Australian Aaron Baddeley defeated Sweden’s Daniel Chopra and thrilled the home crowd at the MasterCard Masters Cup in Melbourne. On Sunday Baddeley, after hitting his tee shot into the trees, saved par on the fourth hole of the playoff. He had chipped to 8 feet on the fourth extra hole and then made the putt. Moreover, Chopra who made several clutch putts in regulation and even in the playoff dragged his putt wide enough to give the Australian his tile.

This was the fifth year out of six that the Masters Cup was decided in the playoff. One of the most difficult holes in the game was the 18th hole because the wind made it very difficult. While hitting the 8 foot birdie Putt on the first extra hole, Baddeley had badly missed the shot just after Chopra making the same mistake of missing the shot twice. On the second extra hole both had missed their shots and on the third extra hole Baddeley was left with a tap in where as Chopra made a difficult 10 foot Putt for par. In the end Baddeley made 2 under 70 to win the title and Chopra had to settle down on 71 at 13 under 275. Australian Stuart Appleby was third with 69 leaving him just two strokes behind and his fellow golfer Robert Allenby and Rory Mcllroy of Northern Ireland were fourth and fifth respectively. By wining this title Baddeley who was at number 87 in the world rankings positioned himself at number 18 at the end of this tournament.