England's Richard Finch not only won his second European Tour title on Sunday, but did something for which he will always be remembered.
Going along smoothly and with a three-stroke lead on the final hole of the Irish Open at Adare Manor, the 30-year-old from Hull had no idea what was just about to happen.
His second shot to the par-five 18th finished on the bank of the River Maigue and, in playing his third, Finch lost his balance and fell into the water.
Suddenly he was Europe's answer to 'Aquaman' - the name given to American Woody Austin when he did the same thing in September's Presidents Cup.
On clambering out, Finch was able to laugh about it straight away for the simple reason that his ball was on the green. Otherwise, it might have been a different matter.
And although he then three-putted for a bogey six, the former English amateur champion was able to celebrate adding the trophy and a first prize of Ј330,297 to his New Zealand Open success in December.
"It was not a choice really," he replied when asked about his early bath. "It was a bit of an awkward stance, but I never gave falling in a thought.
"The momentum of the follow-through took me round and in."
Finch, fighting for his future on the European Tour until the final day of last season, shot a closing 70 for a 10-under-par total of 278 and a two-stroke victory over Chilean Felipe Aguilar.
Only 218th in the world entering the event, Finch now stands fifth on the Order of Merit - 105 places higher than he was last season - and is only just outside the top 10 in the Ryder Cup standings.
"I was a lot calmer than I was in New Zealand, and although my swing was not great, I felt a lot more on control," he added.
Welshman Bradley Dredge, keen to make up for losing a play-off to Padraig Harrington a year ago, had been one ahead going into the day, but the curse of the overnight lead struck him as well.
On Friday, Richard Green and Jeev Milkha Singh scored 74 and 76, yesterday Michael Lorenzo-Vera fell out of contention with a 75 and Dredge handed over pole position when he followed an opening three-putt bogey with a double-bogey only two holes later.
Joint third on seven under were Lee Westwood - unable to reproduce the magic of his third round 64 - Swede Robert Karlsson, Dutchman Maarten Lafeber and Irishman Gary Murphy.
As Dredge stumbled at the start, Finch did drop a shot himself at the short fourth, but simply by picking off birdies at the next three par fives - and making a couple of crucial par-saving putts - he became the man to catch.
Aguilar did cut the gap to one with a hat-trick of birdies from the 13th, but fatally went in the water - with his ball rather than his body - on the short 16th for a double-bogey five.
When Finch then birdied the 378-yard 15th, he was four clear and, but for the unexpected splash on the last, cruised in.
The home fans had earlier been given hope of a second successive win for one of their own when Murphy, without a victory in more than 200 Tour starts, birdied four of the first six and shared the lead.
He was part of a six-way tie at one point, but three-putted the eighth and bogeyed the 13th as well before producing a closing birdie.
One shot further back in seventh was 19-year-old Rory McIlroy, from Northern Ireland, while Dredge could finish only joint eighth after a 76.
Darren Clarke, two off the lead until he finished his third round with a triple-bogey eight, finished in joint 16th place on two under with Paul McGinley, while defending champion Harrington was down in 31st spot on one over.
Colin Montgomerie, meanwhile, was still looking for his first top-40 strokeplay finish since January after a closing 76 dropped him to five over.
At least he avoided what happened to Italian Edoardo Molinari and Spaniard Luis Claverie.
They each had a 10 on their card, Molinari's coming on the 167-yard 16th after he put three balls in the lake and a fourth in a bunker.
Collated final round scores & totals in the European tour Irish Open, Adare, Manor Hotel & Golf Resort, Adare Manor, Ireland
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
278 Richard Finch 71 72 65 70
280 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 72 67 70
281 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 71 70 69 71, Gary Murphy 74 70 68 69, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 71 72 67, Lee Westwood 75 70 64 72
282 Rory McIlroy 70 72 70 70
283 Bradley Dredge 68 73 66 76, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 72 68 71
284 Anthony Wall 72 70 70 72, James Kingston (Rsa) 75 68 69 72, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 77 68 70 69
285 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 72 72 72, David Frost (Rsa) 74 70 66 75, Johan Edfors (Swe) 68 73 73 71
286 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 77 66 68 75, Lee S James 69 73 70 74, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 76 66 71 73, Darren Clarke 72 69 72 73, Paul McGinley 73 69 73 71, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 70 73 73
287 Peter Lawrie 71 75 72 69, Oliver Fisher 72 75 69 71
288 Ross Fisher 74 68 69 77, Stephen Gallacher 73 71 68 76, Steven O'Hara 74 68 72 74, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 77 69 71 71, Gregory Havret (Fra) 77 70 65 76, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 70 73 71 74, Paul Broadhurst 73 74 68 73
289 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 68 70 75 76, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 73 73 70 73, Stuart Manley 71 72 76 70, Padraig Harrington 72 71 70 76
290 Oliver Wilson 74 73 71 72, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 77 74 69, Scott Strange (Aus) 71 74 74 71, John Bickerton 72 70 77 71, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 75 69 73 73
291 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 66 76 75 74, Gary Orr 71 73 73 74, Richard Green (Aus) 66 74 75 76, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 73 72 76, Simon Khan 71 74 75 71
292 Peter Baker 72 69 76 75, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 72 72 73 75, Julio Zapata (Arg) 72 73 72 75
293 Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 71 75 75 72, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 73 72 72 76, Colin Montgomerie 75 69 73 76, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 74 70 72 77, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 74 72 73 74
294 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 72 73 72 77
295 Marcel Siem (Ger) 68 71 75 81, Barry Lane 73 72 73 77
296 Stephen Dodd 74 71 75 76, Alastair Forsyth 71 72 75 78
297 Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 73 75 75, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 71 74 75 77
298 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 74 76 75, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 72 74 77 75, Ross McGowan 74 71 75 78
299 Pedro Linhart (Spa) 71 76 74 78, David Drysdale 74 72 79 74
301 Matthew Millar (Aus) 73 73 79 76
302 Paul Waring 76 70 75 81
304 Luis Claverie (Spa) 73 73 73 85
306 Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 75 72 77 82
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