St. James, Barbados ? Schedule conflicts and other issues had kept Bernhard Langer from the last 10 World Cups and nearly prevented him from playing this year, too.

He has four children, some of whom had holiday events and school functions this past week that Langer wound up missing.

“I’m not proud of that,” Langer said.

He will, however, take pride in delivering the World Cup to Germany for the second time.

Trailing by five strokes entering the final round Sunday, Langer and Marcel Siem shot a 5-under 66 in the alternate-shot format to grab a share of the lead, then the two-time Masters winner made a short par putt on the first playoff hole to beat Scotland for Germany’s first World Cup victory since 1990.

“Every trophy’s special, as you can guess,” said Langer, who teamed with his 16-year-old son, Stefan, to win the Del Webb Father/Son Challenge last week in Orlando, Fla. “The last two years, I didn’t win a lot of trophies, to be honest. It’s nice to be on a roll.”

Langer’s winning putt came moments after Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie pushed his par try from about four feet wide of the hole.

Sweden (72) was third at 15 under, missing the playoff when Carl Petterson’s tricky downhill par putt from five feet lipped out at the final hole.

South Africa (68) was fourth at 14 under, while Spain (69), Argentina (73) and the United States (69) tied for fifth at 13 under.

The U.S. team of Stewart Cink and J.J. Henry ended their day with 11 straight pars, playing solidly but never really making a big run at the leaders.

“We had a great week,” Cink said. “At least we know we could have won.”

germany's marcel siem, left, and Bernard Langer accept the winner's trophy after capturing the 2006 Barbados Golf World Cup. The duo won Sunday in St. James, Barbados.

Defending champion Wales was in a four-way tie for eighth at 11 under with Australia, Mexico and Italy in the 24-nation field.

Quiros first at Dunhill

Malelane, South Africa – Alvaro Quiros shot a 5-under 67 Sunday to beat Charl Schwartzel by one stroke and win his first European Tour event at the Alfred Dunhill Championship.

The Spaniard had seven birdies and two bogeys at Leopard Creek Country Club to finish at 13-under 275 overall.

Schwartzel, who had led going into the final round, shot a 72. Lee Westwood (73) was third at 279, followed by Ross Fisher (70) and Darren Fichardt (69) at 280.

O’Hern survives playoff

Coolum, Australia – Australia’s Nick O’Hern chipped in from a greenside bunker on the fourth hole of a playoff with Peter Lonard to win the Australian PGA on Sunday, his first major professional title since 1999. O’Hern holed out from the sand near the 18th green to end a series of 56 top-10 finishes without a victory.