Germany's Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem triumphed in a playoff over Scotland's Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren on Sunday in Barbados to win the World Golf Championships World Cup.
The German duo parred the first playoff hole to put paid to hopes of a first ever Scotland victory in the US$4 million tournament, which featured 24 two-man teams playing two rounds of foursomes and two rounds of fourball.
The Scots bogeyed the first extra hole, the par-three 18th, after Montgomerie missed the green with his tee shot and Warren chipped four feet past.
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Langer had also missed the green, but Siem's chip stopped just short of the hole to leave Langer to tap in for his second World Cup victory -- 16 years after he teamed up with Torsten Gideon to win the title.
"It's not easy to believe that 16 years later I am still in the winner's circle," Langer said. "It just shows that the golf ball doesn't know how old you are."
Langer was full of praise for his partner's chip at the playoff hole.
"The chip shot on 18, nobody could play it better. You could put Phil Mickelson or Seve Ballesteros there and they couldn't do better," Langer said. "He was nervous on Thursday but he got it together real quick and played the best golf of anyone today."
Siem was equally complimentary of Langer.
"I've learned a lot this week from playing with Bernhard, he is such a legend," Siem said.
In Sunday's concluding foursomes, Langer and Siem had seized the outright lead at 17-under for the tournament with their sixth birdie of the day at 16, but dropped back into a tie for the lead with their first bogey of the round at the next.
They finished with a five-under 66 on the rain-soaked Sandy Lane Resort course for a total of 16-under 268.
Veteran Montgomerie and rising European tour star Warren carded a two-under 69 that included two birdies, at the fifth and 11th, to book their spot in the playoff.
Sweden, who started the day with a one-shot lead finished with a 72 for 269.
Wales' Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd, who won the title last year in Portugal, finished tied for eighth.
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