Unlike in South Africa it was a case of England 1 Germany 0 in Munich when 25 year old David Horsey came charging through from five behind for his first European Tour victory.

Just when it looked as though local hope Alex Cejka might be in a play-off for the BMW International Open Horsey, pupil of Director of Instruction Phil Kenyon, birdied two of the last three holes to grab the €333,030 first prize, although his day was not quite perfect as England's footballers were thrashed by Germany.

And it ended up a one-two for England and Phil Kenyon when pupil Ross Fisher eagled the par five 18th to take the runners-up spot one shot behind his compatriot.

The finish of the event was brought forward to avoid a clash with the World Cup showdown in South Africa and Manchester United fan Horsey, who stayed on to watch the game, commented: "Now I hope we can win and top the day off."

That was not to be, although there was the consolation of his bogey-free closing round of 67 gave him an 18 under par total of 270, but as he celebrated Welshman Bradley Dredge and Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal were left wondering what might have been.

Both double-bogeyed the 319 yard 16th when leading, whereas Cheshire-based Horsey, a teammate of Rory McIlroy in the 2007 Walker Cup, pitched over the water to eight feet and made the birdie putt.

He was trying to avoid the leaderboards at that stage and laying up on the 568 yard last might have cost him dear, but instead he played another superb approach and holed from six feet for another birdie.

After 3 missed cuts in his last 3 events, which resulted in a visit to the Harold Swash Putting Studio prior to arriving in Munich, it was a welcome return to form for Horsey and his madien win on tour.