Brendan has reeled of a back nine of 31 in the final round of the Woodone Open in Hiroshima to finish in a share of 13th and keep his record in Japan in 2007 of no finish worse than 14th in his nine starts to date.

"I had 9 putts on the back 9," said an almost unbelieving Brendan from his hotel room in Hiroshima after his round. "That is definitely a record for me. I played well for most of the day but bogeyed the 8th and 9th but then chipped in on 10, putted in from off the green on 11 & played very well the rest of the way home."

Despite his impressive finish, Brendan has lost a place on the Japan Golf Tour money list, sliipping to third after this week's winner, Toru Taniguchi, won a playoff against Prayad Marksaeng to win the title and move to second on the money list behind Korean, Dong Hwan Lee.  

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