Cink shot a 3-under 67 - following rounds of 66, 64 and 65 - to finish at 18 under for his fifth career victory and first since 2004. Armour (65) and Mahan (65) tied for second.

Cink earned his first career win here as a rookie, and came into the day with a two-stroke lead over Heath Slocum.

He finished with a career-best 262 over the four rounds, five shots better than his 1997 total of 267. It was his first win after six top-10 finishes this year, earning him $1.08 million. It also pushed him to third place in the FedEx Cup standings behind Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, and into second place in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings.

For a while, though, it looked as though the tournament was heading for a three-way playoff.

Leading by a stroke, Cink hit a 365-yard tee shot on the 18th into the crowd to the right, and his approach went just over the green. But he recovered nicely, getting up and down from just under 2 feet to save par.

"Sometimes when you have to wait a little bit, you have to go through a few extra trials, it seems a little bit sweeter," Cink said. "This time, the way that I was able to do it - I had the lead all weekend, we had to endure a rain delay and guys were firing left and right. I stayed a step ahead, just enough. I think that makes it even more sweet."

MUNICH, Germany (AP) - Martin Kaymer blew a six-stroke lead and then birdied the first hole of a playoff Sunday against Dane Anders Hansen to win the BMW International Open.

The 23-year-old German became the tournament's youngest winner despite his final round 75 to finish with a 15-under total of 273. Hansen birdied five of his last 11 holes to finish with a 67.

"I didn't want to lose here, this win was for my mother," said Kraymer, whose mother has a serious undisclosed illness according to German media reports. "After the 13th or 14th hole, I just kept fighting."

Kaymer said he almost withdrew because of his mother.

"It was not easy, but she wants it that I play here, so I played," he said.

The 2007 rookie of the year became the first German winner of the event in its 20-year history. Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer, Kaymer's countryman, tried without success 18 times.

It was Kaymer's second win after Abu Dhabi in January.

Sharing third at 13-under were English players Paul Casey, John Bickerton and Mark Foster.