Malaysia’s Shahriffuddin Ariffin showed steely determination to clinch victory at the PKNS Selangor Masters today, shrugging off a double bogey on the par-five 13th hole to face down Thailand’s Denwit Boriboonsub at the finish.

Denwit, who started the day tied with Ariffin (275) at Kelab Golf Seri Selangor, was unable to take advantage of his playing partner’s misstep on 13, and instead posted a string of dropped shots in the closing holes as he watched his title chance slip away.

The pair, who had traded birdies and bogeys to remain in lockstep throughout most of the day at the US$150,000 Asian Development Tour event, were eventually parted in the finishing stretch. Denwit finished in second, two shots back of Ariffin with 277.

Lloyd Jefferson Go of the Philippines briefly held second place with Denwit until a final hole bogey dropped him into a share of third with veteran Danny Chia. Malaysia’s Chia, who posted par for the day, for a closing score of 278. They were followed by Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent in solo fifth with 279 and Australia’s Jack Murdoch in sixth with 280.

Joe Heraty of England finished with 283 strokes and a share of seventh place, together with Singapore’s Gregory Foo and Malaysia’s Amir Nazrin. Nazrin, who was the early tournament leader after round one with a score of 65, was unable to repeat his opening day heroics and posted his third plus par score of 73.

Suteepat Prateeptienchai of Thailand rounded out the top 10 for a par tournament score of 284, followed by compatriots Chanat Sakulpolphaisan and Varanyu Rattanaphiboonkij on 285 in 11th place, together with Malaysia’s Edven Ying.

Joshua Greville-Wood of England finished in 14th spot with a score of 286, a position he shared with Thai duo Chonlatit Chuenboonngam and Puwit Anupansuebsai.

Filling the remain places in the top 20 were Kemarol Baharin and Ervin Chang of Malaysia, and Thailand’s Nirun See-ueng and Peradol Panyathanasedh, who shared 17th spot with a score of 287.