Peter Baker beat Simon Griffiths on the third gap of a sudden-death play-off to retain the MCB Tour Championship Mauritius at Constance Belle Mare Plage.
The Englishmen each birdied the final two holes of the common match – which is the finale to the Legends Tour season – to completed tied on 16 beneath, three away from the sphere.
They then matched one another with birdies on the primary two events they performed an additional gap, the par-five 18th, earlier than Baker received up and down from a greenside bunker to make a successful 4.
Baker, who practically pulled out of the match earlier than his second spherical by sickness, retained the title he gained final yr en path to claiming the order of advantage however his victory within the match was not sufficient to maintain maintain of the John Jacobs Trophy.
As an alternative, that title went to the person Baker pipped final yr for it, Brazilian Adilson da Silva. Griffiths had the comfort of successful the Barry Lane Rookie of the Yr award.
Earlier, Baker – the 1993 Ryder Cup participant – went out in 35 due to a birdie-bogey-birdie run in the course of the entrance 9 then picked up a shot on the tenth to maneuver to 14 beneath.
Six pars adopted earlier than he received to fifteen beneath on the quick seventeenth then tapped in for a 4 on the par-five final after his eagle putt for victory missed on the left facet.
Griffiths made birdies on the first, third, fifth and eighth for a superb entrance half of four-under 32 and picked up one other stroke on the par-five thirteenth earlier than his birdies at 17 and 18.
There was no last-day cost on the Indian Ocean island for Colin Montgomerie, the champion on the Legends course at Belle Mare Plage in 2017.
