Australian Wade Ormsby [main picture] won the Jakarta International Championship for his fifth Asian Tour victory and second International Series title, thanks to a razor-sharp short game while admittedly not having his best game on Sunday.

His putting was magnificent all week, at Damai Indah Golf – PIK Course, and he made several key par-saves in the final round. The most notable one was from eight-feet on the 72^nd hole to get into a play-off with Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent.

Ormsby started the week needing only 23 putts in his first round of six-under-par 64, and it was the fewest number of putts for one round of anyone in the field during the week. For tournament he averaged 27.25 Putts per Round which placed him sixth in that statistics category.

Scrambling was another category he ranked highly in, and his 81.82% was fourth of players making the cut. With this combination of putting and short game skills, it was no surprise to also see him near the top of the Fewest Bogies or Worse category. He was T2 with only five dropped shots for the week, two more than category leader Poom Saksansin from Thailand – who was one of the five players that finished in joint-third place in the tournament.

Poom Saksansin. Picture by Graham Uden/Asian Tour.

Ormsby’s other stats for the week: Putts per Greens in Regulation (GIR) 1.7 (T14), Fairways Hit 69.64 (T32), GIR 69.44 (T45), and Driving Distance 286 yards (58^th).

Runner-up Vincent fired a 62 in the third round matching Thailand’s Tanapat Pichaikool’s second round for low round of the tournament. Statistically the best part of the Zimbabwean’s game in Jakarta was his iron play, posting a GIR average of 81.94% and ranking fifth on the list. His other weekly stats: Putts per GIR 1.712 (19^th), Driving Distance 302.63 yards (20^th), Fairways Hit 66.07% (T41), and Putts per Round 29.5 (T38).

Five players tied for third place, Thailand’s Poom, Sadom Kaewkanjana, and Pavit Tangkamolprasert, Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent and Doyeob Mun from Korea.

Poom and Pavit, in particular, stood out. They tied for first in Putts per Round with 27, while Poom also topped two other categories and was second in one: first in Scrambling and Fewest Bogies or Worse with 87.50% and three bogies made respectively, and second in Fairways Hit with 85.71%.

Pavit was also second in both the Putts per GIR category with 1.64 and in Most Birdies with 20.

Statistics Categories leaders at the Jakarta International Championship (of players making the cut):

• Putts per Round – Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA), Poom Saksansin (THA), Sampson Zheng (CHN), Prom Meesawat (THA), Lawry Flynn (AUS): 27
• Putts per GIR – Sampson Zheng (CHN): 1.571
• GIR – Kazuki Higa (JPN): 87.5%
• Fairways Hit – Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND): 87.5%
• Driving Distance – Miguel Tabuena (PHI): 322.25 yards
• Most Eagles – Sampson Zheng (CHN), Liu, Yung-hua (TPE), Bjorn Hellgren (SWE), Danthai Boonma (THA), Mardan Mamat (SIN), Luke Schniederjans (USA), Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND), Micah Shin (USA): 1
• Most Birdies – Tanapat Pichaikool (THA): 21
• Fewest Bogies or Worse – Poom Saksansin (THA): 3
• Scrambling: Poom Saksansin (THA): 87.50%
• Bounce back: Prom Meesawat (THA): 44.44%