Bernhard Langer (Getty Images) 

Langer loses play-off to Andrade but tops Champions Tour money list for 4th year in a row

Bernhard Langer extended his remarkable record as a senior golfer by finishing runner up in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship to top the money list on the US Champions Tour for a fourth consecutive year.
The Florida-based German, who won the Senior Open Championship  in 2010 and 2014, lost on the first hole of a play-off to American Billy Andrade in the season-ending event on Desert Mountain's Cochise Course in Scottsdale, Arizona.
That result was enough to secure a second straight victory in the year-long Charles Schwab Cup, beating Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie, who had led going into the finale, by 338 points.
Montgomerie finished ten shots back in a share of 14th place in the tournament after a closing 67, and he also had to settle for third place in the money list as Langer wrapped up the top spot for a record seventh time in eight years.
It rounds off another exceptional season for 58 year old Langer, the two-time Master Champion, who had 13 top ten finishes on the Champions Tour in 19 appearances in 2015. 

He won twice, first successfully defending his title in the Constellation Senior Players Championship – recognised as a Major Championship on the Champions Tour – before last month claiming his 25th victory on the Champions Tour at the San Antonio Championship.
Montgomerie now heads to Mauritius next month where he will compete in the European Senior Tour’s season-ending MCB Tour Championship at Constance Belle Mare Plage.

 The 2010 Ryder Cup Captain has already secured the top spot on the Order of Merit, ensuring he will lift the John Jacobs Trophy for a second consecutive time.

Charles Schwab Cup Championship (Nov 5 - 8)

• Course: Desert Mountain - Cochise Course
• Par: 70
• Yardage: 6,929

1	x-Billy Andrade	65	67	70	64				266	$440,000
2	Bernhard Langer	63	68	68	67				266	$254,000
3	Michael Allen	65	64	69	70				268	$213,000
T4	Mark O'Meara	68	68	66	68				270	$158,000
T4	Jeff Sluman	69	64	71	66				270	$158,000
T6	Stephen Ames	68	67	67	69				271	$111,000
T6	Kirk Triplett	70	68	66	67				271	$111,000
8	Joe Durant	69	66	68	69				272	$93,000
T9	Olin Browne	66	67	71	69				273	$76,000
T9	Fred Couples	66	69	69	69				273	$76,000
T9	Duffy Waldorf	68	68	69	68				273	$76,000
12	Tom Lehman	69	65	71	69				274	$64,000
13	Jerry Smith	74	63	70	68				275	$59,000
T14	Jeff Maggert	72	67	71	66				276	$52,000
T14	Colin Montgomerie	70	68	71	67				276	$52,000
T14	Kenny Perry	66	66	74	70				276	$52,000
T17	Woody Austin	71	64	73	69				277	$44,500
T17	Kevin Sutherland	68	67	70	72				277	$44,500
T19	Bart Bryant	68	67	74	69				278	$39,250
T19	Ian Woosnam	70	72	69	67				278	$39,250
T21	Paul Goydos	68	68	78	65				279	$35,000
T21	Tom Pernice Jr.	70	68	68	73				279	$35,000
23	Russ Cochran	70	68	72	72				282	$32,000
T24	Scott Dunlap	71	70	74	68				283	$29,500
T24	Esteban Toledo	72	73	69	69				283	$29,500
26	Wes Short Jr.	68	72	69	75				284	$27,000
T27	Marco Dawson	73	66	75	71				285	$25,167
T27	David Frost	72	68	74	71				285	$25,167
T27	Lee Janzen	72	67	71	75				285	$25,167
30	Gene Sauers	73	72	76	71				292	$24,000
x- won playoff