Englishman Richard Finch won the New Zealand Open at The Hills near Queenstown to capture his first professional title.
The 30-year-old from Yorkshire held his composure after opening up a big lead and shot a final round of even-par 72 to finish the tournament on a 14-under 274 and win by three shots.
The Australian pair of Steven Bowditch and Paul Sheehan tied for second at 11-under after rounds of 72 and 69 respectively. A larger group of four players finished a shot further behind at 10-under.
Damien McGrane finished with a 73 to end on two-under par tied for 36th.
Finch, who had won the English and Spanish amateur titles before turning pro in 2003, started the day leading by three and was six in front after the first nine holes.
But he began to feel the pressure as he closed-in on winning the co-sanctioned European-Australasian Tour event, bogeying the 12th and 15th holes and double bogeying at the 17th.
He recovered with a birdie at the 15th then drained a three-metre par putt on the last to secure victory.
'I'm just thrilled to bits. I kept telling myself in the past couple of days not to think about winning,' he told a news conference.
'I spent too long looking at the leaderboard...but it's easy to get a bit lost with it all.
'I made a couple of mistakes. I was trying to avoid trouble and by doing that I found other trouble.'
Bowditch started the day in outright second place after leading at the half-way stage but quickly slipped out of contention, dropping strokes on five of the first 11 holes.
He birdied the 12th and 13th and made an eagle at the par-five 17th to finish tied with Sheehan, who recovered from a bogey on the first hole to shoot three-under for the day.
Australian Craig Parry and Swede Alexander Noran both closed with rounds of 66, the best of the day, to finish level with Steven Jeffress and Matthew Millar, both of Australia, in a tie for fourth place.
New Zealand's 1963 British Open champion Bob Charles bettered his age for the second time in the tournament to finish at four-under after agreeing to make a rare appearance on the circuit.
The 71-year-old rolled back the years to close with a 70, including an eagle on the first hole, after shooting 68 in the second round.
He said he enjoyed it so much he would consider coming back in 2008.
'There is every likelihood that I will play again next year....I'll be even par 72 then,' he said.
