A final round 68 from Niall Turner saw him jump 21 places from 44th position into a tie for 23rd place.  The Corkman had a nervy start, he missed the first five fairways and bogeyed the par four 6th hole, but he recovered before the turn and birdied 8 & 9 to get back to level par for the tournament.

There were no signs of fatigue for Turner or his caddie Kenneth Quillinan who had played 34 holes on Saturday after a rain suspension on Friday.  The Waterfall native parred the first seven holes of the back nine before chipping in for birdie on the 17th.  The big hitting Turner then reached the 542 yard par five 18th in two shots, and took two putts to birdie the hole and sign for a 68.  The two birdies saw him jump back up the leaderboard inside the top 25.

This was a great finish for Turner in his opening event of the 2016 season, and one he had been looking forward to for a while.  He goes into the season injury-free after a troublesome few years and has challenging schedule from now until May with eight tournaments over 13 weeks.  Niall now travels to Yangon on Tuesday for the Leopalace21 Myanmar Open, the event is co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour and has a €750,000 prize fund.