The ball was fed out to the left-flank and the veteran Feyenoord left-back had time to look up and use his trusty left foot to spank an unstoppable 35-yard shot into the top corner.
The local hero pulled a couple of drives into the heavy Newcastle rough early in the back nine but he quickly got back into the groove by hitting a 320-yard drive on 13 which set up a birdie and his play during the remainder of the round was impeccable.