Alexander Levy has won the Portugal Masters after the tournament was cut to 36 holes due to inclement weather.
The tournament had already been reduced to 54 holes due to lightning and heavy rain, but further rain on Sunday meant that parts of the course were unplayable shortly after the final group teed off at the first.
Levy and playing partner Nicolas Colsaerts had played just a single hole of their third and final round when the heavens opened once more, drenching the course, with organisers deciding at approximately 3.15pm that the result would be decided on 36-hole scores.
That meant the Frenchman, who had recorded rounds of 63 and 61 claimed his second European Tour win following his victory at the Volvo China Open in April.
Levy admitted being surprised to have taken a second title of the year.
"It feels very special," he told Sky Sports 4. "If at the start of the year you say to me, 'You are going to win two tournaments', I (would) say 'never' to you.
"It's a very nice feeling to me, I'm very happy.
"I work hard on this game and I think I played a good game this week and the week in China."
Michael Hoey finished best of the Irish on ten under par, and Shane Lowry was two strokes further back again on eight under.
Pádraig Harrington carded a final score of five under par, while Paul McGinley brought up the rear on two under par.
Levy was one of the lucky ones who managed to get his second round completed on Friday meaning he did not play at all on Saturday and he admitted it was a strange feeling to have won after playing only two rounds.
"It's special," he added. "Because you are only on 36 holes but after Friday night I knew I would only play 54. But it's a special feeling at this time.
"I don't realise a lot because I was focused to play this last round and try my best to win this tournament."
Colsaerts parred the first alongside Levy and finished three shots behind him on 15 under with Chile's Felipe Aguilar, Dane Morten Orum Madsen and France's Romain Wattel three further shots back.
"It's very tough, we were confident that we would be able to play this third round today" - Tournament Director Jose Maria Zamora
Tournament Director Jose Maria Zamora explained that an errant weather forecast had not helped organisers in their contingency plans but stressed that he felt the right decision had been made.
"It's very tough, we were confident that we would be able to play this third round today," he said.
"The forecast today wasn't that bad so we thought it would be really nice to give a clean third round to the sponsors here in Portugal and have a nice end of the tournament.
"Unfortunately we've been hit by a very heavy downpour, followed by another heavy downpour an hour later which made the golf course go completely underwater."
