Golf:Rocco Mediate claimed his first PGA Tour victory since 2002 after an extraordinary finish to the Frys.com Open. The American looked to have squandered his three-shot overnight lead after playing the first 12 holes of his final round in five over par.
But the 47-year-old then birdied the par-three 16th and holed his approach to the 17th for an eagle two.
It was the fourth time Mediate had holed a full shot for an eagle during the week, and was even more remarkable given what had gone before.
Just seconds earlier, playing partner Alex Prugh had almost holed his tee shot on the reachable par four for an albatross, leaving himself a tap-in for eagle which looked like giving him a share of the lead.
Mediate had other ideas however, but had the good grace to shrug in disbelief and mouth "What the hell is going on?" after holing his approach from 116 yards, the ball spinning back into the cup.
The drama was not yet complete, with Prugh and Bo van Pelt both admirably making birdie on the 18th to leave Mediate facing a four-foot par putt for the win.
Mediate held his nerve to complete a closing round of 73 for a winning total of 15 under par, one clear of Prugh and Van Pelt.
Ryder Cup star Rickie Fowler, who lost a play-off for the same tournament last year, was a shot further back after a 69.
A stunned Mediate said: "It's insane. I was having a tough time with the weather, it was busting me up, and then I got a little angry.
"On 17 I had Alex mark his ball and when mine went in it was the same reaction, 'Are you kidding me?"'
Collated final round scores & totals (USA unless stated, par 71):
269Rocco Mediate 64 65 67 73
270Bo Van Pelt 65 69 65 71, Alex Prugh 69 66 66 69
271Rickie Fowler 69 65 68 69
272Chris Tidland 70 65 68 69
274Charles Warren 71 65 67 71, Will MacKenzie 66 68 71 69, Kevin Stadler 71 67 67 69, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 65 67 69 73, David Duval 68 65 71 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 68 69 66 71, Graham Delaet (Can) 68 68 71 67
275Chad Campbell 68 70 66 71, Dean Wilson 69 64 70 72, Tim Herron 67 67 70 71
276Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 70 67 70 69, Kevin Streelman 72 67 70 67
277Chris Riley 67 71 67 72, George McNeill 69 72 67 69, Paul Stankowski 74 68 66 69, John Mallinger 66 69 68 74, Tom Pernice Jnr. 67 70 69 71, Troy Merritt 71 70 65 71
278Justin Leonard 69 71 68 70, John Ellis 70 68 68 72, Kevin Chappell 71 68 68 71
279Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69 70 71 69, Joe Durant 71 71 67 70, Paul Goydos 65 73 68 73
280Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 65 70 75, Jonathan Byrd 71 67 71 71, Jamie Lovemark 68 71 71 70
281J.B. Holmes 70 68 69 74, Tim Petrovic 70 70 70 71, Chris DiMarco 67 70 68 76, Shaun Micheel 66 69 71 75, Josh Teater 69 71 70 71
282Jerry Kelly 70 69 72 71, Pat Perez 73 68 67 74, Lee Janzen 71 68 71 72, Woody Austin 69 68 71 74, Cliff Kresge 73 66 70 73, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 67 67 80 68
283Ricky Barnes 70 72 71 70, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 72 73 68, Andres Romero (Arg) 71 69 76 67, Scott Piercy 70 70 73 70, Ben Curtis 71 70 70 72, Danny Wax 70 71 69 73, Kevin Sutherland 71 66 71 75, Webb Simpson 71 67 74 71
284Charlie Wi (Kor) 70 65 72 77, Brett Quigley 68 71 72 73, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 74 68 66 76
285Spencer Levin 72 69 71 73, Brian Davis (Eng) 71 70 69 75, Jeff Gove 73 69 70 73
286Martin Flores 74 67 69 76, James Nitties (Aus) 76 66 72 72, Steve Wheatcroft 69 68 77 72, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 70 72 70 74, Derek Lamely 68 72 69 77
287Aron Price (Aus) 72 70 72 73, Michael Allen 73 67 73 74, Billy Mayfair 73 67 73 74
288Brian Stuard 73 69 73 73, Robert Garrigus 68 73 71 76
289Mathew Goggin (Aus) 72 70 70 77, Todd Hamilton 68 72 74 75
290Michael Letzig 66 70 77 77, John Daly 70 70 68 82
291Roland Thatcher 76 66 76 73
WD: Chris Stroud 70 72 65