World number 703 Alvaro Quiros just about held his nerve to beat Zander Lombard of South Africa in a play-off for his first title in six years on Sunday in Sicily.

The 34-year-old Spaniard's victory at the Sicily Open is the seventh of his topsy-turvy career but first title since the 2011 Dubai World Championship.

Quiros had tumbled down the world rankings and lost his playing privileges, but a stellar week in Italy means he is back on the European Tour and will move into the top 250.  He entered the final round with a five-shot lead on Lombard and extended it by a further two after six holes.

But he then dropped five shots on the back nine as Lombard forced the play-off.
Quiros, a former world number 23, admitted he should never have given Lombard a sniff after enjoying such a handsome lead.
"Obviously it shouldn't be like that but at the end, it's a victory and that's the most important thing," he told the European Tour.
"It's been a little bit of a mess. The game wasn't that bad. Just the last few holes I started to struggle with the wind left to right and he was playing nice.
"It's a victory, it means a lot of things. Unfortunately, I didn't really like how I ended the round. It should never have been that far."

For Lombard, who does not have a European Tour card himself after playing just 12 events last season; it is a second runner-up finish after last season's Joburg Open.

China's Li Haotong finished a shot out of a play-off at 13 under after a closing 66, a shot clear of Spaniard Pep Angles.

FINAL SCORES
PLAY-OFF
1 Alvaro Quiros (Spain) after 2
2 Zander Lombard (South Africa) after 2
REGULAR ROUNDS
-14 Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 63 64 70 73, Zander Lombard (South Africa) 62 68 72 68
-13 Li Haotong (China) 64 68 73 66
-12 Pep Angles (Spain) 69 66 68 69
-11 Jason Scrivener (Australia) 68 67 71 67, Marcus Fraser (Australia) 66 66 74 67
-10 David Horsey (Britain) 64 66 74 70
-9 Marcel Siem (Germany) 68 68 71 68, Mark Foster (Britain) 67 64 75 69, Julien Guerrier (France) 65 68 72 70
-8 Mikko Korhonen (Finland) 67 67 73 69, Stuart Manley (Britain) 66 68 73 69, Lee Slattery (Britain) 64 70 70 72, Tom Lewis (Britain) 67 67 72 70, Jbe Kruger (South Africa) 63 69 73 71, Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 70 67 73 66, Michael Hoey (Britain) 61 68 75 72
-7 Eduardo De La Riva (Spain) 64 71 70 72, Johan Carlsson (Sweden) 67 65 72 73, Raphael Jacquelin (France) 69 62 73 73, Sebastian Soederberg (Sweden) 61 68 77 71, Daniel Im (U.S.) 66 70 72 69
-6 James Morrison (Britain) 71 65 71 71, Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 65 69 74 70, Gary Hurley (Ireland) 67 66 72 73, Renato Paratore (Italy) 71 62 70 75
-5 Garrick Porteous (Britain) 68 67 70 74, Alexander Bjoerk (Sweden) 69 66 74 70, Oliver Fisher (Britain) 66 69 74 70, Ben Evans (Britain) 68 67 74 70
-4 Julian Suri (U.S.) 75 62 72 71, Filipe Lima (Portugal) 64 67 73 76, Chris Paisley (Britain) 66 71 72 71, Austin Connelly (Canada) 68 69 74 69, Sebastian Heisele (Germany) 63 69 76 72, Romain Wattel (France) 66 67 80 67, Eirik Tage Johansen (Norway) 65 67 76 72
-3 Jens Dantorp (Sweden) 68 69 71 73, Matt Wallace (Britain) 68 69 76 68, Scott Jamieson (Britain) 69 67 75 70, Wade Ormsby (Australia) 66 66 76 73, Haydn Porteous (South Africa) 68 64 73 76, Marcus Armitage (Britain) 65 71 72 73, Paul Maddy (Britain) 66 67 73 75, Jeff Winther (Denmark) 68 66 79 68, Andrew Dodt (Australia) 67 68 76 70, Eddie Pepperell (Britain) 67 67 75 72
-2 Richard McEvoy (Britain) 67 67 77 71, Nathan Kimsey (Britain) 67 69 75 71, Matteo Manassero (Italy) 67 67 73 75, Adrien Saddier (France) 69 68 70 75, Jordan Smith (Britain) 68 68 77 69, Steve Webster (Britain) 70 67 75 70, Francesco Laporta (Italy) 66 69 78 69
-1 John Parry (Britain) 69 67 74 73, Roope Kakko (Finland) 68 69 75 71, Phachara Khongwatmai (Thailand) 66 70 74 73
0 Clement Berardo (France) 66 71 73 74, Jamie Donaldson (Britain) 69 67 75 73, Niclas Johansson (Sweden) 66 71 74 73, Richard Johnson (Sweden) 70 65 79 70, Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 68 67 75 74
1 Oscar Lengden (Sweden) 68 69 74 74, Nick Cullen (Australia) 66 70 74 75
2 Thomas Detry (Belgium) 71 66 75 74
3 Jamie Rutherford (Britain) 69 68 74 76
4 Luca Cianchetti (Italy) 67 70 80 71, Oscar Stark (Sweden) 68 67 80 73, Paul Peterson (U.S.) 66 69 78 75
5 Pavit Tangkamolprasert (Thailand) 67 68 79 75
7 Lorenzo Gagli (Italy) 68 67 78 78
8 Mike Weir (Canada) 67 70 76 79