Luke Littler returned to his local Cheshire Open tournament competition and ended up winning.
Littler has become a darting superstar since bursting on the scene at the start of the year by reaching the final of the World Darts Championship in his debut on the PDC Tour.
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But he hasn't forgotten his beginnings and the teenage star returned to play in amateur tournament, Cheshire Open, which he paid just £20 to enter at the Coppenhall Club.
To no surprise, 'The Nuke' ousted any form of competition, rallying to a routine win in the tournament, which would have been an uphill battle for any opponents.
Littler scooped £1,000 in total prize money for winning the low-price entry tournament, and posed with the trophy on social media.
The caption read: "Some weekend. Winning the warm up men's event and the Cheshire open men's singles.
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"Good to see all my fellow teammates from Cheshire."
It is 200 times less than Darts No.1. Luke Humphries, who pocketed £200,000 in total prize money for winning the World Matchplay, after he beat Michael Van Gerwen in the final.
Littler had crashed out of the competition in the opening round to Van Gerwen, but it was no shame given he still posted a sizeable 101 average.
'Cool Hand' sits at the top of the PDC Order of Merit, having banked £1,650,750.
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Littler sits behind Humphries with £314,500 in 24th, but has had an extremely positive year which includes victory in the Premier League.
Despite his form overall, the 17-year-old has come into surprising criticism after his performance against Van Gerwen.
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This includes from semi-finalist James Wade, who hinted that he can see an inevitable brief collapse of the talented young star.
He told SportsBoom: "I heard Glenn Durrant say he’ll [Luke Littler] either dominate for only two years or over 10.
"I’m not sure which one it’ll be, but I do actually agree with that.
"Let's be honest, Luke's probably earned more money than most dart players, if not all dart players, in a year of his existence.
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"So, he doesn’t need to play darts now. He's influential and financially viable and a great pull. But I'm interested in seeing what he's doing.
"He will have a downturn and that's a hundred percent it'll happen. He [Luke Littler] will struggle, and he will find things hard and then we'll see what he's really about."