Home favourite Robert MacIntyre continued his dream fortnight as he became the first Scottish winner of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship since 2005 a week after helping Europe to Ryder Cup victory.
Fresh from playing a huge part in Luke Donald's side's famous away win over the U.S. at Bethpage Black, MacIntyre returned to home soil to take on Carnoustie Golf Links, Kingsbarns Golf Links and The Old Course, St Andrews in this unique event.
With the tournament being reduced to 54 holes following weather interruptions on Friday and Saturday, early starter MacIntyre played his third and final round on The Old Course on Sunday and flew out of the blocks, notching six birdies over the first 13 holes to move five strokes clear at the top of the leaderboard.
The World Number Nine then mixed a birdie at the 16th with a bogey on the 17th before having to settle for a tap-in par on the last to sign for a closing 66 and set the clubhouse target at 18 under par.
The Scot faced an anxious wait as several players in the chasing pack made their way down the stretch but no-one was able to catch MacIntyre and, around 90 minutes after holing his final putt, he was able to celebrate a four-shot victory and his fourth DP World Tour title in all.
Scottish players enjoyed great success in the event’s early years following its inclusion on the DP World Tour in 2001, with Paul Lawrie, Stephen Gallacher and Colin Montgomerie lifting the trophy in three of its first five editions.
But the last of those home victories came 20 years ago before MacIntyre claimed his second title in Scotland on the DP World Tour following last year's Genesis Scottish Open win, which had also seen him replace Montgomerie as the most recent Scottish winner.
MacIntyre's Ryder Cup team-mate Tyrrell Hatton finished alone in second on 14 under following his Sunday 65 on The Old Course, with South Africa's Richard Sterne and Englishman John Parry another shot back.
MacIntyre went into the final round tied alongside Sterne on 12 under after posting opening 66s at Carnoustie and Kingsbarns over the first two rounds.
Starting at 09.22 at St Andrews on Sunday, MacIntyre opened his round with a 20-foot birdie on the first before saving par from 12 feet at the second.
A lovely wedge shot at the fourth set up another birdie there before the man from Oban picked up further shots at the fifth and seventh from around five feet to lead by three at the turn.
MacIntyre began the back nine with a birdie from 17 feet to move four shots clear on 17 under before an impressive two-putt par on the 11th green kept his card clean.
The 29-year-old enjoyed a huge slice of luck at the 13th as his tee-shot flirted with a bunker before settling in the rough, and he took full advantage with a wonderful approach shot to set up a tap-in birdie and open up a five-shot lead.
MacIntyre got into bunker trouble on the long 14th and could only knock it out sideways by about seven yards, but he managed to get up and down for a hugely valuable par as the chasing pack looked to close in.
After seeing his lead trimmed to three shots, MacIntyre made another birdie from five feet at the 16th to reach 19 under and move four clear.
He dropped his first shot of the day on the 17th before parring the last to enter the winner's circle on home soil once again.
MacIntyre said: "Unbelievable. Any time you can win a golf tournament on these shores is special. But I'm just delighted with the way I've done it.
"I've played really nice over the three days and here we are.
"I don't know how we're going to celebrate after the celebration we had last Sunday! We'll try our best. I don't know if it'll be tonight but it'll be over the next couple of weeks.
"We'll have a nice celebration. Any time you can win, it's difficult to win. It's just a beautiful ending to a good week."
Harrison Crowe and Cian Foley won the team event on 33 under par following scores of 62, 58 and 63 across the three rounds.
