Shaun Norris recorded the 124th albatross on the DP World Tour since 1999 to catapult him to the top of the leaderboard during the third round of the 2026 Nexo Championship.
The South African began the day one shot adrift of overnight leader Matthew Southgate, who was his playing partner in the final group on Saturday.
Both players started with opening birdies as Southgate climbed to five under, and he was soon joined by home favourite Scott Jamieson and Frenchman Martin Couvra in a tie for the lead.
However, they were left in their wake when Norris produced the shot of the season at the par-five fourth.
With 267 yards to go with his second shot, the 44-year-old elected to use a 3-wood and actually urged his ball to "go" before landing on the green and rolling into the cup.
Norris seemed in disbelief as he remained hunched over looking for his trademark yellow ball, with Southgate first to realise and congratulate his playing partner.
His caddie, and brother, Kyle celebrated with Norris before the South African joked: "Well I couldn't hit it better than that."
That put Norris into a two-shot lead at seven under and he continued his rich vein of form by finding the green with his tee-shot at the short par-four seventh, adding another birdie to reach the turn with an advantage of three.
Another birdie came at the 14th before he dropped his first shot of Moving Day at the next, but he still led by two at eight under.
He returned to nine under with a birdie at the 17th and needed another at the last to break the course record, however, Norris had to settle for par in his six-under 66.
When asked whether he knew about the record, the World Number 103 said with a wry smile: "No, now I'm more annoyed!
"I'm very pleased with the way I played, I hit the ball nicely today and gave myself good chances. A bit of fortune with an albatross on four, so pretty pleased with it."
Norris also revealed it was his fifth albatross of his career, adding: "It's just one of those holes, you've got to place yourself in the fairway and give yourself a chance of going for the green.
"I was sort of borderline with a 3-wood there and my brother just gave me a number and he said 'trust it and go for it', and I couldn't have hit it any better.
"And once it pitched on the green, he's like 'go in' and I'm like 'nah, whatever' and the next minute it goes in, so I'm happy."
