Scotland pair Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren narrowly missed out to Germany in winning the World Golf Championships-Barbados World Cup at the Sandy Lane course. Montgomerie holed a 18 foot par putt on the last hole to force the sudden death play off, meaning both teams had finished on 16 under par.
Germany represented by Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem won the play off hole with a par, after Montgomerie and Langer had failed to find the target on the par three eighteen. Siem’s chip left Langer with a tap in whilst Warren’s chip meant Monty had to hole out from 5ft. This time the Ryder Cup player missed and the Germans took the honours and the $1.4m first prize for the second time, having won it in 1990.
Warren, current Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year said:
“We had a great chance to win but unfortunately that didn’t happen. It’s a shame for Scottish golf but hopefully this will give it a boost anyway.”
If it were not for the Swedish pair Henrik Stenson and Carl Petterson three putting the last after a 1 hour 43 minute suspension of play due to torrential rain, there would have been three teams in the play off.
The pre-tournament favourites England never really contended and Luke Donald and David Howell finished in a share for 15th place. Meanwhile the U.S. team of Stewart Cink and J.J. Henry finished at 13 under in tied fifth position.
Montgomerie will be playing in Tiger Woods’ event in California next week.
