Mickelson clinched victory with a four-foot birdie putt at the second extra hole, the par-five 18th, hours after it seemed he had thrown victory away. He held a three-shot lead after 11 holes but dropped four shots at the 12th, 13th and 15th, allowing Fisher to open a two-shot lead off his own.
Meanwhile, Westwood fought his way into contention with six birdies in the final nine holes but Mickelson picked up a birdie at the 16th and Fisher had a double bogey at the final hole to leave the top three players level on ten-under-par.
At the first play-off hole, Fisher missed an eight-foot birdie putt that would have won the tournament and then Fisher and Westwood both struggled at the second hole, allowing Mickelson to win.
Meanwhile, India's Gaurav Ghei returned a rollercoaster one-over 73 to finish tied 55th, while Jyoti Randhawa carded his week's worst of seven-over 79 to slump further and sign off a disappointing tied 58th.
While Ghei accumulated a total of 11-over 299, Randhawa was a couple of shots adrift of his compatriot in Asia's richest event
It turned out to be another disappointing day for the two Indians as they once again found the going tough at the Sheshan International Golf Club.
Ghei started with a bogey on the first before dropping another shot on the sixth. The seasoned pro recovered to strike a birdie on the seventh but stumbled to a ninth-hole bogey to make the turn two-over.
The Delhi-golfer seemed on way to a recovery in his back nine -- with birdies on the 13th and 16th -- but a dropped shot on the final hole spoilt his chances of a better finish.
Randhawa, on the other hand, made an even worse start, by dropping a double bogey on the first. He then added to his woes with bogeys on the second and fourth hole.
However, the 32-year-old arrested the slide by gaining strokes on the fifth, sixth and eighth hole before undoing the good work in a disastrous back nine.
The Indian first stumbled to a double bogey on the 10th and then dropped three shots in the space of four holes from 15th to 18th to round off a pathetic day.
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