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'Dreaming' Soren Kjeldsen wins Irish Open

Soren Kjeldsen topped a three-man playoff to win the Irish Open at Royal County Down - his first European Tour title in six years.

The 40-year-old Dane held off England's Eddie Pepperell and Austria's Bernd Wiesberger with par at the first extra hole following a brutal final round.

Kjeldsen took a two-shot lead into the last day and was one shot ahead with two to play despite being four over par for the day as the players battled winds gusting up to 40mph.

A three-putt bogey on the 17th left Kjeldsen needing to birdie the 18th to win his fourth European Tour title, but after chipping from one side of the green off the other, he did well to get up and down for a closing 76 to join the playoff.