Colin Montgomerie just missed out on a magical 59 and a place in the US Masters in the Indonesia Open.

Montgomerie had a 10ft birdie putt on the last hole of his final round to record the first sub-60 score on the European Tour, but left it several inches short of the cup.

The 41-year-old had to settle for a 60 and 18 under par total of 262, seven shots behind the winner, Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant.

The former European number one's superb effort lifted him into a share of fourth place and his nine birdies in a row from the 17th - having started from the 10th - created a new tour record.

But that was not enough to secure his place at Augusta next month. The Scot needed to win to be certain of moving up into the world's top 50, but will now have to wait to see if he receives a special invitation.

Ironically Montgomerie had earlier eagled the par five ninth to complete his delayed third round, but at the second time of asking drove into the rough and was unable to reach the green in two.

"I had a golden opportunity," Montgomerie admitted. "I hit my sand wedge in there to about 10ft but the grain grabbed the ball and didn't really roll the way the other putts had.

"It all comes down to the last hole but you forget about what happened midway through the round and I was going nowhere.

"I don't know what I took on the 15th tee but I want more of it.

"I'm trying my hardest to get back where I feel I should be. I'm trying to get as many world ranking points as possible.

"This is my eighth tournament in a row where I've not finished outside the top 10 (he was actually 11th in the Heineken Classic).

"It's the best golf I have ever played, even back to the mid 1990s. Unfortunately I might have three weeks off now but if it's not enough (to qualify for the Masters) I just keep going."

Wiratchant carded a final-round 63 for a 25 under par total of 255, closing in style with a birdie on the last.

He finished five shots clear of France's Raphael Jacquelin with Australia's Adam Fraser a shot further back in third after a hole-in-one on the 17th.

Wiratchant becomes the second Thai player to win on the tour, following in the footsteps of Thongchai Jaidee who successfully defended his Malaysian Open title last month.

"Winning a co-sanctioned event has been on my mind. I've been trying for a while and my dream has now become a reality," said Wiratchant, who had to complete nine holes of his third round on Sunday morning.

"The weather disruptions earlier this week made it hard for us but I just tried to ignore it.

"I concentrated on every shot and if I had missed a shot, I didn't let it bother me. I had a good feeling this week and felt I could take this tournament."

It is part of the entry criteria for the Masters that the tournament committee can invite "international players not otherwise qualified".

But it is not done on a regular basis and it would be a surprise if Montgomerie is added to the field.

The one extra place awarded so far has gone to Shingo Katayama, who topped the Japanese money list but has failed to climb into the world's top 50.

Last year Zhang Lian-wei became the first Chinese player to play in the event. Many saw that as more a commercial than a golfing decision and Katayama's inclusion could be viewed in the same light.

Meanwhile Montgomerie's round will not count as a European tour record-equalling effort because placing was allowed on the fairways following heavy rain.

Collated final round scores and totals

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70)

255 Thavorn Wiratchant (Tha) 63 63 66 63

260 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 64 67 64 65

261 Adam Fraser (Aus) 66 65 68 62

262 Colin Montgomerie 67 69 66 60, Frankie Minoza (Phi) 67 67 62 66

263 Eiji Mizoguchi (Jpn) 64 69 64 66

265 Gary Simpson (Aus) 67 67 64 67, Ariel Canete (Arg) 69 68 63 65, Chris Williams 63 68 66 68, Marcus Both (Aus) 67 69 66 63

266 Paul McGinley 69 68 64 65, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 66 66 65 69, Richard Moir (Aus) 66 70 65 65, Clay Devers (USA) 67 67 68 64, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 67 66 67 66, Mardan Mamat (Swe) 65 65 66 70

267 Mahal Pearce (Aus) 66 67 66 68, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 67 64 67 69

268 Thammanoon Srirot (Tha) 68 66 68 66, Boonchu Ruangkit (Tha) 65 70 66 67, Simon Hurd 70 67 63 68, Terry Price (Aus) 66 66 68 68, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 65 66 71 66, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 62 69 71 66, Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 64 70 68 66

269 Ron Won (USA) 64 71 68 66, Jochen Lupprian (Ger) 67 69 65 68, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 68 67 71 63, Andrew Buckle (Aus) 64 69 67 69, Lian-Wei Zhang (Chn) 67 67 69 66

270 Daniel Vancsik (Bra) 66 66 68 70, Michael Hoey 62 68 69 71, Harmeet Kahlon (Ind) 70 67 65 68, Unho Park (Aus) 67 66 69 68, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 66 69 66 69, Ivo Giner (Spa) 71 66 65 68, Satoshi Tomiyama (Jpn) 69 63 68 70, Gonzalo Fernandez-castano (Spa) 69 67 68 66, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 68 66 67 69

271 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 68 69 67 67, Anthony Kang (USA) 66 67 67 71, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 68 68 68 67, Simon Yates 69 68 67 67, Mike Cunning (USA) 65 71 67 68, Matthew Blackey 70 66 65 70, Peter Fowler (Aus) 66 68 69 68, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 70 67 67

272 Matthew Cort 63 73 70 66, Scott Barr (Aus) 64 69 69 70, Paul Marantz (Aus) 66 69 68 69, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 66 70 68 68, David Griffiths 67 66 70 69, Ted Oh (Kor) 67 68 67 70

273 Darren Griff (Can) 70 62 73 68, Johan Skold (Swe) 65 70 69 69, Scott Strange (Aus) 69 67 67 70, Ter-Chang Wang (Tpe) 67 70 67 69, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 69 67 70 67, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 69 67 69 68, Mike Capone (USA) 68 68 66 71, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 65 62 71 75

274 Stephen Browne 67 66 70 71

275 Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 65 71 64 75, Keith Horne (Zam) 68 69 67 71, Amandeep Johl (Ind) 68 69 67 71, Gerry Norquist (USA) 70 66 68 71, David Orr 65 71 68 71

276 Pablo Del Olmo (Mex) 67 69 69 71, Sam Walker 65 71 72 68, Wen Teh Lu (Tpe) 70 66 70 70

277 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 69 68 70 70, Edward Michaels (USA) 68 69 69 71

278 Mao-chang Sung (Tpe) 71 66 68 73, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 67 70 71 70

279 Sung-Man Lee (USA) 68 69 67 75, Bo song Kao (Tpe) 70 65 74 70

280 Kariem Baraka (Ger) 67 70 75 68, Philip Walton 67 69 71 73

284 Corey Harris (USA) 69 68 73 74