Australian Brett Rumford birdied the first play-off hole to claim his third European Tour title in dramatic fashion in the Omega European Masters.

Rumford chipped in from off the 18th green to beat England's Phillip Archer after the pair had finished tied on 16 under par at Crans-sur-Sierre.

Archer's approach had also run through the green but the 35-year-old from Warrington - who carded a closing 65 - was unable to match Rumford's feat and had to settle for his second runners-up finish of the season.

Rumford had led by one with two holes to play but bogeyed the 17th, just as Archer had done 20 minutes earlier.

The 30-year-old from Perth, winner of the St Omer Open in 2003 and Irish Open in 2004, had a birdie putt from 15ft to win in regulation but failed to convert, giving defending champion Bradley Dredge a chance to make it a three-way play-off.

However, Dredge missed from a similar distance to finish third on 15 under par, one ahead of fellow Welshman Sion Bebb who enjoyed his best ever finish on the European Tour with a closing 68.

Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):

268 Brett Rumford (Aus) 68 66 66 68 (won at first extra hole), Phillip Archer 69 66 68 65

269 Bradley Dredge 66 66 68 69

270 Sion Bebb 71 68 63 68

272 Oliver Wilson 65 66 70 71

273 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 70 67 65 71, Lee Westwood 71 67 65 70

274 Anthony Wall 69 68 68 69, Miles Tunnicliff 71 65 70 68, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 68 69 72 65

275 Graeme McDowell 73 69 67 66

276 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 69 69 69 69

277 Juan Parron (Spa) 72 71 68 66, Richard McEvoy 71 70 71 65

278 Richard Bland 73 68 67 70, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 71 68 69 70, David Frost (Rsa) 72 70 68 68

279 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 75 70 66, Steven O'Hara 74 70 70 65

280 Tino Schuster (Ger) 71 65 74 70, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 69 70 71 70, Graeme Storm 69 69 71 71, Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 70 69 68, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 74 70 70 66

281 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 71 70 72 68, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 72 69 68 72, Andrew Marshall 74 68 72 67, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 70 70 70, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 77 67 70 67, Ariel Canete (Arg) 72 69 68 72

282 David Carter 73 69 70 70, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 74 68 72 68, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 72 69 67 74, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 74 69 68 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 73 69 69, Edward Rush 72 72 64 74

283 Zane Scotland (Gb) 69 69 71 74, Garry Houston 72 70 73 68, Kyron Sullivan 73 69 69 72, Simon Wakefield 74 69 73 67, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 71 70 73 69, Paul Casey 71 68 72 72, Carl Suneson (Spa) 74 70 69 70, Richard Finch 70 72 64 77, Tom Whitehouse 73 71 68 71, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 73 70 68 72, Barry Lane 78 65 70 70

284 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 76 68 69 71, Julien Clement (Swi) 74 70 72 68, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 69 75 66 74, Pablo Martin (Spa) 71 73 71 69

285 Pierre Relecom (Bel) 70 74 71 70, Oscar null Floren (Swe) 69 67 76 73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 68 71 74 72

286 Jamie Spence 70 71 72 73

287 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 75 69 69 74, Jonathan Lomas 74 70 74 69, Ian Garbutt 70 72 72 73

288 Steve Alker (Nzl) 75 66 74 73, Lee Slattery 72 72 75 69, Sven Struver (Ger) 74 68 73 73

289 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 74 70 70 75, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 70 72 72 75, Andrew Coltart 70 72 72 75, Terry Price (Aus) 75 68 74 72

290 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 72 76 70, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 71 76 71, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 69 71 76

291 Sam Little 78 66 73 74

292 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 71 71 75 75

293 Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 75 69 68 81

295 Alessandro Napoleoni (Ita) 71 69 78 77