After a fast start and slow finish there was the familiar feeling of an excellent week coming up short for Tommy Fleetwood. Just like his favourite football club, he paid the price for stepping a little too far outside the margins.
With a prize of £2.5million in sight, this devotee of Everton had led the DP World Tour Championship for much of the final day. That it closed with him reflecting on a sixth top-five in a winless season will be the cause of some regret.
He had bolted from the blocks with a birdie and an eagle in his opening two holes, but at the key point, when he stood on the green of the par-three 17th, it suddenly shifted south.