( CNN ) -- England 's Danny Willett recorded his maiden European Tour victory after a marathon sudden death playoff against Marcus Fraser of Australia at the BMW International Open in Cologne Sunday . The 24-year-old Willett won at the fourth extra hole , taking advantage after Fraser missed a three foot putt for par . Former Walker Cup star Willett , in his fourth year on the Tour , had 19 top-10 finishes in his professional career without clinching victory going into the tournament . `` It 's amazing , '' he told the official European Tour website . `` It was a tough day -- it was brutal with the wind whipping and it was raining . `` Marcus had a great round today and I hung in there nicely . Hopefully I gave people a good show . '' Willett was as good as his word , but it needed a miraculous shot on the 18th to seal a playoff with Fraser , a two-time winner on the European Tour . Fraser had set a clubhouse target of 11 under after a bogey of his own on the last . Willett needed a par to match him and after his drive ended behind a tree it looked unlikely . But he produced a sensational hooked iron shot to reach the green and two putts later forced extra holes . Willett missed a five-footer for victory on the first sudden death hole , but eventually was left to celebrate a breakthrough triumph . Tied for third , one shot adrift were Ireland 's Paul McGinley , Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and England 's Chris Wood . On the PGA Tour , England 's Brian Davis and Roland Thatcher were leading the $ 6 million Travelers Championship going into Sunday 's final round . Davis shot a six-under 64 to reach 12-under 198 after 54 holes , while Thatcher carded a 65 . There was an emotional win on the Ladies European Tour as England 's Melissa Reid won the Prague Masters Sunday , just a month after her mother Joy was killed in a car crash in Germany . Reid rolled home a six-footer on the final hole to hold off Italian Diana Luna , before breaking into tears and being comforted by fellow competitors and friends . `` To be honest I was n't that nervous . I think with something like what 's happened to my family and me the last four weeks nothing really seems that difficult anymore , '' Reid told AFP .
Danny Willett wins BMW International Open in Cologne after sudden death playoff . Maiden European Tour victory for 24-year-old Englishman . Brian Davis and Roland Thatcher hold lead after three rounds of Travelers Championship . TL;DR Tiger Woods is the latest golfer to die on a golf course this year.