SCOTLAND are still searching for their first World Cup title after being agonisingly denied victory in a sudden-death play-off in Barbados.
Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren fired aclosing 69 in yesterday's foursomes to match the 16-under-par target set by Germany's Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem, who returned a stunning 66.
But the Scots then bogeyed the first extra hole, the par-three 18th, after Montgomerie missed the green with his tee shot and Warren chipped four feet past.
Langer had also missed the green in a similar spot but Siem's chip pulled up just short of the hole to leave Langer to tap in for his second World Cup victory, 16 years after partnering Torsten Gideon to the title in Florida.
Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Carl Pettersson were also 16 under playing the 18th but three-putted from long range to miss out on the play off.
As Montgomerie made a swift exit on a private plane to compete in Tiger Woods's event next week, Warren was left to sum up his team's acute disappointment.
"That's the first time I've ever lost a play-off in my career," said the 25-year-old, who won his first European Tour title in sudden death in Sweden earlier this season.
"I know how the other guy feels and it's not a nice feeling, especially in such a big event.
"I've really seen this week why Monty has won eight Order of Merit titles. From tee to green he is relentless, almost every shot is where he wants to put it and it looks absolutely effortless at times. I can't say enough about him.
"He told me at the end it was a great effort and we couldn't do much more. He is as disappointed as I am."
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