Nick Faldo and Michael Campbell will return to the Wentworth West course on Friday after no winner emerged from 42 holes of golf in their World Match Play Championship first round tie.

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Faldo had forced a play-off by winning the last two holes of the regulation 36, but six extra holes, played under sudden death rules, failed to produce a winner.

It was former World Match Play champion Faldo who came closest to victory, with a birdie putt at the final hole of the day lipping out of the cup after hitting the right edge.

With the light fading, the players both agreed they would have to return the following morning.

The match broke the previous record for longest match at the World Match Play.

The play-off was an engrossing affair, with both men performing under extreme pressure to produce pars and birdies.

It had seemed very different at the start of the day, with Campbell suffering a double bogey at the first regulation hole but going three up after 18 holes.

Faldo, as resolute as ever, chipped away at that lead to get to all square with just five holes remaining.

But just as soon as he had restored parity, Faldo was undone by some sloppy play of his own, as well as some strong Campbell putting.

The six-time Major winner made a bogey at the 14th and then could only watch as Campbell sank a 15-foot putt for a birdie at the 15th.

At the 16th, Faldo sank a nervy four-foot putt for par to make the sure that the match continued.

And it was Faldo who held his nerve during the final two holes, winning the 17th with a birdie and the 18th with a scrambled par, as Campbell paid for an errant tee shot and then a shoddy approach.

So the match went to the play-off - and few could have believed how far it would go.

The eventual winner will face reigning champion Ian Woosnam in one of Friday's quarter-finals.