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Graeme Storm beats Rory McIlroy in South African Open play-off drama

Eighty-three days after losing his European Tour card by €100, Graeme Storm pipped Rory McIlroy to a play-off to win in the South African Open.

Storm was given a reprieve when Patrick Reed failed to play enough events to join the Tour, and he made the most of his second coming in Johannesburg.

Starting the day three shots clear of the world No.2, he almost buckled under the pressure as McIlroy made five birdies in a final-round 68.

But the Northern Irishman's bogey on the par-three 17th hole teed up a play-off which the player from Hartlepool, England, took.