Ian Snyman battled his way to a closing round of four-over-par 76 on Sunday and still managed to finish in a share of fifth in the Asian Tour’s opening event, the Philippine Golf Championship.

Snyman headed into the final round at Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Manila in a share of second, just two strokes off the lead.

He started poorly with three consecutive bogeys in the first three holes, and he dropped another stroke on the eighth ahead of the turn, which he reached in 40. He birdied the 11th to staunch the bleeding, but dropped another shot on the 15th.

He finished the tournament on two-under-par, nine strokes behind the winner.

Two years after being part of the Korean team that famously claimed the gold medal at the Asian Games, Wooyoung Cho became a winner on the Asian Tour for the first time. He registered a hard-fought victory following stiff resistance from Pavit Tangkamolprasert, beating the Thai by four shots on the unforgiving East Course at Wack Wack. Cho, two behind overnight leader Karandeep Kochhar from India at the start of the day, fired a final round five-under-par 67, for a four-round total of 11-under.

Behind Snyman, Jbe’ Kruger missed the cut.