England's Richard Finch sent top seed Martin Kaymer crashing out of the Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin in Spain today.
At 218th in the world, Finch is the lowest-ranked player in the 24-strong field and earned a place by coming third in last month's Volvo China Open only because top two Branden Grace and Nicolas Colsaerts were already qualified.
Finch's victory was secured when his German opponent miss a three-foot putt on the final green, and the 34-year-old from Hull said: "Obviously Martin being the player he is, I didn't expect that.
"I almost felt like giving it to him to be honest, but with the wind gusting like it is it's not easy. It was tough to hole any putts, so it wasn't a birdie fest, but I came out on top in the end."
Finch lost to Rafael Cabrera-Bello earlier in the day, but Kaymer had already lost to the Spaniard so it was a straight fight to decide who also went through from the group.
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, a major winner like Kaymer, is next for Finch.
2010 US Open champion McDowell made it two wins out of two, following his last-green success over Robert Karlsson with a 4&3 victory over South African Jbe Kruger.
Karlsson, who stepped in on Sunday for the injured Paul Casey, is still alive after beating Kruger in a play-off. He will meet Cabrera-Bello.
Scot Paul Lawrie, in his 500th European Tour event, won his group, but only in a play-off with Colombian Camilo Villegas after they halved.
It is Dane Thomas Bjorn next for the former Open champion. Bjorn was involved in a three-way shoot-out with American Brandt Snedeker and Grace.
Snedeker, reunited with his own full set of clubs after they failed to arrive for the start of the event yesterday and he set off with 10 borrowed ones, birdied the first extra hole and will now take on Villegas.
The other match is between Rock and the other group winner Retief Goosen, who has already beaten Colsaerts and Schwartzel.
