Greg Owen made amends for his disaster in Portugal two months ago by winning the British Masters today when he shot a final round one-under 71 to finish 14-under for the championship.
The Englishman finished three strokes ahead of Ian Poulter and France's Christian Cevaer. It was an impressive first European Tour victory for Owen, who collected the biggest cheque of his seven year career on the tour - stg£250,000.
Before going out for the final round, Owen admitted he was still smarting over how he failed to shut the door when he was two shots ahead with only five holes left in the Portuguese Open.
"Should have won it comfortably," he said. With a solid sub-par final round in the British Masters he more than made amends.
"It's been a long time coming," he said after sinking the winning putt.
"I just tried to hang in there, not make any mistakes. I scrambled my way in. Just shows I can do it."
The expected charge from playing partner Poulter, a four-time winner and victorious only a week ago at the Welsh Open, never masterialised.
Poulter, who shot a nine-under 63 on Saturday to get into the final duo, could not match Owen's rock solid performance in wet, windy conditions.
Instead of Owen cracking under the pressure it was Poulter who faded as he attempted to apply pressure on the Englishman.
Owen began the day four in front and moved to five ahead after the second hole. Although he gave it back a hole later, three straight birdies before the turn put him firmly in the driving seat and heading towards victory.
His nerve held on the inward march home despite running up bogeys at the 15 and 16th holes. As he teed of at the par-five 17th he still held a four shot lead. Even a bogey on the last could not spoil his moment of glory.
Argentina's Jorge Berendt, who finished seven shots back, picked up a 36,000 pound Jaguar thanks to finishing nearest the flag on the 18th. The 38-year-old winner of the 2001 Cannes Open fired his four-iron to within two feet nine inches on the 211-yard closing hole.