Paul Waring admitted he doubted whether he would ever win on the European Tour after finally doing so at the 200th attempt with a nerve-wracking victory in the Nordea Masters.
Waring held a two-shot lead with four holes to play and was still one ahead playing the last, only for playing partner Thomas Aiken to make birdie and force extra holes.
However, Aiken then drove into the water when the players returned to the 18th for a sudden-death play-off and Waring's par was good enough to secure victory.
Australian Lucas Herbert picked up six shots in his last seven holes to finish joint fifth on 11 under, with compatriot Adam Bland finishing 13th.
Waring and Aiken began the day tied for the lead and matching rounds of 68 saw them finish level on 14 under par at Hills Golf Club, a shot ahead of Germany's Max Kieffer.
Kieffer covered the back nine in 29 in a brilliant final round of 65, with Thorbjorn Olesen's fourth place enough to see him displace Ian Poulter in the final automatic qualifying berth for next month's Ryder Cup, with just two events remaining.
"I'm obviously ecstatic," Waring said. "I wasn't ever sure this day would come in total honesty. I've tried so hard for many years to get to this point and it's nice to finally get across the line and be holding the trophy."
Aiken had made the ideal start with two birdies in the first three holes, but the South African then dropped shots at the fourth and fifth and birdies on the second, 10th and 13th gave Waring a two-shot lead.
Waring's bogey on the 15th gave Aiken renewed hope and he got up and down from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to force extra holes, only to make a mess of the play-off hole and miss out on a fourth European Tour title.
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