SCOTLAND LOSE WORLD CUP PLAY-OFF
TO GERMANY
Scotland and Germany tied for the lead on 16-under-par 268 after the regulation 72 holes of the World Cup of Golf at Sandy Lane Golf Festory, Barbados today.
Then Germany's Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem took the title with a pitch-and-putt par 3 at the first hole of the sudden-death play-off.
Both Langer and Colin Montgomerie missed the green with their tee shots. Warren pitched eight feet past the flagstick from the rough. Siem chipped to 3ft. Monty missed his putt to save par for the Scots but Langer holed his to give the Germans a winning par.
It was the second time that veteran Langer has been in a winning German team.
The Germans had set the clubhouse target of 268 with a closing round of 66 in the foursomes format. They birdied the sixth, eighth, 11th, 12th, 15th and 16th - but bogeyed the 17th, which left the door open for the Scots.
Montgomerie and Warren were 16 under par with three holes to play, having reeling off birdies at the fifth and short 11th and parred all the other holes.
They could not get the birdie they needed at any of the last few holes which would have won the title outright.
They finished on 69 for 268.
Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Carl Pettersson were level with the Scots and the Germans until they bogeyed the 18th after birdies at the 12th and 13th had lifted them to 16 under par.
Overnight leaders Argentina finished with a 73 to drop down to joint fifth place.
Defending champions Wales came joint eighth with a closing 71 for 273
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4 x 71)
268 GERMANY (B Langer & M Siem) 65 69 68 66, SCOTLAND (C Montgomerie & M Warren) 67 67 65 69 (Germany won play-off at first extra hole).
269 SWEDEN (H Stenson & C Pettersson) 64 70 63 72.
270 SOUTH AFRICA (R Sabbatini & R Sterne) 64 71 67 68.
271 SPAIN (M A Jimenez & G Fernandez) 69 66 67 69, UNITED STATES (S Cink & J J Henry) 66 73 63 69, ARGENTINA (A Cabrera & A Romero) 64 67 67 73.
273 WALES (B Dredge & S Dodd) 65 75 62 71, AUSTRALIA 68 72 64 69, MEXICO 69 68 65 71, ITALY 68 70 64 71.
275 SWITZERLAND 73 70 64 68, IRELAND (P Harrington & P McGinley) 67 73 66 69.
277 COLOMBIA 67 74 66 70.
278 CANADA 69 72 77 71, ENGLAND 66 70 70 72.
280 SINGAPORE 71 72 68 69.
281 DENMARK 70 70 71 70.
Other totals:
283 South Korea.
285 France.
288 Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago.
289 Japan.
295 Jamaica.
TO GERMANY
Scotland and Germany tied for the lead on 16-under-par 268 after the regulation 72 holes of the World Cup of Golf at Sandy Lane Golf Festory, Barbados today.
Then Germany's Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem took the title with a pitch-and-putt par 3 at the first hole of the sudden-death play-off.
Both Langer and Colin Montgomerie missed the green with their tee shots. Warren pitched eight feet past the flagstick from the rough. Siem chipped to 3ft. Monty missed his putt to save par for the Scots but Langer holed his to give the Germans a winning par.
It was the second time that veteran Langer has been in a winning German team.
The Germans had set the clubhouse target of 268 with a closing round of 66 in the foursomes format. They birdied the sixth, eighth, 11th, 12th, 15th and 16th - but bogeyed the 17th, which left the door open for the Scots.
Montgomerie and Warren were 16 under par with three holes to play, having reeling off birdies at the fifth and short 11th and parred all the other holes.
They could not get the birdie they needed at any of the last few holes which would have won the title outright.
They finished on 69 for 268.
Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Carl Pettersson were level with the Scots and the Germans until they bogeyed the 18th after birdies at the 12th and 13th had lifted them to 16 under par.
Overnight leaders Argentina finished with a 73 to drop down to joint fifth place.
Defending champions Wales came joint eighth with a closing 71 for 273
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4 x 71)
268 GERMANY (B Langer & M Siem) 65 69 68 66, SCOTLAND (C Montgomerie & M Warren) 67 67 65 69 (Germany won play-off at first extra hole).
269 SWEDEN (H Stenson & C Pettersson) 64 70 63 72.
270 SOUTH AFRICA (R Sabbatini & R Sterne) 64 71 67 68.
271 SPAIN (M A Jimenez & G Fernandez) 69 66 67 69, UNITED STATES (S Cink & J J Henry) 66 73 63 69, ARGENTINA (A Cabrera & A Romero) 64 67 67 73.
273 WALES (B Dredge & S Dodd) 65 75 62 71, AUSTRALIA 68 72 64 69, MEXICO 69 68 65 71, ITALY 68 70 64 71.
275 SWITZERLAND 73 70 64 68, IRELAND (P Harrington & P McGinley) 67 73 66 69.
277 COLOMBIA 67 74 66 70.
278 CANADA 69 72 77 71, ENGLAND 66 70 70 72.
280 SINGAPORE 71 72 68 69.
281 DENMARK 70 70 71 70.
Other totals:
283 South Korea.
285 France.
288 Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago.
289 Japan.
295 Jamaica.
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