Australian Wade Ormsby defeated Scott Vincent from Zimbabwe on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off on Sunday to win the Jakarta International Championship following one of the closest finishes seen on the Asian Tour this season.

He triumphed after making a routine par on the par-four 18th, where Vincent found water with his second shot.

Ormsby trailed the frontrunner and playing partner Vincent all day, with a stacked leaderboard meaning the tournament could have been won by a whole host of players.

A crucial eight-footer for par on the 18th by Ormsby in regulation play forced the event into overtime. Vincent had left the door open when he made a bogey on 16 and missed a six-foot birdie putt on 17.

Both Ormsby and Vincent shot one-under-par 69s to finished tied on 12-under.

Vincent’s brother Kieran (67), and Doyeob Mun (67) from Korea tied for third along with Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert (68), Poom Saksansin (69) and Sadom Kaewkanjana (69), missing the play-off by one shot. Kieran Vincent came agonisingly close to making the play-off but also found water on 18 and made a bogey.

Ormsby moves into fifth place on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and third on The International Series Rankings. Vincent regained the lead over Japan’s Kazuki Higa on the Merit list – who finished in a tie for 33rd this week. He also goes top of The International Series Rankings, leapfrogging Lucas Herbert from Australia.

Vincent was attempting to become the first player to win back-to-back events on The International Series having won the International Series Morocco in July.

It means he has now finished runner-up in his last two Asian Tour events as he was joint second in the Shinhan Donghae Open last month.

He said: “I don’t see it as disappointing at all. Wade played great golf, he hung in there and is a well-deserved champion. I had my chances to win, but I don’t think it’s ever fully in my control. I was struggling just to make the cut on day two, and to then have a chance to win on Sunday, I can’t ask for much more than that.”

Jaco Ahlers finished in a share of 19th on seven-under after his closing 67. He is in 48th on the Order of Merit.