European Tour: Horsey wins by a shot in Munich

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MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- David Horsey of England won the BMW International Open by one shot Sunday after carding a 5-under 67 to finish on 18 under.

The 25-year-old former Walker Cup player took the $410,000 cheque -- easily the biggest of his two-year professional career -- by finishing ahead of compatriot Ross Fisher.

Five players were tied for third on 16 under -- Germany's Alex Cejka, Spanish pair Pablo Larrazabal and Rafael Cabrero-Bello, England's Kenneth Ferrie and Bradley Dredge of Wales.

Dredge took a three-shot lead into the final round and extended that to four after making a birdie at the first.

But his round collapsed when he dropped five shots in seven holes from the 10th, finishing with a 2-over 74.

The key moment for Horsey came at the 18th, which he went into sharing the lead with Dredge.

But while the Welsh player twice was playing his ball into a hazard to run up a double bogey at the 16th, Horsey cautiously laid up with his second shot to the par-five last and then sank what turned out to be a winning birdie putt from five feet.

"Although it was on a big screen by the green, I didn't watch what was happening to Bradley," Horsey said. "My caddy knew but he didn't tell me and I didn't ask.

"I was just trying to make birdie without having taken the risk of trying to hit the green in two from 250 yards out. I didn't want to know what was happening because I did not want to put pressure on myself. That had been my policy all through the four rounds, to just try to relax and not make mistakes."

Horsey's previous best finishes were second places at the Malaysian Open in 2009 and the recent BMW Italian Open.

For Dredge, his failure to close out victory could prove costly. He was hoping to record his third career win and move closer to securing a Ryder Cup place on home soil at Celtic Manor in October.

But having lost a four-shot advantage, he now possesses the unwanted record of failing to close out victory nine times in his career when leading going into the final day.

At No. 39, Fisher was the highest-ranked player in the last three playing groups and had started his final round in joint-second place.

His hopes of victory crashed when he ran up a double bogey at the fourth and he only managed to clinch second place with a closing 70 when he sank a putt for an eagle three on the final green.