A birdie-birdie finish vaulted Matthew Fitzpatrick to the top of the leaderboard on day one of the British Masters supported by Sky Sports.
The Englishman was just 14 years old the last time this tournament was played on The European Tour in 2008 but he recorded a 64 in front of a sell-out crowd at Woburn to continue his remarkable rookie season.
The 21 year old recorded an eagle and six birdies as he finished the day on seven under, a shot ahead of a vastly experienced chasing pack made up of Robert Karlsson, Marc Warren, Søren Kjeldsen and Lee Slattery.
Karlsson had looked as though he would take a one shot lead into day two, walking up the 18th on seven under with Fitzpatrick a shot and a hole behind.
The 46 year old had made steady progress up the leaderboard throughout the day with birdies on the second, fifth, seventh and ninth holes taking him to the turn in four under.
He then birdied the 11th and with another gain at the 14th courtesy of a 15 foot putt, he joined long-time leaders Warren and Slattery at the top of the pile.
Kjeldsen finished his round with a birdie to get to six under but a second consecutive gain from Karlsson had him out in front on his own going down the strait.
The leader then hit a ragged tee shot on the 18th to drop back into a share of top spot and was joined by Fitzpatrick who birdied the 17th to join the party atop a congested leaderboard.
Fitzpatrick, who is only playing this week due to an invite but has six top tens this term, then birdied the last as he seeks his first European Tour win in just his 34th event.
The 2013 US Amateur Champion had earlier birdied the first but gave the shot straight back before birdies on the the fifth and sixth were followed by that eagle on the 538-yard par five seventh.
Another birdie followed on the 13th before Fitzpatrick's big finish sent the crowd of just under 15,000 home having witnessed a dramatic day.
Warren and Slattery had held the lead for most of the afternoon before Kjeldsen, Karlsson and then Fitzpatrick mounted a late charge.
Birdies at the 14th and 16th saw the Scotsman turn in two under and when further gains followed on the first and third, he was level at the top with early pace-setter Slattery.
Slattery then dropped a shot but Warren made another gain on the fifth and when he tapped in from inside two feet on the seventh, he held a two-stroke advantage, but that was not to last for long.
Slattery began with three pars but picked up back-to-back shots on the fourth and fifth holes and another followed on the seventh before a further gain on the ninth moved him to the top of the pile.
He dropped a shot on the 12th but then made birdies on the 16th, 17th and 18th to continue his good form after winning the M2M Russian Open and finishing in a tie for second at the KLM Open last month.
Kjeldsen, meanwhile, went about his business quietly, making gains on the first, second, seventh, tenth and 11th before that birdie on the 18th handed him a brief share of the lead.
World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational champion Shane Lowry was in the group at five under alongside three-time Major Championship winner Padraig Harrington, Mikael Lundberg, Marcus Fraser, Bradley Dredge and Romain Wattel.
Former World Number One Luke Donald was then a further shot back with tournament host Ian Poulter on three under.
