Australian Tamie Durdin handled the pressure down a three-way tie when she approached the final tee and finished with a par which just edged the others. Her final round 2-over 74 helped her wrap up at even-par 216 to collect her first win on the TLPGA Tour in her first attempt at the 2014 Yeangder TLPGA Open.

The 37-year-old from Adelaide joined the professional ranks in 2000. She played in Australia and nine years on the Japan LPGA Tour since 2005, earning two titles along the road. The victory at the Yeangder TLPGA Open is her third career win, worth NT$600,000.

“It’s been tough two days with the weather conditions but I’m glad I was able to regroup quickly enough after some bad misses out there,” said the former JLPGA no.23. “I’ve been working with a new coach and hopefully I can still improve and one day play on the US tour.”

After completing the final hole from the fog-delayed second round in the early morning, Durdin opened her final run holding a two-shot lead. Hitting in the same group were Thai sensation Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong and 2012 winner, Taiwan’s Hsieh Yu-Ling (謝瑀玲) with a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start.

A smooth sail had kept Durdin a comfortable two-shot advantage before things turned back quickly at No.15 and No.16. All of Durdin’s shots seemed to go off the trail she hoped as two bogeys in a row pulled her back to the starting line of a two-hole competition with Hsieh.

In the mean time, LPGA Symetra Tour titlist Chien Pei-Yun (錢珮芸) scored a birdie on her 17th (Hole 1) to joined the final show as it all came down to a final-hole sudden-death.

Chien launched the first attack but fell short. She took a water hazard penalty before three-putted on the final green, closing the door with a double-bogey to finish at 218. Chien’s 1-under 71 was the best round posted on Friday.

Hsieh and Durdin both missed the green on the third shot on the par-5 18th. While Hsieh sliced the ball that rolled seven inches past the hole and had to take another two putts to finish, Durdin, whose wedge shots had been steady over the two days, took her chance to sink her 3-incher to save par and seal the victory.

Santiwiwatthanaphong, the 17-year old that started the day with just two shots off the lead, carded consecutive bogeys on the last three holes and a total of five on Friday, moving her down to a tie for fourth with Thi Nhung Tang of Vietnam at 3-over 219.