Singapore's Mardan Mamat wins Bangladesh Open

Dhaka: Singaporean Mardan Mamat held his nerve to complete a wire-to-wire victory at the inaugural Bangladesh Open on Saturday for his fifth Asian Tour title.

The 47-year-old posted a final round two-under-par 69 for a tournament total of 14-under 270 and finished two shots ahead of South Korea`s Lee Soo-min (67) and India`s Khalin Joshi (68).

Mardan saw his overnight three-shot lead reduced to one after a bogey on the third but successive birdies on the fifth and sixth holes and another on the 12th put him back in control.

"If I say that I didn`t have any pressure today then I`m not human," Mardan said.

"Two of my competitors Lee and Khalin are young and they hit it long. They kept pushing me a lot on the front nine. 

"I managed to steady myself and play my own game," he added.