Edoardo Molinari came from four shots behind at the start of the final round to win a European PGA Tour event for the first time in almost seven years when he edged Irishman Paul Dunne at the first playoff hole to take the Trophee Hassan II.
Italian Molinari, 36, stormed through with two eagles in his last seven holes to shoot 68 and tie the 24-year-old Dunne - who had a two-stroke lead at the start of Sunday's final round - at nine under-par after 72 holes at the Royal Golf Dar es Salam club.
Dunne hit his tee shot on the playoff hole straight into the trees and missed a difficult putt for a bogey on the par-five 18th, allowing Molinari a short putt to clinch his first title since success at Gleneagles in 2010.
"It's been a while now, I've been through some tough times in the last years," Molinar said.
"I felt my chances had gone after a bogey on the 16th but then I got a birdie on the difficult 17th and a very exciting eagle at the last."
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Paul Waring of England finished third on eight-under with Victor Dubuisson of France and Dane Lasse Jensen tied for fourth on six-under.
Wade Ormsby, the sole Australian to make the cut shot a final round thee-under 70 to finish the tournament in a tiw for 34th at even par.
