Indonesian Open: Simon Dyson produced the tournament of his life to claim his first European Tour title at the Indonesia Open. But he believed his duck might never have been broken.
The English golfer saw off the dogged challenge of Australian Andrew Buckle after a topsy-turvy, weather-hit final round at the Emeralda Golf Club in Jakarta.
The pair had started the final day tied at 15 under, and by the fifth hole Buckle had moved into a one-shot lead. But disaster struck when he took a quadruple bogey eight on the sixth.
That catapulted Dyson (28) into a three-stroke advantage, which became four with an eagle at the seventh, when a thunderstorm stopped play for two hours.
His lead was only cut by two by the end as he demonstrated admirable consistency, and a ruthless edge, to take the win.
"It's been a long time coming," he said. "A couple of years ago I thought it might never happen, but this year I honestly believed it could.
"I missed one green today and I think I've only missed four all week. That's the best I've ever hit it tee-to-green.
"We both made great starts and then he birdied the fifth to go one clear, so straightaway I was behind. Then he made an eight, I made a four and suddenly I was four clear.
"I felt a little bit sorry for him, but then I thought I was in this position two years ago when I was six shots clear going into the last at the Volvo China Open.
"I was throwing shots away and no one was feeling sorry for me, I'm sure. So I stopped feeling sorry for him and decided to try to turn the screw.
"I actually said to my caddie, 'let's eagle this and put it out of his reach'. You think that, but you don't believe it's going to happen.
"I managed to do that at the next with my eagle, which was one of the best shots I've ever hit, a five-wood to a foot."
David Higgins completed a strong performance with a one-under-par 71 to finish on 11 under par for a tie of seventh place.
Peter Lawrie was next best of the Irish after a fine, five-under 67, including an eagle at the first, moved him up to six under overall.
Damien McGrane had a disappointing finish, with a 75 that included a triple-bogey seven at the fifth hole, that left him down the field on one under.
Buckle was still upbeat after the problems he faced at his nightmare hole, focusing instead on what amounts to his best result yet in a European Tour event.
The 23-year-old showed his character by making another four birdies in his round of 69, even if they were ultimately in vain.
During the rain delay, he gathered his thoughts and went out to ensure his faltering challenge did not completely disintegrate.
"I told myself to try to make a game of it," the Brisbane-based man said. "I'm happy and proud of the way I bounced back. I could have let him run away with it."
Jakarta scores
(at Emeralda Golf Club, Indonesia,
British unless stated, Irish bold, par 72)
268 - S Dyson 66 68 67 67
270 - A Buckle (Aus) 67 69 67 69
274 - T Jaidee (Tha) 66 68 72 68, W Ter-chang (Tai) 66 68 70 70
275 - S Strange (Aus) 71 67 70 67, M Millar (Aus) 71 66 70 68
277 - D Higgins 66 71 69 71, S Kapur (Ind) 72 68 66 71
278 - S O'Hara 71 71 70 66, B Kennedy (Aus) 67 72 73 66, JM Lara (Spa) 70 72 69 67, A Hansen (Den) 69 69 70 70, T Pilkararis (Aus) 72 68 68 70, P Gustafsson (Swe) 72 65 70 71, L Wei-chih (Tai) 71 70 66 71
279 - A Marshall 73 67 71 68, T Srirot (Tha) 68 69 72 70, S Dodd 69 63 74 73
280 - L Westerberg (Swe) 70 67 76 67, L Wen-chong (Chi) 68 73 72 67, G Houston 72 69 71 68, S Little 70 69 72 69, T Wiratchant (Tha) 72 67 71 70, A Kang (US) 67 70 71 72, S Jeppesen (Swe) 67 72 69 72, R Gangjee (Ind) 69 67 71 73
281 - B Ruangkit (Tha) 73 70 69 69, C Wi (Kor) 72 70 70 69, B Barham 70 67 74 70, I Steel (Mas) 72 68 71 70, D Bransdon (Aus) 73 66 71 71, D Griffiths 69 69 71 72
282 - S Barr (Aus) 70 73 72 67, Peter Lawrie 73 69 73 67, A Groom 72 70 71 69, P Marksaeng (Tha) 71 70 72 69, J Donaldson 72 66 74 70, L Sung-man (Kor) 72 67 72 71, M Pearce (Nzl) 71 69 70 72
283 - J Milkha Singh (Ind) 72 71 73 67, R Moir (Aus) 72 71 70 70, G Rusnak (US) 70 73 69 71, R Karlsson (Swe) 72 70 70 71, M Tunnicliff 71 71 70 71, K Horne (Rsa) 70 70 72 71, F Aguilar (Chi) 74 68 70 71, A Butterfield 72 70 70 71, U Park (Aus) 68 71 69 75
284 - P Golding 69 74 73 68, M Joong-kyung (Kor) 71 68 75 70, D Carter 69 73 71 71, S Yates 71 69 71 73, W Schauman (Swe) 68 68 74 74, A Rocha (Bra) 70 72 67 75
285 - W Ormsby (Aus) 69 74 73 69, R Gibson (Can) 72 71 72 70, Z Lian-wei (Chi) 72 70 71 72
286 - J Dawes (Aus) 71 72 76 67, H Nystrom (Swe) 72 71 75 68, D Dixon 70 71 74 71
287 - M Fraser (Aus) 77 66 78 66, P Meesawat (Tha) 72 67 76 72, C Suneson (Spa) 72 71 71 73, J Randhawa (Ind) 71 71 72 73, D McGrane 69 71 72 75
288 - R Rock 70 73 73 72
291 - C Phadungsil (Tha) 69 73 77 72, J Sandelin (Swe) 70 69 78 74, C Nirat (Tha) 73 68 76 74, F Widmark (Swe) 72 71 72 76
292 - R Won (US) 73 69 76 74, M Olander (Swe) 72 68 77 75
293 - A Brown (Aus) 69 74 77 73, A Pitts (USA) 73 70 74 76
294 - A Que (Phi) 70 70 74 80
295 - P Dwyer 73 70 76 76
