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Aguilar benefits from Singh collapse

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  • Felipe Aguilar of Chile claims the Indonesian Open in Jakarta
  • Aguilar wins by one-shot from Jeev Milka Singh of India
  • Aguilar claims maiden success on the European Tour
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Chilean Felipe Aguilar kept his nerve to secure a thrilling final-hole victory at the Indonesia Open and capture a maiden success on the European Tour.

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Aguilar won his first European Tour title after a thrilling finale.

The 33-year-old took advantage of a last-hole collapse by India's Jeev Milka Singh who had come to the par-four 18th with a one-shot lead.

Aguilar, who had only regained his Tour card at the end of 2007, piled the pressure on Singh by making an immaculate birdie.

Playing partner Singh, short of the green with his second shot, chipped close but watched in horror as his par putt lipped out.

Third round leader Aguilar finished with a two-under-par 68 for 18 under overall while Singh was a stroke behind after carding a three under 67.

After claiming the $200,000 winner's cheque, Aguilar expressed his obvious delight.

"This is life changing for me," he said.

"It changes your schedule and I can play whatever I want to play and hopefully there is more of this to come.

"I said a couple of days ago that I feel like I have the game and that I am playing well but I had to hope I got that week - well this was that week."

Tied for fourth were South African James Kamte and Thai Prom Meesawat after both carded 67s while Joost Luiten of the Netherlands and New Zealander Mark Brown finished in a share of fifth.

Ryder Cup stars Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke both made fine finishes to the co-sanctioned European and Asian Tour tournament.

McGinley carded his second successive 66 and finished tied for 15th. Fellow Irishman Clarke also had a 66 to finish nine-under-overall. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

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