Freddy Schott says making the cut on home soil at the BMW International Open "means the world" as he left his best to last at Golfclub München Eichenried.
The German appeared set to miss out on weekend golf for the sixth DP World Tour event in a row when a double bogey at the par four 16th dropped him back to two under on Friday.
After an important up-and-down for par at the par-three 17th, Schott found a fairway bunker off the tee at the par five closing hole.
With the projected cut fluctuating between three under and four under, a birdie was the least the 25-year-old required.
Such was the lip of the fairway bunker, on-course commentator Jay Townsend couldn't see how Schott could find both the length and accuracy to find the green with his second shot.
But Schott had other ideas, hitting his approach onto the green to leave a nine-foot eagle putt which he duly converted to the delight of the home crowds in the grandstand as he signed for a second consecutive 70 of the week.
"Still speechless about that shot on 18," said a clearly elated Schott shortly after.
"It was obviously the shot we needed at the right time, and I'm just incredibly happy that we did it that way.
"Just slightly blocked my drive right off the tee on the 18th, and we had to go for it, so that made the decision a lot easier."
Schott, who won his first DP World Tour title earlier this season in Bahrain, has previously made an albatross on a par but conceded the manner of his grandstand finish after a tough spell of form meant the shot is among the best of his career.
"In that moment, at my home event, to do it means the world to me," he said.
"Playing at the weekend here is always a great feeling. I'm just incredibly happy."
