South Tangerang, Indonesia (SportsNetwork.com) – Michio Matsumura birdied his final three holes on Sunday to close out a 4-under 68 and win the Indonesia PGA Championship by a stroke.<\/p>\n
Matsumura claimed his fourth career victory on the Japan Golf Tour at 21- under-par 267.<\/p>\n
Rhein Gibson fired a 10-under 62 during his final round at Damai Indah Golf Club to vault into a share of second place with Juvic Pagunsan (69) at 20- under 268. Ashun Wu (69) finished in fourth at minus-18.<\/p>\n
Third-round leader Sang-Hyun Park tripped to a 5-over 77 on Sunday to fall into a tie for 17th place at 13-under 275.<\/p>\n
Gibson countered a pair of bogeys with 10 birdies and an eagle during his impressive round to claim the clubhouse lead.<\/p>\n
Matsumura, meanwhile, fell well off the pace with an outward 38 that included a double bogey, a bogey and a birdie before a dominant back nine raced him up the leaderboard.<\/p>\n
He started the comeback with a birdie at the 11th, and added another pair of gains at the 13th and 14th to pull within two of Gibson at 18-under.<\/p>\n
After parring the 15th, Matsumura birdied the 16th, 17th and 18th to claim the victory.<\/p>\n
Pagunsan had five birdies and two bogeys on Sunday to earn his share of second place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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