“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.”

The International selection went into the second and final day of the competition with a 2.5-1.5 lead after Monday’s foursomes but the team from the Ryder Cup nations drew first blood on day two to draw level.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson put the first point on the board for the team from the Ryder Cup countries when he comfortably disposed of India’s Jeev Milkha Singh.

Stenson held the early advantage, winning the third hole before relinquishing his lead at the sixth.

Singh then raced into a two-hole lead by the eighth before Stenson won four holes in a row to take control of the match before easing to a three and two victory.

The Swede’s win was one of only two matches not to go down the 18th hole in a closely fought encounter that saw the International team win three of the eight singles matches, with three also going to the Ryder Cup nations and two matches halved.

Nick Dougherty’s late rally saw him salvage a half with Australian Paul Sheehan after trailing for 14 of the 18 holes.

The Englishman went behind at the first before pulling level again at the third but Sheehan regained the lead at the sixth and went further ahead at the seventh.

Dougherty reduced the deficit to one hole at the 14th but all looked lost when he lost the 16th, only to halve Sheehan’s lead at the 17th and win the 18th to share the point.

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 played out the most evenly contested match-up on Tuesday, with the Scot birdying the first to take the lead only for Goosen to pull level with a birdie of his own on the second.

The pair were under par again at the par-four third to remain All Square and the tie stayed that way until Montgomerie won the 14th as the British Ryder Cup star made up for his disappointing performance in the opening day’s foursomes with a win.

South Korea’s KJ Choi won his seesaw battle with England’s Paul Casey, claiming the 16th hole and holding on to his lead to secure a one-hole victory while Luke Donald put his second shot in the water at the 16th hole to all but hand the win to Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee.

Jaidee, who led from the 10th hole, went on to win 2 and 1.

China’s Zhang Lianwei threw away his one-hole lead on the 16th when he sliced his second into the water to allow Alejandro Canizares to draw level and the Spaniard won the 18th to claim a point for the Ryder Cup nations.

As a result, it all came down to the battle between Senior and Dredge, with the veteran Australian prevailing when Dredge conceded the match after taking four shots to Senior’s two to reach the final green.