Germany's Marcel Siem made it third time lucky to claim his maiden European Tour win at the Dunhill Championship at the Houghton club.

The 23-year-old missed eagle putts to clinch the title on the first two holes of a sudden-death play-off with French duo Raphael Jacquelin and Gregory Havret, but finally held his nerve on the third extra hole to earn a two-year tour exemption.

Siem's victory made it the fifth time that a young player has made the Dunhill their maiden victory and he joins top stars such as Australian Adam Scott and Hampshire's Justin Rose in achieving that feat.

Hampshire's hope this year was Matthew Blackey after both Rose and Tour new boy Martin Le Mesurier had missed the cut. Meon Valley pro Blackey had scores of 68 and 69 on the weekend to finish on 11 under par and a finish of joint 28th.

But it could have been much better had Blackey not had three bogeys on the trot from the ninth on the final day, when he carded six birdies.

For Siem, there were no such worries and he set a new tournament record of 22 under par only to watch Jacquelin and then Gregory Havret birdie the par-five 18th to send the tournament into a three way play-off.

On returning to the 18th, Havret almost chipped in for an eagle before Jacquelin left his eagle putt well short.

Siem was left with an eight-foot putt for the win but missed and the trio made the journey back to the 18th tee.

This time, Havret pulled his tee shot into a fairway bunker and could only make a par five to drop out.

Jacquelin also found sand with his approach but splashed out to six feet to make a birdie, and Siem left his eagle putt from 12 feet just short.