German Siem is Dunhill winner



JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Germany's Marcel Siem made a 10-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole to beat France's Raphael Jacquelin and Gregory Havret and win the Dunhill Championship on Sunday.
Siem shot a final-round 6-under-par 66 and finished tied with Jacquelin (67) and Havret (67) at 22-under 266 at Houghton Golf Club.
The playoff took place on the par-5 18th, and after the players parred the first extra hole, Havret made par on the second and was eliminated when Siem and Jacquelin made birdie.
On the third extra hole, Jacquelin had a par, and the 23-year-old Siem rolled in a birdie putt for his first European Tour victory.
Siem is the fifth straight first-time winner at Dunhill, following Anthony Wall, Adam Scott, Justin Rose and Mark Foster, who won a six-man playoff last year.
Siem missed a 10-footer putt for eagle on the first playoff hole and a 15-foot eagle try on the second.
Soren Hansen closed with a 3-under 69 and finished fourth at 21-under.
South Africa's James Kingston shot a 10-under 62 and finished in a six-way tie for sixth in a group that included countrymen Craig Lile (70) and Trevor Immelman (69), who was coming off a victory in the South African Open, and Lee Westwood (68).