NAKHABINO, Russia, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Australian Marcus Fraser edged Austrian Martin Wiegele in a playoff Sunday to win the Russian Open at the Moscow Country Club.
Fraser and Wiegele went to a sudden-death playoff after both men had final rounds of 4-under-par 68 for totals of 19-under 269.
Fraser, 25, won the title - -and a check for over 46,000 Pounds -- at the second extra hole, the 18th, with a par-4 after both players had birdied the same hole the first time around.
Fraser, who won a playoff at the Challenge Tour's Talma Finnish Challenge two weeks ago, secured his European Tour card for 2004 with this victory.
Sweden's Peter Hanson finished in third place on 16-under 272, with Scotsman Andrew Coltart and England's Tim Milford tied for fourth alongside Spaniard Jose Manuel Carriles at 14-under-par 274.
