November 01-03
Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California
$2,000,000

Colin Montgomerie won the Invesco QQQ Championship with a par on the first playoff hole after Bernhard Langer needed four strokes to get out of a greenside bunker.

Langer reached the par-4 18th green in six shots and Montgomerie two-putted for the victory to end the second of three events in the PGA Tour Champions' Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.

''How often does that happen with Bernhard?'' Montgomerie said. ''I felt for him in that bunker there. It was on the upslope there. The downslope was awful. Look how deep that is. It's big hole. Unfortunate for Bernhard.''

Montgomerie made a 40-foot birdie putt in regulation on 18 for a tournament-record 9-under 63.

''The one at the last was a massive bonus,'' said Montgomerie, who started the day five strokes back.

Langer parred the final four holes for a 67, leaving a 15-foot birdie try short on 18.

Both found the narrow fairway in the playoff, Langer's approach caught the left greenside bunker, leaving an awkward stance with the back lip of the bunker hindering his swing.

''It was a downhill lie with a big lip in front,'' Langer said. ''It's hell down there. You just can't go down there. That bunker's built very poorly. …. Just faded to the right. I was overaggressive. I was trying to make birdie and just pushed it about 5 yards.''

Montgomerie then hit his 174-yard approach to the middle of the green, leaving about 20 feet and won for the seventh time on the Champions tour.

The 62-year-old Langer has 40 senior victories, winning a playoff at Sherwood in 2017.

''It's been a good week, played some good golf, played good at Richmond, played good here, so that's encouraging,'' Langer said. ''Finished fourth and second last two tournaments, so looking forward to next week. That's all you can do. Playoff, I made one bad shot and paid the price. That was the worst place you could hit it. Anywhere left I have a shot down there.''

The top 36 players in the season standings move on to the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship next week in Phoenix. Points leader Scott McCarron closed with a 77 to tie for 43rd at even par. Second-place Jerry Kelly shot 66 to tie for 10th at 8 under.

Montgomerie jumped from 12th to fourth, and Langer from fourth to third.