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Peter Senior won on the 18th green to hand Retief Goosen's International side the inaugural Goodwill Trophy after defeating Colin Montgomerie's combined Ryder Cup side 6.5-5.5.
Goosen's International team took a one-point advantage into the second day of the new contest at Mission Hills Golf Club in China, and Australian Senior clinched the trophy against Welshman Bradley Dredge on the last green.
Holding a 2.5-1.5 lead after the opening day's foursomes, the Ryder Cup side hit back with the opening single when Swede Henrik Stenson beat Jeev Milkha Singh of India 3 & 2.
In a close contest Stenson's match was the only one not to go to the 18th as the Internationals and Ryder Cup sides both won three singles matches each with the other two halved.
After Stenson levelled up the contest, Nick Dougherty recovered to half his match with Australian Paul Sheehan despite trailing for most of the match.
The Englishman lost the 16th to go two down with just two to play, but managed to win the 17th and 18th to grab an unlikely half.
American Chris DiMarco also earned the Ryder Cup team a shared point against New Zealander Michael Campbell in their keenly contested match in which neither golfer led by more than one hole.
Captains Montgomerie and Goosen faced each other and it was the veteran Ryder Cup campaigner Montgomerie who came out on top by just one hole.
South Korea's KJ Choi won his battle with England's Paul Casey, Luke Donald lost out to Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee 2 & 1.
China's Zhang Lianwei threw away his one-hole lead on the 16th allowing Alejandro Canizares go on and claim a point for the Ryder Cup nations, leaving the result in the hands of the final match.
Veteran Australian Senior won the day as Dredge had to concede on the 18th after taking four shots to get to the green to Senior's two.
"I have to congratulate Retief and his players on a wonderful win," said Montgomerie.
"They played very well. I thought we had a strong team, so all credit to him and his team for winning the inaugural Goodwill Trophy."
Despite losing his match to Montgomerie, Goosen was happy his side managed to come out on top in the new tournament.
"It was nice to be on the winning side. It is the first time I have been a captain and I have played in many amateur and President's Cup teams,” said Goosen.
“Colin beat me today but maybe I can be that one shot better at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday.
"Colin is a great competitor and tough to beat in match play and in stroke play and I was one of his victims today. But I'm just thrilled that the team played so well and managed to win."
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