BANGKOK, April 6: American Edward Loar shot a final round of 69 to win the Thailand Open and his first professional title by five strokes on Sunday.

The 25-year-old former Walker Cup player, who turned professional in 2000, finished on a 19-under-par total of 269 at the Krisada City Golf Hills on the outskirts of Bangkok.

Australia’s Jason Dawes, who closed with a 71, took second while Taiwan’s Chen Yuan-chi and Lin Wen-tang shared third place a shot further back.

Final round scores

(Thai unless stated, a-denotes amateur):

269 Edward Loar (U.S.) 67 66 67 69

274 Jason Dawes (Australia) 68 65 70 71

275 Chen Yuan-chi (Taiwan) 71 69 70 65, Lin Wen-tang (Taiwan) 70 68 71 66 276 Boonchu Ruangkit 71 68 66 71, Aung Win (Myanmar) 67 69 68 72

277 Jason Knutzon (U.S.) 68 70 70 69, Thaworn Wiratchant 70 69 69 69, Gaurav Ghei (India) 70 70 65 72

278 a-Prom Meesawat 72 66 71 69, Lam Chih Bing (Singapore) 70 65 72 71, Amandeep Johl (India) 71 67 68 72, Andrew Pitts (U.S.) 71 65 70 72, Thongchai Jaidee 67 6671 74—Reuters