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FINAL SCOREBOARD
GB & Ire unless stated
-20 S Dyson
-18 A Buckle (Aus)
-14 T Jaidee (Thai) ,TC Wang (Tpe)
-13 S Strange (Aus), M Millar (Aus)
-10 S O'Hara, WC Lu (Tha), T Pilkadaris (Aus), JM Lara (Spa), A Hansen (Den), B Kennedy (Aus), P Gustafsson (Swe)
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England's Simon Dyson shot a final-round 67 to capture his first European Tour title at the Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open on Sunday.
Dyson seized on joint-overnight leader Andrew Buckle's eight at the par-four sixth hole, which turned a one-shot lead into a three-shot deficit.
Dyson eagled the next hole and held on to claim victory on 20 under.
Australian Buckle was two shots back, with Taiwan's Ter-Chang Wang and Thai Thongchai Jaidee joint third on -14.
A thunderstorm caused play to be suspended for two hours, giving Buckle time to gather his thoughts after his aberration at the sixth.
But he missed a seven-foot putt on the 15th which looked to be a turning point and gave Dyson breathing space.
After his eagle, Dyson picked up only one more shot - a superlative 15-foot putt at the 17th.
With two shots to make up, Buckle had to force the issue and matched his opponent with a birdie at 17.
But he tried too hard at 18th by shooting over the green, confirming Dyson as the winner.
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The rain break did me no favours and I struggled for the next three holes, but I kept plodding away
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And the 28-year-old was delighted to break his European tour duck.
Referring to the rain interruption, he said: "I was hoping we'd finish today and not have to come back on Monday, given the way I played the first nine holes.
"The break did me no favours and I struggled for the next three holes, but I kept plodding away.
"All credit to Andrew, anyone shooting an eight could have gone, but he showed a lot of guts to hang in there and he kept throwing birdies at me."
The pair were in a league of their own on the last round, having started three shots clear of Wang.
Jaidee's late surge and a birdie at the last from Wang pulled them a little closer to the top two but in the end they had to settle for third.
Two players were tied on 13 under - Australian duo Matthew Millar and Scott Strange.