Golf: Pigem wins first professional title
 

Taipei: Spain´s Carlos Pigem claimed his first professional title after beating Japan´s Shunya Takeyasu in a play-off at the $500,000 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship in Taiwan.

With a four-day total of 12-under-par 276, Pigem and Takeyasu battled it out at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club.

The 25-year-old Spaniard gained confidence early in the play-off when his second shot on the par-five 18 landed in the middle of the fairway while Takeyasu´s fell into the rough.

An emotional Pigem knew the title was his when the Japanese´s fourth shot only touched the edge of the green.

"Play-offs are always going to be a 50-50 affair," said Pigem, who turned pro in 2013.

"I´m really at a loss for words. I cried when I sunk that birdie putt on the play-off hole," he added.

"That feeling of winning my first professional title here at the Yeangder TPC is simply indescribable," he said.

Australia´s Scott Barr who took a solo third-round lead finished tied for third place with Malaysia´s Nicholas Fung.



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