Sixteen years after winning his first World Cup in partnership with a younger player, Germany's Bernhard Langer repeated the feat at the Sandy Lane Resort in Barbados.

The 49-year-old European Tour veteran tapped in an uphill two-foot putt for par after team mate Marcel Siem had conjured a magical flop shot from spongy rough to the left of the 18th green.
   
That earned the German duo a dramatic playoff victory over Scotland at the first extra hole, and Langer a second World Cup crown following his 1990 triumph with Torsten Giedeon.
   
"It's not easy to believe, 16 years later, to still be in the winner's circle with another young man," Langer told reporters after he and Siem had shot a brilliant five-under-par 66 in the final round's alternate-shot format.
   
"But it just shows the golf ball doesn't know how old you are. You just keep hitting it, try to stay fit and have fun with it."
   
Twice Masters champion Langer paid tribute to the impressive form displayed by his 26-year-old partner.
   
"He played like a guy who has been out here for 20 years," he said. "Nothing fazed him. He hit great drives, long and straight, he hit fantastic irons. He made putts from all over the place.
   
"The chip on 18 was like nobody could play better. You could put Phil Mickelson and Seve (Ballesteros) there and they could not have done it any better.

"To leave me a two-foot putt uphill, that's about as easy as it gets. The way he played today, he probably played the best golf of all the participants."
   
Germany charged into contention for the final World Golf Championships title of the year after starting the last day five strokes off the pace.
   
Dovetailing superbly, Langer and Siem delivered Sunday's lowest round by two shots before sealing victory when Scotland's Colin Montgomerie missed a five-foot par putt in sudden-death.
   
"When you're in a playoff, everybody wants to win," Langer said. "I feel bad for Scotland because they deserved to win as well.
   
"They played good enough to do that, but there can only be one winner. Today we were the fortunate ones."
   
Siem was not the only young man who featured prominently in Langer's memorable week in the Caribbean.
   
Caddying for the former world number one was his 16-year-old son Stefan, with whom he won last week's Father/Son Challenge at ChampionsGate Golf Club in Orlando, Florida for the second successive year.
   
"To win two weekends in a row, two tournaments, is pretty neat," he said. "And to have Stefan on the bag as well was a great experience."

Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Carl Pettersson finished alone in third after three-putting the 18th to miss out on the play-off by a shot.

Wales' Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd put up a creditable defence of their title before finishing in a tie for eighth with Ireland's Paul McGinley and Padraig Harrington in joint 12th.

Pre-tournament favourites England suffered a disappointing week and had to settle for a share of 15th, world number Luke Donald admitting he and David Howell never found top gear.