Australian Brendan Jones has fired a three-under-par final round of 68 to claim his third Tsuruya Open in Japan. The 32-year-old New South Welshman nailed five birdies and two bogeys during his round to hold off a late challenge from Hirofumi Miyase, Masahiro Kuramoto and Takuya Taniguchi who finished in a tie for second place at 14-under-par. Outright fifth was Katsumasa Miyamoto at 13-under-par, while Tadahiro Takayama and Toru Taniguchi finished two strokes further adrift at 11-under-par. Australian Scott Laycock carded a disappointing final round of 73 to finish in equal 18th position at six-under-par. The victory for Jones was his third Tsuruya Open title having previously been successful in 2004 and 2006. Final scores from the Tsuruya Open: (par 71) -16: Brendan Jones (Australia) 67 65 68 68 -14: Hirofumi Miyase 64 67 74 65, Masahiro Kuramoto 70 68 66 66, Takuya Taniguchi 68 70 65 67 -13: Katsumasa Miyamoto 66 72 68 65 -11: Tadahiro Takayama 69 71 66 67, Toru Taniguchi 68 69 69 67 -10: Kiyoshi Murota 68 69 71 66 Hidemasa Hoshino 69 71 66 68 -9: Dong-Hwan Lee 68 72 69 66 -8: Tetsuji Hiratsuka 72 66 73 65, Kaname Yokoo 69 70 70 67, Naoya Takemoto 67 68 73 68, S K Ho 69 71 68 68, Naomichi Joe Ozaki 68 69 69 70 -7: Tadahisa Inoue 70 70 70 67, Takao Nogami 68 69 69 71 -6: Keizo Yoshida 70 70 71 67, Tetsuya Haraguchi 70 72 67 69, Scott Laycock (Australia) 66 68 71 73
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