Rasmus Højgaard felt he missed a great opportunity to secure his second DP World Tour title on home soil after finishing second at the Danish Golf Championship for the second year in succession.
The 25-year-old burst into contention during a chaotic final round at Great Northern, where eight players had had at least a share of the lead on Sunday.
He began the day five shots behind overnight leader Romain Langasque, who opened up with three straight bogeys, and still remained adrift after mixing three birdies and three dropped shots after 14 holes.
But he surged up the leaderboard thanks to birdies at the 15th and 16th before earning huge roars from the crowds when he chipped in for eagle at the penultimate hole.
Højgaard briefly sat at 13 under alongside compatriot Jeff Winther, who showed nerves of steel to drain a 31-foot eagle putt at the 16th just moments later to regain the outright lead.
A bogey at the last dashed the 2023 winner's title hopes as Højgaard had to settle for a share of second with Filippo Celli, Oliver Lindell, Matthew Jordan and Yanhan Zhou as Winther became the second Dane to win this event.
"To be honest, I didn't expect to be in the position I was in coming down the last hole," he admitted.
"I struggled with my game all day and suddenly made a few birdies and a hole-out, and you're in the mix again.
"So yeah, it was great to get that feeling going down the last hole, but obviously very disappointing to finish with a bogey and not put more pressure on."
When asked at what point he felt he had a chance of glory, he added: "I'd say when I made birdie there on 16, I felt like if I could put up a good chance there on 17, I'd be 12 under, potentially 13 would have a chance.
"So, it's was great to put myself in the positions where I had a chance. But it's just not a great feeling right now."
Speaking about his magical hole-out, the 2025 European Ryder Cup star said: "It was an unbelievable feeling.
"I put myself in a good position on the right side so I could chip up the green and it came out on a good line.
"It was tracking and saw it go in and obviously a big roar out there, and I didn't want to make a reaction there because I knew that 18 was still in front of me.
"So I tried to control myself as much as I could after holing it and then try and compose myself going into the last."
