BBC SPORT | Golf | Langer and Monty share spoils

Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer were declared joint winners of the Volvo Masters after nightfall ended their play-off.

The Ryder Cup team-mates had both made pars on the first two sudden-death holes at Valderrama.

Final leaderboard

3 under
C Montgomerie (GB)
B Langer (Ger)

1 under
B Dredge (GB)

1 over
A Cabrera (Arg), P O'Malley (Aus)

2 over
Jarmo Sandelin (Swe)

Others:
12 over
Retief Goosen (SA)
13 over
Padraig Harrington (Ire)

Montgomerie missed a nine-foot birdie chance to wrap up the tournament at the second - the 10th - in the gathering gloom.

The pair then moved back to the 18th, but after discussions between the players and Tour officials it was deemed too dark to carry on.

It was only the second time a European Tour event had been tied and the other occasion also involved Langer.

The 1986 Lancome Trophy was tied by the German and Seve Ballesteros when the players could not be separated after six extra holes.

Montgomerie said: "I'm actually taking this as a complete win here. This is fantastic. I think I'm nought for whatever it was - 0-for-7 (in European Tour playoff wins).

"Well, we can add this one to the win column, which is a delight."

Langer said: "I could not think of a better guy to share this with, and I do mean that."

Added twist

Montgomerie and Langer had ended the final round of the season-ending event level on three shots under par.

The Scot missed an eight-footer for par at the 18th which would have won him the title.

The contest had earlier been given an added twist of drama by a controversy over Montgomerie's putting at the 10th hole.

TV pictures appeared to show him accidentally touching the ball with his club while it was still moving - a two-shot penalty.

Bradley Dredge
Dredge equalled his best-ever finish
Montgomerie eventually carded a 73 to tie with Langer and set up the play-off.

After finishing his round, he met with chief referee John Paramor who had decided the TV images were inconclusive.

Montgomerie convinced officials that he had not acted illegally and his shoot-out with Langer commenced.

The German had shot a fine final-day 67 to haul himself into pole position.

Little-known Welshman Bradley Dredge bogeyed the 18th to finish second on one-under after a final round of 73.

The 29-year-old, whose previous best Tour finish was runner-up in the 2001 Italian Open, was one ahead overnight.

Two shots further back on one-over par were Argentina's Angel Cabrera and Peter O'Malley of Australia.

Earlier in the day, the European Order of Merit was decided when Retief Goosen finished ahead of Padraig Harrington to retain his title.

Goosen holds off Harrington


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