Two Suffolk professionals have had administrators rushing for the record books after a mammoth 10-hole sudden-death play-off failed to result in an outright winner for the Suffolk PGA Stroke-Play Championship.
Bungay and Waveney Valley pro Andrew Collison and Richard Beadles of Royal Worlington agreed to share the title after neither could be separated, despite a marathon 46 holes in a day.
Both players, who remarkably carded ten straight pars apiece in the shootout which took in seven different holes at Woodbridge Golf Club, admitted it was a fair result in the end after they had both finished at four-under-par following the regulation 36 holes.
Play was eventually halted with moonlight basking the course at 6.40pm - with both players having teed off their bid for glory more than TEN hours earlier.
"I was absolutely shattered by the end of it," admitted Beadles, who shot a second round 64 to force the play-off.
"My battery had run out on my trolley, my electronic rangefinder had packed up and we were putting in the dark.
"It was a bit of an experience and there was a good crowd at the start but by the end of the play-off there was just one man and his dog!
"It was unusual that after 10 holes of sudden-death golf we couldn't be separated but I think a tie was a fair result in the end.
"I was disappointed not to win, but happy to be tied first."
Collison echoed the thoughts of his play-off rival.
"It was a bit monumental," he said.
"I was hoping to not to be involved in a play-off having played well but Richard came in with a fantastic score to force the play-off.
"We'd done nine holes when it was a case of 'OK, let's do one more'. We wanted to have a winner having gone all that way but it wasn't to be as we parred the last hole as we had the previous nine.
"I don't think we could have done anything more and I think we'd still be there now given how we played.
"But in the end we were both happy to share the title."