The 28-year-old produced a grandstand finish, eagling the final hole to win by four shots at 18-under-par after starting the day three behind overnight leader Thailand’s Settee Prakongvech. His closing eight-under 64 was also the low round of the tournament.

Settee could manage only a 71 when it mattered most and slipped into a tie for second at 14-under alongside American Charles Porter (66).

Porter had reached 16-under through 17 holes and was tied with Lindh heading to the last, but pushed his second shot into a bunker and made a costly double bogey.

Thailand’s Sarit Suwannarut fired a 66 to climb into a share of fourth with England’s Sam Broadhurst (68). American Marcus Plunkett also shot 66 to finish tied sixth at 12-under alongside Thailand’s Poom Saksansin (69) and Runchanapong Youprayong (70).

The tournament was co-sanctioned by the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL), with Karandeep Kochhar (68) the leading IGPL player in a tie for ninth. Morocco’s Ayoub Lguirati (69) was the top local performer, finishing tied 13th at nine-under.

The US$90,000 winner’s cheque lifts Lindh to third on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and provides a timely boost ahead of next week’s US$2 million International Series Morocco.

“It feels good…feels really good. Feels like I’m still focused, but when everything settles a little bit, I will realise what I have done today. I have been playing good coming into this week, and I have been very, very excited to play golf the last couple of months, because the game has been feeling better. And thankfully, I got some good results today,” said Lindh, whose victory came a day after Sweden’s National Day and with childhood friend Isac Bondesson on the bag.

At the 18th, Lindh reached the edge of the green in two before holing a 20-foot putt from the fringe for eagle.

After Saturday’s round, Lindh said he intended to attack from the outset.

“I was firing at every pin from the start, almost birdied the first and second, but got it on three and five. I just kept firing on pins, and I made a good long putt on hole number six,” said Lindh, who hails from a village of fewer than 600 people near the southern Swedish city of Kristianstad.

“When I made the birdie on the sixth, I thought to myself, ‘all right, I got one shot to play with, and until I drop that shot, I can fire at everything’.”

Settee looked out of sorts early, making three bogeys in his opening eight holes before responding with four birdies over his final 10.

“It was just a bad start and maybe some unlucky shots, but I could come back from that. I thought I did not hit my tee shots as good as yesterday, but I also missed some short putts,” said the 31-year-old from Bangkok.

“I am ok with tied second, though. I missed five cuts in a row before this tournament, so finishing second is a good week.”

It was a disappointing finish for Porter, who had made the cut in dramatic fashion on Friday with four birdies over his final five holes before a third-round 65 vaulted him into contention. He carded seven birdies, an eagle and a bogey through his first 16 holes on Sunday before disaster struck at the last.

The Asian Tour now heads 180 kilometres north to Rabat for the US$2 million International Series Morocco presented by Visit Morocco.