Rafael Becker held off a charging Barry Lane to win the Grey Goose World Par 3 Championship at the first attempt at Turtle Hill Golf Club today.

The 24-year-old Brazilian won by one shot over Lane, a five-times European Tour winner and former Ryder Cup player who pushed his younger rival hard all the way coming in.

Becker, who picked up a winner’s cheque for $10,000, completed the 36-hole championship at four-under-par 104.

Bermuda’s Michael Sims, who briefly held a share of the lead after Becker started the second round with his first bogey of the tournament on the 1st hole, finished tied for third at two-under 106.

With no margin for error playing the last hole, Becker kept it together when it mattered most, sticking his tee shot to the left of the pin and then two-putting for birdie to clinch the tournament.

“It was a good yardage for me there, so I said just don’t push it and plug it in the bunker and make double, and it was fine,” Becker said.

“I haven’t won in a while, so it was nice to feel a little bit of the adrenalin coming in. I welcome that and love it. If you’re feeling it, then it means you are in the right place.

“Playing a par-three event is not easy. On a regular course, you get a par-three, you get you’re three and you get away happy and go to the next tee. But here you’ve got 18 of them, so I had to be patient and just kept working on whatever I’m working and it paid off.”

The three-times Brazilian amateur champion was cruising along with a healthy three-shot lead through 13, which was shaved to one after making bogey at the next hole. His iron approach missed the green and he was unable to get and up and down to save par.

Lane played the last nine holes at one under par after rolling in a birdie at 11 to move to within striking distance of the leader. But that was as close as the 55-year-old would get, as Becker played the last four holes at even par to shut the door tight.

“It’s nice to see a youngster win,” Lane, the British Par 3 champion, said. “I’ve been doing it for a long time and good luck to him. He’s just starting in his career and I maybe am coming to the end of mine. I am very happy to play against all these youngsters and still compete, so it’s been fun.

“I played really nice. It’s a lovely little course and I am quite patient and hit the ball pretty good. I didn’t really leave many shots out there, so I’m happy.”

Sims was also pleased with his overall performance.

“The key thing for me is that I putted well,” the former Web.com player said. “I didn’t make a lot, but I really didn’t miss a whole lot, either, so it was a good tournament.

“It was tough for me because I haven’t been playing much and my confidence in my irons is not there. But my putter kind of helped me out a bunch.”

Sims grabbed a share of the lead on the nineteenth hole of the tournament after Becker made bogey.

“I wasn’t even thinking about that because I was scrambling myself to get up and down for par,” Sims said. “I had my own issues going on.

“But he [Becker] played really, really well. His iron game was beautiful and he made some putts, and that’s what you need to do.”

Sims closed out on the front foot with a birdie on the last hole, which was met with a loud roar from the gallery.

“That was really sweet,” Sims said. “I had a big smile on my face and could not help but laugh before I putted.”

TJ Rule, of Canada, and Bermuda’s Ebonie Burgess won the men’s and women’s amateur divisions, while another local player, Craig Christensen, won the senior men’s title.