Two weeks after having the only albatross of the European tour season Londoner Chris Gane had something rather different at Gleneagles today - he took an incredible 17 on one hole.
The second highest score in tour history, three fewer than Frenchman Philippe Porquier, came on the 533-yard 18th as Gane was battling to survive the halfway cut in the stg£1.2million Diageo Championship.
"Ever seen the film Zorro? It was like that with all my slashing at it," said the left-hander after an adventure that he and anybody watching will never forget.
After two shots at the par five Gane was on the fairway and had a five-iron left to the green.
It flew into the deep left-hand rough, but when he got to it the 29-year-old did not think the lie was too bad and still had hopes of saving par. He soon changed his mind about that.
"I went straight under the ball with my first attempt, then had two more the same and simply left the ball buried."
At that stage he decided to take a penalty drop and thought the lie was fine again. But he was wrong again.
"I lost count as I kept trying to move it. One of them finally shifted it about six yards and when I eventually got it on the green I got a round of applause.
"I was absolutely embarrassed by the experience. I reckon I could easily have the record for the highest and lowest score of the year."
Gane, nine over par on the tee, walked off the green 21 over, having covered the back nine in 50 for a round of 89 and 21 over par total of 165.
Ian Woosnam's 16 at the 1986 French Open now moves down to third in the all-time list of high scores on the circuit.
Amazingly, there were three other double-figure scores during the day. At the same hole German Tobias Dier had an 11 and Australian Scott Gardiner a 10, while at the 516-yard second Scot Barry Hume took 11.
The 18th also saw three nines and 13 sevens.