Jakarta, Indonesia: Suteepat Prateeptienchai won his fourth Asian Tour title – and the first outside Taiwan – with a sensational closing round that contained two eagles at the US$500,000 Mandiri Indonesia Open.

The 32-year-old Thai, winner of the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open in 2023 and 2024 and the Yeangder TPC in 2024, justified his billing as the top-ranked player in the field with a composed eight-under-par 64 that gave him a seven-shot win over Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho, who closed with a 66.

It was also Suteepat’s fourth professional win on Indonesian soil, having triumphed three times on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) in 2022, a feat that earned him a ‘battlefield promotion’ to the Asian Tour.

At Pondok Indah Golf Club, Australians Kevin Yuan (66) and Travis Smyth (70) tied for third place at 16-under. Malaysian Shahriffuddin Ariffin (74), leader by one at the start of the day, made back-to-back bogeys on the 17th and 18th and fell to tied fifth alongside Thailand’s Pawin Ingkhapradit (66).

Indonesian Kevin Akbar was the best-placed local player, tying for seventh place with six others following a bogey-free 66.

Suteepat raced ahead of Ariffin on the par-five sixth hole, where he made his first eagle, and then put a final stamp of authority with a grandstand finish on the 18th, where he drained a 10-foot putt for his second eagle of the day.

“I am so excited to come back to Indonesia because I played here on the ADT and I’ve been in this position three times. I’m so glad to be back here,” said Suteepat, who shot the best round of the day.

“I started pretty good, but the turning point was the eagle on the sixth. I had about 254 yards for my second shot and hit the three-wood to about six-seven feet. That was the turning point because I became the leader by two, and then made birdie on eight, which is the most difficult hole.

“All my friends on the Asian Tour said I could only win in Taiwan, so I am really happy to show them I can also win outside Taiwan.”

Kho, the reigning Asian Games gold medallist, has had five top-10 finishes this season, but the second place this week was his finest effort on the Asian Tour since a tied second position in the 2023 Volvo China Open. A ‘good bogey’ on the 17th looked like dropping him down, but he bounced back with a birdie on the last hole and also benefited from Ariffin’s misfortunes.

The 24-year-old, who laid up on the 18th and hit his third shot to five feet, said: “It was good. I plodded along nicely. I did not feel super comfortable over the ball all week, so I feel like I did a really good job managing that. I was okay with just hitting average shots, and when I did hit a good one, I made the most of it.

“On the 17th, I went for the shorter club and a harder swing, which usually works out for me under pressure. But this time it didn’t. I was up against the back lip of the bunker, so it was a good bogey there.”

It was 27-year-old Akbar’s best result on the Asian Tour, improving on his tied 38th place at the 2022 BNI Indonesian Masters presented by Tunas Niaga Energi.

The Asian Tour schedule will resume after a week’s break with the 41st Shinhan Donghae Open at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea from September 11-14.