Collison, now the Bungay and Waveney Valley pro, and Richard Beadles of fellow Suffolk club Royal Worlington agreed to share the title after neither could be separated, despite a marathon 46 holes in a day.

At Woodbridge Golf Club, 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.

Collison said: "It was a bit monumental. I was hoping to not to be involved in a play-off having played well but Richard came in with a fantastic score (64) 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."