies was three shots adrift at that stage, but drew level with four consecutive birdies at the start of the back nine - a marvelous tee shot to within five feet at the 12th the highlight.
Horsey struck what looked a decisive blow at the penultimate hole when his second shot from the fairway at the par five finished within 12 feet, and Davies came up short of the green.
Horsey needed two putts, but Davies could not get up and down to match his birdie, and when Horsey found the centre of the fairway with his drive at the last it should have been game over.
But he missed the green at the last, duffed his first chip, and then two putted from five feet for a six that looked certain to deny him the title.
Davies had putts of 15 foot and four feet for the win, but could not take advantage and Van Zyl, who kept himself in the hunt with a back nine 32, snuck into the play-off.
I expect to win every week,” continued Horsey. “Every time I come out on Tour I come to win.
“It doesn’t always work out that way but you have to expect and believe you can win on any given week. I probably wasn’t swinging the club as well as I could but I played well last week and knew that I had a good chance this week.”
Of his near-costly miss at the last he added: “It went back to the second shot that I didn’t execute and that led me to have a bad lie with my third and that was tough shot because the green was sloping away from me and it could have rolled off the green.
