Thailand’s Suteepat Prateeptienchai shot a blistering nine-under-par 63 to come from seven shots back at the start of the final day and win the BNI Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament at Damai Indah Golf, BSD Course today.

Overnight leader Lloyd Jefferson Go from the Philippines, Malaysian Paul San and Chonlatit Chuenboonngam from Thailand all finished one shot behind – in the 10^th event of the season on the Asian Development Tour (ADT).

Go came in with a 71, San carded a 68 and Chonlatit finished with a 69, in the US$110,000 event – which is one of the most lucrative ADT events this season.

In a thrilling final day 29-year-old Suteepat, playing in the third from last group, did not look like a player on his way to victory when he slipped further behind the frontrunners with a bogey on two.

However, that proved to be his only dropped shot of the day as from there on in he stormed through the field making birdie after birdie. He made birdies on three, four, six and eight to make the turn in three under, before a stunning second nine saw him make three birdies in a row from 10, followed by a birdie on 15 before two more on 17 and 18.

He finished the tournament with an incredibly impressive total of 21 under that proved to be beyond the reach of the chasing pack, although Go, San and Chonlatit, all playing in the final group, did their best to catch him, all making birdies on the par five 18^th.

Suteepat was also helped by the fact that Go made a double on the par-five 13^th and San a bogey on 16.

It marks the first time the Thai player, who turned professional in 2017, has won an ADT event; his only other significant win to date was the Tour Championship in China in 2019.

Chonlatit was bidding for back-to-back wins having won last week’s Gunung Geulis Invitational. He had the consolation of keeping top spot on the ADT Order of Merit.

China’s Chen Guxin, who tied for 14^th this week, is second, while Suteepat climbed into third.

The ADT heads to Vietnam next week for the inaugural US$75,000 BRG Open Golf Championship at the BRG Da Nang Golf Resort.