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An emotional Haotong Li completed a wire-to-wire victory at the BMW International Open but it required a 50-foot birdie putt at the first play-off hole to secure his first win in more than four years.

The 26-year-old, who missed 14 cuts last year, had led through all three days in Munich and was five strokes ahead after five holes of his final round but he needed birdies at the 16th and 17th to take a one-shot advantage over Thomas Pieters down the last.

When the Belgian birdied and Li's 11-footer to win lipped out the pair headed back down the par-five 18th, where the Chinese twice flirted with the

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