Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal has had a shock awakening after oversleeping on day one of the Indian Open golf tournament, but still managing to card a brilliant 67 after a dash through New Delhi's streets.
In scenes reminiscent of Rory McIlroy's close-shave to make the tee time for his singles match at the 2012 Ryder Cup, an incorrect time zone on his phone meant Larrazabal's alarm did not go off.
He received a wake-up call from a European Tour official just 38 minutes before he was due to start his opening round.
A quick shower and a fast car ride later, the 34-year-old was on the range at DLF Golf and Country Club, but he aborted his warm-up after 10 balls with the adrenaline pumping through his body.
He showed few ill-effects when he reached the 10th tee, carding nine birdies to go with a double and two bogeys to get to five-under-par and share the early lead.
"My lovely new iPhone went back to Spanish time overnight and I woke up at the hotel 38 minutes before my tee time," he told the europeantour.com website.
"I woke up, had a 10-second shower and I ran and had a courtesy car waiting for me. I arrived at the course 25 minutes before my tee time.
"I think the courtesy car made a world record from the hotel to the golf course in a couple of minutes, a ride that can take 10 or 15 minutes - it was really wild.
"The adrenaline didn't help. After hitting 10 balls on the range, I told my caddie that I had to stop because I was nervous.
"Waking up this morning, I didn't think I was going to make it. Delhi's traffic is quite tough. I got lucky that we didn't have traffic."
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