Padraig Harrington of Ireland beat Spain's Sergio Garcia by one stroke in a four-hole British Open playoff on Sunday to land his maiden victory in a major and the first by a European for eight years.
Harrington, 35, completed the extra holes in 15 shots (level par) after the two Ryder Cup colleagues had finished the championship locked together on seven-under 277 following an incident-packed day of high drama on the east coast of Scotland.
Garcia, who had led the championship from day one, returned a closing two-over 73 while Harrington had a four-under 67.
Argentina's Andres Romero was third on 278 after a remarkable 67 that included 10 birdies, two double-bogeys and two bogeys.
Sharing fourth spot on five-under 279 were Australian left-hander Richard Green, who fired a course record-equalling 64 and South African Ernie Els (69).
Meanwhile, Tiger Woods' dream of a third consecutive victory here ended when he finished five behind Garcia and Harrington.
The world No 1 was aiming to become the first man since Australian Peter Thomson in 1956 to win three claret jugs in a row. But he never threatened and closed on two-under 282 after a final-round 70.
"It would have been nice if I had hit the ball a little better and just given myself a chance," Woods told reporters. Woods has won 12 major titles so far.
Final scores (US unless stated): 
277: Sergio Garcia (Spain, 65 71 68 73), Padraig Harrington (Ireland, 69 73 68 67) — Harrington defeated Garcia by one shot in a four-hole playoff to win the title.
278: Andres Romero (Argentina, 71 70 70 67); 279: Richard Green (Australia, 72 73 70 64), Ernie Els (South Africa, 72 70 68 69). 280: Hunter Mahan 73 73 69 65, Stewart Cink 69 73 68 70; 281: Ben Curtis 72 74 70 65, Mike Weir (Canada, 71 68 72 70); K J Choi (South Korea, 69 69 72 71), Steve Stricker 71 72 64 74; 282: Markus Brier (Austria, 68 75 70 69), Tiger Woods 69 74 69 70, Justin Rose (Britain, 75 70 67 70), Pelle Edberg (Sweden, 72 73 67 70), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain, 69 70 72 71), Jim Furyk 70 70 71 71, Paul Broadhurst (Britain, 71 71 68 72).