Angel Hidalgo holds his nerve to deny Jon Rahm a fourth Spanish Open title

The pair finished level at 14-under par after Rahm birdied the last two holes but after his wayward tee-shot at the second extra hole, Hidalgo chipped close and holed a short putt for victory.

English pair Tommy Fleetwood and Joe Dean and Scotland's Grant Forrest were in a group of six players tied for third on 10-under.

The win was just reward for 26-year-old Hidalgo, who had led since his first-round 65 and delighted his home crowd with a swashbuckling style of play.

He recovered from successive bogeys at the fifth and sixth to go bogey-free the rest of the way with three birdies, the most memorable after a sky-high flop over a huge greenside bunker at the 14th.

"To be here and win the tournament is unreal. Oh, my gosh, it's amazing," he said.

"I played a pretty smart game and I stroked the putter really well, so yeah, I'm happy. And especially with Jon, probably he's the most important player in the last 20 or 30 years in Spain."

Rahm, who overcame illness in the build-up to the tournament, said of Hidalgo: "May he enjoy it. Winning at home, winning a Spanish Open with all the support that there has been, you could tell how much he felt it and how important it was for him.

"Thinking that on Tuesday morning I was in hospital in another country, on the other side of the Atlantic, in the end, I'm happy. It's a pity to have lost in the play-off [but] I can't say it has been a bad week."

David Puig – the third member of the all-Spanish final group – led by three at one stage before fading to end up 10-under.

Shane Lowry's closing two-under 69 for a share of 13th place gave the Offaly man his fifth top-20 finish in a row and his 12th from 24 individual starts this season.

While he won in partnership with Rory McIlroy in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April, he will have another chance to win as an individual for the first time since the 2022 BMW PGA when he joins McIlroy, Pádraig Harrington and Tom McKibbin in this week's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.

On the Challenge Tour, Conor Purcell closed with a two-over 74 to tie for 12th on two-under in the weather-reduced, 36-hole Swiss Challenge, seven shots behind Scotland's Euan Walker.

As a result, the Portmarnock man fell one spot, to 11th, in the Road to Mallorca standings, which will see the top 20 awarded DP World Tour cards after the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final supported by the R&A on November 3.