Australian Wayne Perske has fired a final round of 66 to finish in outright sixth place behind Tomohiro Kondo at the JCB Classic in Japan. Perske started the day seven shots behind Tetsuji Hiratsuka but a hole in one during his round helped propel him up the leaderboard to finish the tournament at 11-under-par, and two shots behind Kondo. Kondo&aposs final round of 69 saw the 29-year-old register a one-shot victory from Seung-Ho Lee, Mamo Osanai, Koumei Oda and Azuma Yano, while Hiratsuka stumbled to a final round of 74 to finish in equal seventh place at 10-under-par. Tied with Hiratsuka was local hope Hiroshi Owata and Brendan Jones, the consistent Australian carding a final round of 67 to hold his position at No.3 on the tour money list. Fellow Australian Chris Campbell shot a disappointing final round of 73 to finish at even-par and tied for 34th position. Results from the JCB Classic(par 71) -13: Tomohiro Kondo 68 66 68 69 -12: Seung-Ho Lee 68 67 71 66, Mamo Osanai 71 70 63 68 Koumei Oda 65 69 69 69 Azuma Yano 70 67 67 68 -11: Wayne Perske (Australia) 70 66 71 66 -10: Hiroshi Iwata 70 70 65 69, Brendan Jones (Australia) 67 71 69 67 Tetsuji Hiratsuka 67 67 66 74 -9: Masaya Tomida 64 72 66 73 -7: Shingo Katayama 67 69 73 68, Mitsuhiro Tatayama 70 67 72 68, Kenichi Kuboya 70 70 69 68, Eiji Mizoguchi 70 70 69 68, Takao Nogami 70 67 71 69 -6: Hisayuki Sasaki 69 72 71 66, Ryuichi Oda 70 71 70 67, Naruhito Ueda 66 70 71 71, Shigeru Nonaka 67 74 67 70 Also E: Chris Campbell (Australia) 72 68 71 73
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