Argentina's Estanislao Goya survived a late scare and an amazing birdie burst by Scot Callum Macaulay to win a European Tour title at just the sixth attempt on Sunday.
The 20-year-old from Cordoba, a graduate from last season's Challenge Tour, won the Madeira Islands Open BPI-Portugal in Porto Santo by one with a closing 73 and six under par total of 278.
Macaulay, himself playing only his fifth event on the circuit and ranked 1,009th in the world, incredibly birdied the last six holes and eight of the last nine for an inward 28 that was just one outside the Tour record.
While equalling the course record with a 64 the 25-year-old, last year's Scottish champion and part of the three-man side which won the world amateur team title in Australia in October, thought he had left his blistering run too late to seriously trouble Goya.
However, the South American then double-bogeyed the 492-yard par four 16th and suddenly found himself needing to par the final two holes to grab the first prize of just under Ј107,000 plus the two-year Tour exemption which comes with it.
Goya held his nerve and managed it, leaving Macaulay - incredibly 11 strokes back with nine to play - to take the Ј71,309 runners-up cheque at the end of a week in which he backed himself at 200-1.
Irishman Damien McGrane and Dutchman Wil Besseling shared third place on four under, McGrane leaving himself with too much to do after double-bogeying the short 13th.
Goya's late double came when he went out of bounds on the 16th and after a drive into rough down the 603-yard last it required a seven-foot putt for him to lift the trophy.
"I felt a lot of pressure and was very nervous," he told European Tour Radio. "But this is an experience you have to go through.
"I'm so happy. My dream is to be one of the best players in the world and this is one of the steps you have to make.
"But I never thought it would happen so quick."
Macaulay, who came through all three stages of the qualifying school at the end of last year, stated: "I'm just delighted - absolutely ecstatic.
"I've not been able to get in a tournament for over two months and just came here to get ready for the next two weeks.
"I knew I had to come out all guns blazing, but I've never had a run of birdies like that before and I'm kind of speechless.
"If I play as good as I can I feel like I can compete. Most of the players at the top level hit the ball similar and it comes down to the short game.
"I worked hard on my putting the last couple of weeks. I had 22 yesterday and 10 in the last 10 holes today, which is just unheard of for me."
McGrane commented: "The course was very demanding. I stayed patient and did the best I could, but he was a worthy winner."
Collated final round scores and totals from the European Tour's Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal, Porto Santo Golfe, Madeira, Portugal (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
278 Estanislao Goya (Arg) 68 68 69 73
279 Callum Macaulay 74 74 67 64
280 Wil Besseling (Ned) 69 72 70 69, Damien McGrane 66 72 70 72
281 Anthony Wall 72 69 73 67
282 Michael Hoey 69 66 75 72
283 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 66 70 75 72, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 72 69 71 71
284 David Drysdale 72 72 71 69, Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 71 71 76 66
285 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 71 76 69 69
286 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 72 74 69 71, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 69 75 71 71, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 72 74 69 71
288 Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 75 72 71 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 75 70 73 70, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 73 65 71 79
289 Carl Suneson (Spa) 68 72 78 71, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 73 72 71 73
290 Santiago Luna (Spa) 69 78 73 70, Scott Drummond 71 71 76 72, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 76 72 69 73
291 Richard Bland 78 64 75 74, Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 74 69 78 70, Michael Mcgeady 69 67 77 78, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 73 74 71 73, David Horsey 73 73 72 73, Paul Broadhurst 70 72 78 71, Gary Boyd 72 76 70 73, James Kamte (Rsa) 76 71 73 71
292 Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 74 70 75 73, Andrew Butterfield 68 73 75 76, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 74 74 75, Stuart Davis 70 71 76 75, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 70 76 75, Robert Coles 74 74 72 72, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 74 74 73 71
293 Liam Bond 75 69 77 72, Branden Grace (Rsa) 72 72 77 72, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 73 70 78 72, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 74 69 76 74, Bradley Dredge 72 74 76 71
294 Garry Houston 71 73 80 70, John E Morgan 74 74 73 73, Roope Kakko (Fin) 74 72 75 73, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 70 75 75 74, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 72 73 75 74, Javier Colomo (Spa) 71 74 80 69
295 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 76 72 72 75, Antonio Sobrinho (Por) 75 73 74 73, Ricardo Santos (Por) 74 73 74 74
296 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 76 69 75 76, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 71 72 73 80, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 75 68 72 81
297 Iain Pyman 76 70 75 76, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 72 76 75 74, Matthew Mills 73 70 79 75
298 Gary Clark 71 73 79 75, Nuno Campino (Por) 79 69 77 73, Julien Clement (Swi) 77 71 74 76, Richard McEvoy 70 75 71 82, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 77 69 79 73, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 75 69 74 80
299 Nathan T Smith (USA) 75 72 78 74, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 71 75 77 76, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 76 71 79 73, Phillip Price 75 73 77 74, Michele Reale (Ita) 71 73 78 77
300 Richie Ramsay 73 74 78 75
301 Petter Bocian (Swe) 78 69 80 74, Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 74 72 74 81
302 Costantino Rocca (Ita) 72 76 79 75, David Griffiths 72 74 81 75
304 Paul Waring 69 74 80 81
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