Tiger Woods and his son Charlie shot 15-under 57 and posted a record 28 under par Sunday in the PNC Championship, a performance highlighted by Charlie’s first career hole-in-one. Tiger didn’t look like a man who had undergone his sixth back surgery three months ago, swinging smoothly and walking without a limp. Charlie made about every putt he looked at on the closing nine holes.

It was the kind of performance destined to produce a poetic finish to the golf season, one more win in one more comeback for Tiger Woods.

Somehow, that didn’t come to pass.

That’s because Bernhard Langer, rebounding from his own surgery and lengthy rehab earlier this year, was determined to show how obstinate and innately gritty he continues to be, even in the company of arguably the game’s greatest player.

Langer and his son Jason matched the Woodses shot for shot with their own second-round 57 and 28-under 116 total at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., and then pulled out the victory when the elder Langer rolled in a 15-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. Moments earlier, Tiger and Charlie had missed eagle tries from 25 feet.

It was the sixth win for Langer in the sixth playoff in PNC history, breaking a tie with Ray Floyd for most wins in the event. Langer and his son won their second title in a row and fourth overall together in the two-person scramble event in which mostly major winners from the PGA Tour, LPGA and PGA Tour Champions compete with family members.

Jason, 24, a former college player at Penn and an investment banker in New York City, set up the winning putt with his 7-iron approach after his 67-year-old father outdrove Tiger—albeit thanks to playing from a teeing ground 100 yards ahead.

The title came down to a battle between the two winningest players on their respective tours; Woods owns 82 PGA Tour titles—tied all-time with Sam Snead—while Langer added to his PGA Tour Champions record with his 67th title in the season-ending Charles Schwab Championship.

The kids helped plenty, too, particularly Charlie Woods, who holed a 7-iron from 175 yards on the par-3 fourth hole for his first career ace. The younger Woods, 15, wasn’t immediately aware that his tee shot had found the cup. An elated Tiger screamed with joy and wrapped his son in a huge embrace before giving him an enthusiastic shove in celebration. The Woodses birdied seven of the final nine holes in regulation and Charlie’s putter accounted for all of them.

“I’m a great scramble partner,” joked Tiger, was has won 11 of 12 playoffs in his tour career. “I can hit a few shots here and there.”

So can his son, who earlier this year played in his first national championship, the U.S. Junior Amateur.

“It was awesome. No one made a mistake today. That was the most fun I ever had,” Charlie said. “And on top of that I made an ace.”

“We heard it up on the green on the right and left but we were totally unsure until the TV confirmed it. And we went nuts,” Tiger said. “I don’t know what we did but we enjoyed it. It was an unbelievable moment. That was the thrill of a lifetime to be able to have that moment with Charlie, make his first hole-in-one, Sam on the bag, just our family and friends. That’s what this event is about. It’s about bonding and family.”

The event also was about another comeback for the elder Woods, who turns 49 next week, though he mostly deflected the subject of his health status and his competence with a club in his hands.

“I’m nowhere near competitive,” he said after he and his son finished second for the second time in five appearances. “But hey, it’s training, each and every day, doing the little things and keep progressing, and I’ll keep progressing forward into next year.”

Bernhard Langer tore his Achilles tendon Feb. 1 and underwent surgery the next day, forcing him to miss what was supposed to be his final appearance in the Masters. Twice winner of the green jacket, he came through with clutch shots throughout the inward nine as the Langers made eight birdies to come home in 28. Their doggedness paid off in joining the Woods in bettering by a stroke the tournament record John Daly and his son John Jr. set in 2021.

“I seem to enjoy that challenge to be the underdog or to play in tough circumstances. It just helps me to zero in even more,” Langer said. “But I was very proud of how he [Jason] handled it because, you know, the first time you do that, it’s a bit of an out-of-body experience, for many of them, and he didn’t seem to be fazed by it. So it’s pretty amazing.

“I know most of you would like to have Tiger here and Charlie,” Langer said at the awards ceremony. “I know. I know. I’m convinced they are going to win this several times in the near future. They are just too good.”

This article was originally published on golfdigest.com