Germany’s Marcel Siem battled blustery conditions and a touch of nerves over the closing holes on Sunday to secure the BMW Masters with a dramatic chip-in at the first playoff hole.

France’s Alexander Levy started the day five shots clear of Siem but was unable to cope with winds gusting to near gale force and slumped to a six-over par round of 78.

He finished tied for the lead on 16-under with England’s Ross Fisher and Siem, who shot a one-over 73 on the Lake Malaren course.

The round of the day belonged to Fisher, who shot a five-under 67 to claw back 11 shots on Levy and get into the playoff.

No one else in the 78-man field managed better than 69 Sunday as the wind bared its teeth.

The trio trouped back to the 18th to go head-to-head into the fierce wind.

Both Fisher and Levy found the putting surface but Siem came up short in the thick rough at the 471-yard closing par four.

But the German found the cup with his sand wedge to a huge roar from the galleries.

Both Fisher and Levy then missed their own birdie putts and Siem could gratefully claim his fourth European Tour victory and his second via a playoff.