Stoke's David Lynn admitted his maiden European Tour win felt "awesome" after he overhauled Australian Richard Green's three-shot advantage to win the KLM Dutch Open in Holland by three strokes, from Green and Ireland's Ryder Cup hopeful Paul McGinley, who finished tied for second.
This was the 30-year-old Lynn's first success in 168 attempts as he became the 11th first-time winner on the European Tour this season and the fourth in as many weeks.
"I feel absolutely awesome," said Lynn, who revealed he had allowed the occasion to get to him on the penultimate hole as he realised he was heading down the 18th with a two-shot lead.
"I was getting a bit carried away going down 17 and there was a tear in my eye and I had to pull myself together, which I did because I had to finish the job off.
"You have got to make key putts and some went for me today. There were a couple out there that Greenie could have made and it just changes the whole thing. You just have to make those crucial putts at the time and then hang on."
Lynn began the day three shots behind overnight leader Green, who opened with a birdie to go 16 under, only for Lynn to respond by doing the same at the par-four second to restore the gap to three.
But the deficit was soon down to two when the leader bogeyed the par-three fifth - his first dropped shot in 30 holes.
Birdies at seven and nine put Lynn level at 15 under, although he failed to take advantage at the 11th, where the pair both found greenside sand and dropped back to 14 under.
McGinley, meanwhile, had made his way to 11 under, within three of the lead, after birdies at the second and third for a bogey-free outward nine of 33.
That score could have been much better, as at the fifth and the eighth he missed makable puts by just an inch.
Andrew Raitt, who also made two birdies in going to the turn, dropped a shot at the 11th but then eagled the par-five 12th to go to 11 under.
McGinley's eagle putt on the 12th went close enough for him to make birdie and move to within two shots of the lead at 12 under.
Green let another opportunity slip at the 12th when he missed the green with his second shot, chipped past the flag and into the fringe and missed a 15-footer back for birdie.
Lynn could have taken the outright lead but his eight-foot birdie putt lipped out, while McGinley birdied the 14th but then dropped back to 12 under at the short 15th.
The 14th proved a pivotal hole for the leaders as Green was through the back of the green and could only make par after his chip horseshoed out.
In the meantime, Lynn pitched to six feet for birdie.
Raitt dropped out of the running after a lost ball on 17 cost him a triple-bogey seven.
Lynn found trouble in the trees to the right of the 16th fairway but escaped with a 15-foot par putt, while Green found the greenside bunker and bogeyed to make the lead two strokes in Lynn's favour.
He faced that deficit going down the last, and although Lynn put his drive in the left-hand rough, Green did the same.
Lynn made birdie to finish 16 under - and a cheque for €200,000 was on its way to Stoke.
DutchOpen: Final scores
(British unless stated, Irish in bold, par 70)
264 (16 under)
David Lynn 63 70 65 66 (200,000)
267 (13 under)
Paul McGinley 65 69 68 65
Richard Green (Aus) 65 63 67 72 (104,225 each)
271 (9 under)
Andrew Raitt 64 67 71 69
Miles Tunnicliff 67 66 71 67
272 (8 under)
Paul Marantz (Aus) 69 72 65 66
Andrew Marshall 69 68 65 70
273 (7 under)
Per Nyman (Swe) 66 67 70 70
274 (6 under)
Graeme McDowell (26,800)69 67 71 67
275 - I Poulter 67 67 71 70, C Hanell (Swe) 70 67 70 68, S Scahill (Nzl) 65 71 67 72.
276 - S O'Hara 69 67 72 68.
277 - JM Lara (Spa) 70 69 68 70, MA Martin (Spa) 68 66 73 70, A Coltart 68 68 70 71, J Spence 70 71 69 67.
278 - C Williams 69 68 70 71, D Howell 70 70 71 67, K Brink (Swe) 69 68 70 71, D Park 67 72 70 69, M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 69 69 72 68, C Monasterio (Arg) 69 71 66 72, P Sjoland (Swe) 66 73 74 65, M Brier (Aut) 71 68 68 71, M Olander (Swe) 68 71 68 71, F Widmark (Swe) 74 67 68 69.
279 - M Roe 69 67 73 70, M Jonzon (Swe) 70 70 69 70, RJ Derksen (Ned) 70 72 68 69, Peter Lawrie (10,320) 73 66 71 69, D Dixon 67 70 72 70, P Hanson (Swe) 72 68 70 69, G Owen 70 70 69 70.
280 - A Oldcorn 71 66 67 76, J Sandelin (Swe) 68 69 71 72, C Rocca (It) 70 67 70 73, D Borrego (Spa) 68 71 70 71, J Hepworth 70 70 70 70, T Whitehouse 68 70 71 71, R Rashell (US) 75 67 68 70, N Dougherty 72 67 71 70.
281 - M Farry (Fra) 73 66 71 71, R Sterne (Rsa) 69 71 68 73, P Lima (Fra) 72 69 70 70, A Hansen (Den) 77 65 73 66, R Russell 66 71 69 75, N Colsaerts (Bel) 68 72 69 72, S Wakefield 68 73 69 71, Damien McGrane (€6,120) 70 69 67 75, S Khan 71 69 71 70.
282 - G Emerson 71 71 65 75, F Andersson Hed (Swe) 69 71 69 73, G Brand Jnr 68 67 76 71, R Fisher 69 68 70 75, M Blackey 73 68 70 71, G Van Der Valk (Ned) 74 68 73 67, M Wiegele (Aut) 65 71 72 74, R Muntz (Ned) 69 73 72 68.
283 - B Dredge 73 67 71 72, S Dyson 69 73 71 70, A Wall 70 70 68 75, P Eales 71 71 69 72, C Rodiles (Spa) 69 72 65 77, R Rock 72 67 69 75.
284 - J-F Lucquin (Fra) 72 69 75 68, I Garrido (Spa) 69 68 70 77, S Fernandez (Arg) 70 69 69 76, S Little 74 67 71 72, M Reynolds (Ned) 71 68 70 75, Claydon 70 72 72 70.
286 - E Little 71 71 70 74.
287 - D Gaunt (Aus) 69 71 72 75, P Purhonen (Fin) 71 71 72 73.
288 - (x) J Heath 72 70 72 74, S Jeppesen (Swe) 69 72 73 74.
289 - D Carter 70 72 70 77, E De Jong (Ned) 74 68 74 73.
290 - A McLean 74 68 72 76.
292 - G Orr 69 69 80 74.
