The Germans forced the playoff when they came from behind with a 66 in Sunday’s rain-plagued Foursomes competition. The steady twosome hit an impressive 17 of 18 greens on the windswept afternoon on the way to posting the low score of the day.

Germany’s success on Sunday should come as no surprise, though. Langer is one of the most accomplished alternate shot players of all-time with an 11-6-1 record in Ryder Cup play.

But Scotland was led by a man who’s no slouch in Foursomes, too. Colin Montgomerie has an 8-3-3 Ryder Cup mark in the format – with three of those wins, ironically, coming with Langer.

Langer and Montgomerie hit first for their teams in the playoff, and both missed the green. Siem remembered talking to a rules official and Montgomerie’s partner, Marc Warren, before the veterans teed off.

“I said it’s unbelievable to be here on Sunday with Montgomerie and Langer,” Siem said. “This is the best that could happen actually. It’s two legends with Marc Warren and Marcel Siem, it was incredible.”

He admitted to being nervous over the chip shot he was faced with after Langer’s tee shot on the par 3 settled into the rough. But Siem took his lob wedge and coaxed the ball onto the green, leaving Langer 24 inches for what turned out to be the win.

“I was extremely impressed today,” Langer said. “He played like a guy who has been out here for 20 year. Nothing fazed him. He hit great drive, long and straight. He hit fantastic irons. He made putts from all over the place.

“You know, 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.”