Jakarta, Indonesia: Australian Wade Ormsby defeated Zimbabwean Scott Vincent on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off to win the Jakarta International Championship.

Ormsby triumphed at Damai Indah Golf’s PIK Course after making a routine par on the 18th, where Vincent found water with his second shot at the par-four.

Ormsby trailed the front-runner and playing partner Vincent all day, with a stacked leaderboard meaning the tournament could have been won by a whole host of players. An eight-footer for par on the 18th by Ormsby in regulation play forced the event into overtime. Vincent had left the door open when he made a bogey on 16 and missed a six-foot birdie putt on 17.

Both Ormsby and Vincent shot one-under-par 69s to finished tied on 12-under. Vincent’s brother Kieran (67) and Korean Mun Do-yeob (67) tied for third along with Thais Pavit Tangkamolprasert (68), Poom Saksansin (69) and Sadom Kaewkanjana (69), missing the play-off by one shot.

Kieran Vincent came agonisingly close to making the play-off but also found water on 18 and made a bogey. It’s Ormsby’s fifth victory on the Asian Tour and second on The International Series. His last win came at the International Series Thailand in 2023.

The victory made up for being penalised one shot after his round yesterday when he was judged to have accidentally moved his ball as he addressed it on the fourth. He’s also been enduring a poor season with his best previous performance being tied 21st at the International Series India.

“It was a bit of a grind,” said Ormsby, who made nine straight pars on the back nine. “Probably didn’t have my best stuff today. I was just hanging in there. I feel bad for Scotty. He let a couple slip at the end. But I hit a couple of great shots in that play-off hole, so that makes me feel better about the whole thing.”

On yesterday’s penalty shot, he said: “It was disappointing. Anyway, I did reset last night, and I felt fine about it. I was happy to be in the last group, so that didn’t change. I just had to go out there and put it to the back of my head and use it as a bit of a drive to get the job done today.

“It’s a special one for me this one. I haven’t been playing my best golf, had a few months off and worked hard the last week. I saw my coach, Grant Field, so a massive thank you to him. Flew up there, did the hard yards, and we had a day of grinding to try and get me back on track. Even though I didn’t play my best golf this week, I putted great early on in the tournament. And thanks to all my family. I lost my dad two years ago, so this one is for him.”

Ormsby moves into fifth place on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and third on The International Series Rankings. Vincent regained the Merit list lead over Japan’s Kazuki Higa, who finished in a tie for 33rd this week. He also goes top of The International Series Rankings, leap-frogging Australian Lucas Herbert.

Vincent was attempting to become the first player to win back-to-back events on The International Series having won the International Series Morocco in July. He’s now finished runner-up in his last two Asian Tour events as he was joint second in last month’s Shinhan Donghae Open.

He said: “I don’t see it as disappointing at all. Wade played great golf. He hung in there and is a well-deserved champion. I had my chances to win, but I don’t think it’s ever fully in my control. I was struggling just to make the cut on day two. To then have a chance to win on Sunday, I can’t ask for much more than that.”

The Asian Tour has a week off now before the SJM Macao Open and a run of eight successive events to close out the season.