Scotland's Scott Jamieson showed exactly why you should never give up on your dreams with a highly emotional victory at the Nexo Championship.
It came 14 years after his only other success and, quite frankly, probably saved his career. He began the week at Trump International in 135th place in the Race to Dubai and with his future hanging in the balance. He ended it in 42nd place and will now hope to make it to the end-of-season playoffs.
Jamieson also finished as the winner of the Closing Swing, adding a $200,000 bonus to take his week's earnings beyond the $700,000 mark.
He even took a call from Donald Trump. Jamieson said: "He was very complimentary and it sounds like he was actually watching it. He said he was following along, so it was really cool... I mean he is the President of the United States."
It is rarefied air for a man who has spent much of his career battling to save his card and keep his full playing privileges. Since 2014 he has only once finished the year inside the top 70 and has three times finished outside the top 100, keeping his card by the skin of his teeth.
He was, quite naturally, incredibly emotional after shooting a final round of 67 to hold off England’s Matthew Jordan by two strokes.
Jamieson said: "Fourteen years, that's wild. It's just so tough, so hard to win. I was so patient all day... just can't believe I've won.
"The grind's worse than trying to win. Trying to win is enjoyable. But the position I was in this year, I was starting to get towards the business end of the season but didn't have a lot of points.
"To win and get a couple of years of free goes is nice.
"I felt I was hitting the ball well and feeling good but that doesn't always translate into good results, but it did this week. I'm sure we'll have fun tonight."
There was high drama after overnight leader Shaun Norris' challenge faded following a two-stroke penalty on the front nine. Norris suffered a two-shot penalty after he was adjudged to have broken Rule 8.1 - Players Actions That Improve Conditions Affecting the Stroke - in moving a divot from under his feet in the fifth fairway.
Call me old-fashioned if you like but for the life of me I cannot understand why that would be categorised as improving his lie - and I would wager that all of us have done it without a second thought.
That dropped him out of the lead as he turned for home and left Jamieson as the outright leader and he managed to hold on.
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