Arie is Local Hero on Asian Development Tour

                                    

Sungai Petani, Malaysia: Local hope Arie Irawan survived a late scare to win his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title after shooting a four-under-par 68 at the PGM Sime Darby Harvard Championship today.

The 24-year-old made a crucial par save on the 16^th hole from the rough after a poor drive to win by one-shot with an 18-under-par 270 total at the  US $60,000)  event.

Newcomer Sean Riordan of New Zealand and overnight leader Sukree Othman of Malaysia settled for tied second after returning with a 67 and 70 respectively to finish on 271 at the Harvard Golf and Country Club.

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Leading final round results:

Par 288 (4x72)

270 - Arie IRAWAN (MAS) 63-71-68-68

271 - Sean RIORDAN (NZL) 70-68-66-67, Sukree OTHMAN (MAS) 70-65-66-70

273 - Mathiam KEYSER (RSA) 70-65-69-69

274 - Oskar ARVIDSSON (SWE) 69-66-70-69

275 - Shaaban HUSSIN (MAS) 70-70-69-66, MJ DAFFUE (RSA) 70-68-70-67, Danny CHIA (MAS) 69-68-67-71, Kemarol BAHARIN (MAS) 70-69-64-72

276 - Terumichi KAKAZU (JPN) 66-74-67-69, Masaru TAKAHASHI (JPN) 69-69-67-71

277 - Grant JACKSON (ENG) 68-71-69-69, Casey O'TOOLE (USA) 71-68-69-69, Shaifubari MUDA (MAS) 69-69-68-71, Steve HAN (USA) 71-68-66-72