Play-off drama in Sweden

Victor Dubuisson, Stephen Gallacher and Thongchai Jaidee will contest a play-off for the Nordea Masters after a dramatic final round in Malmö.

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<p>All three finished on 16 under par at PGA Sweden National, where a host of players – including World Number Two Henrik Stenson – saw their chances of victory come and go.</p>
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<p>Jaidee’s 65 saw him set the clubhouse mar, and the Thai then had to wait as the last four groups made their way down the par five last.</p>
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<p>France’s Dubuisson would have won with a birdie there, but three-putted from just off the green.</p>
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<p>Gallacher’s chance looked to have gone when he bogeyed the 17^th from a greenside bunker, but he bravely converted from 20 feet at the next.</p>
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<p>Stenson, playing in the final group with Eddie Pepperell, needed an eagle to win his national title outright, but pushed his second into trouble right of the green and eventually bogeyed.</p>
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<p>Pepperell went in water at the last and also ran up a six, when he needed a three to force his way into extra holes.</p>
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<strong>Play-off records:</strong>
<p>Jaidee – P1, W1<br>
Dubuisson – first stroke play play-off (lost in Accenture in extra holes)<br>
Gallacher – P2, W1, L1</p>
<p><strong>Other facts</strong></p>
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<li>The sixth play-off of the season.</li>
<li>The third, three man play-off of the season, following the Hong Kong Open and Open de Espana</li>
<li>The fifth play-off in Nordea Masters history</li>
<li>The second three man play-off in Nordea Masters history. The first was in 1996 when Lee Westwood beat Paul Broadhurst and Russell Claydon</li>
<li>First play-off in the Nordea Masters since 2006 when Marc Warren beat Robert Karlsson.</li>
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