Kiradech Aphibarnrat moved into the Race to Dubai’s top 10 after holding his nerve to claim a 2 and 1 victory over James Nitties in the final of the innovative ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth.

The talented Thai claimed the last of the 24 spaces available in the final round Super 6 after a play-off on Saturday night saw him return to the 18^th tee a staggering four times to qualify for Sunday’s finale. Aphibarnrat then went on to defeat Ben Eccles, Japan’s Yusaku Miyazato, American Sean Crocker and Candian Lucas Herbert before beating Australian Nitties in the final. The win gained the 2017 DP World Tour Championship runner-up 218,560 points which takes his season tally to 322,660 and propels him from 30th to 10th place in the Race to Dubai Rankings as he targets a return to the season finale at Jumeirah Golf Estates for the fifth time.

“Many congratulations to Kiradech on another European Tour victory,” said Nick Tarratt, Director European Tour International, Dubai Office. “After coming agonisingly close to victory in the DP World Tour Championship in 2017 I’m sure he will be eager to finish in the top 60 so he can have another shot at glory in Dubai this year.”

Aphibarnrat now has four titles on the European Tour to his name including a previous match play win at the 2015 Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play.

He made that experience count when he bounced back from going one down after the first hole to halve the second and win the third to bring it back to all square. An eagle on the fourth hole put him in prime position for the win and when Nitties missed his putt on the fifth it opened the door for Aphibarnrat to seal victory with a 10-foot putt.