Australian Brendan Jones has finished 10th in a rain-shortened Mizuno Open in Nishinomiya, Japan on Sunday. Rain wreaked havoc with the final day of the tournament, forcing organisers to cancel the final round. South Korean Dong-Hwan Lee was crowned the champion as he was four shots clear on 12-under after the first three rounds of the tournament. Jones was the best of the Australasian contingent in 10th place on six-under after rounds of 65, 74 and 71, ahead of Steven Conran, who was 13th on four-under. Scott Laycock, the only other Australian to finish below par on four-under, finished 19th while New Zealander David Smail was a further shot back in a tie for 24th. Chris Campbell (46th) and Rich Tate (52nd) were the other Australasians to make the cut. Result from the Mizuno Open, Nishinomiya, Japan -12 Dong-Hwan Lee 68 68 68 -8 Hideto Tanihara 73 71 64, Toshinori Muto 69 73 66, Achi Sato 69 71 68, Seung-Ho Lee 68 72 68, Keng-Chi Lin 68 72 68, Masaya Tomida 71 66 71 -7 Jong-Duck Kim 70 73 66, Hiroyuki Fujita 70 72 67 -6 Brendan Jones (Australia) 65 74 71, Kouki Idoki 67 72 71, Yoshikazu Haku 67 71 72 Also: -4 Steven Conran (Australia) 71 72 68, Scott Laycock (Australia) 68 72 72 -3 David Smail (New Zealand) 66 73 74 +1 Chris Campbell (Australia) 72 70 75 +2 Rich Tate (Australia) 74 72 72
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