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Manassero wins Singapore Open in dramatic play-off

Italian teenager Matteo Manassero holed a 12-foot eagle putt on the third play-off hole to claim a dramatic victory over South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen at the Barclays Singapore Open on Sunday.

Matteo Manassero of Italy tees off during third round of the Barclays Singapore Open at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on November 10, 2012. Manassero holed a 12-foot eagle putt on the third play-off hole to claim a dramatic victory over South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen at the Singapore Open on Sunday.

In his first ever play-off, Manassero showed steel beyond his 19 years as he matched the 2010 British Open winner with birdie and par on the first two extra holes and then nervelessly downed the winner at a packed Sentosa Golf Club.

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