South African Louis Oosthuizen put four runners-up finishes behind him to land his first European Tour title.
And with victory in the Open de Andalucia de Golf in Malaga comes a return trip to Augusta for the Masters Tournament in two weeks. The 27 year old had to win to climb into The World's Top 50.
With a closing three under par 67 Oosthuizen won by three from England's Richard Finch and Scot Peter Whiteford.
He did it in impressive fashion, taking over at the top with a second day 63 and closing with rounds of 66 and 67 for a 17 under aggregate of 263.
After being drenched in champagne by fellow countryman Thomas Aiken and then kissing his wife and three month old daughter Jana he said: "I was quite nervous down the stretch and very nervous on the 18th tee.
"I just decided to hit it as hard as I could."
He added: “Now I want to stay in the top 50 and be competitive every time I play.”
After three birdies in his first five Oosthuizen had opened the gap, but a three putt bogey at the 409-yard seventh gave the chasing pack hope.
Whiteford suddenly emerged as the biggest threat thanks to five birdies in eight holes around the turn.
The 29 year old from Kirkcaldy had a chance to move only one behind when he hit a superb approach to 12 feet on the long 14th.
But he missed that and when he three putted the next for bogey it made life a lot easier for Oosthuizen.
Finch always looked too far behind after double bogeying the short ninth, but two closing birdies gave him a 67 and brought him alongside Whiteford.
"All in all I'm delighted," Finch said.
Fellow Englishman Robert Coles was second at the start of the day, but a one over 71 saw him slip to joint fourth with Italian Francesco Molinari.
