Simon Dyson produced the tournament of his life to claim his first European Tour title at the Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open - but believed his duck might never have been broken.

The York golfer saw off the dogged challenge of Australian Andrew Buckle after a topsy-turvy, weather-hit final round at the Emeralda Golf Club.

The pair had started the final day tied at 15 under, but by the fifth hole Buckle moved into a one-shot lead before taking an eight on the par four sixth.

That catapulted Dyson, 28, into a three-stroke advantage, which became four with an eagle at the seventh, when a thunderstorm stopped play for two hours.

His lead was only cut by two by the end as he demonstrated admirable consistency, and a ruthless edge, to take the win.

He said: "It's been a long time coming. A couple of years ago I thought it might never happen but this year I honestly believed it could.

"I missed one green today and I think I've only missed four all week. That's the best I've ever hit it tee-to-green.

"We both made great starts an then he birdied the fifth to go one clear, so straightaway I was behind. Then he made an eight, I made a four and suddenly I was four clear.

"I felt a little bit sorry for him, but then I thought I was in this position two years ago when I was six shots clear going into the last at the Volvo China Open.

"I was throwing shots away and no-one was feeling sorry for me, I'm sure. So I stopped feeling sorry for him and decided to try to turn the screw.

"I actually said to my caddie let's eagle this and put it out of his reach. You think that, but you don't believe it's going to happen.

"I managed to do that at the next with my eagle, which was one of the best shots I've ever hit, a five wood to a foot."

Dyson admitted he was a little put off by the rain delay, which gave his rival the chance to regroup.

"I was in a good rhythm when the rain delay came and that knocked me back a bit," he said. "I was still hitting fairways and greens, but I wasn't striking it as well as I had on the front nine.

"But I was still ahead and I thought 'he's got to make the birdies' - and he did. He shot a great birdie on 11 and then 12 and had good chances at 14 and 15.

"I thought he'd get the 15th and I'd be one clear with three to go, but he didn't, and when I holed mine that was the first time I thought, 'this is mine'.

"I knew he would make a birdie at 17 and so that putt of mine was one that when I'd hit it, I knew it was in. And on the 18th I just made sure I hit the fairway and the green."

Buckle was still upbeat after the problems he faced at his nightmare hole, focussing instead on what amounts to his best result yet in a European Tour event.

Explaining what went wrong on that hole, he said: "My tee shot was not too bad, it was just a bit to the left and landed into the rough and then it didn't bounce out of the rough.

"Instead, it landed on top of an old divot and I took two clubs more to get out of it. I hit a shot to the pin and holed it on the eighth stroke."

The 23-year-old showed his character by making another four birdies in his round of 69, even if they were ultimately in vain.

During the rain delay, he gathered his thoughts and went out to ensure his faltering challenge did not completely buckle.

"I told myself to try to make a game of it," the Brisbane-based man said. "I was only four behind and I was hitting the ball well. If I could just keep doing what I was doing, I had my chance on the 14th and 15th holes.

"He was still in front and I could have holed them both, but this is golf. I'm happy and proud of the way I bounced back. I could have let him run away with it. Credit to Simon who played great golf today and did not have any bogeys."

Collated final round Scores & totals in the European Tour, Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesian Open, Emeralda Golf Club, Jakarta, Indonesia

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):

(x) denotes amateur

268 Simon Dyson 66 68 67 67

270 Andrew Buckle (Aus) 67 69 67 69

274 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 66 68 72 68, Wang Ter-chang (Tai) 66 68 70 70

275 Scott Strange (Aus) 71 67 70 67, Matthew Millar (Aus) 71 66 70 68

277 David Higgins 66 71 69 71, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 68 66 71

278 Steven O'Hara 71 71 70 66, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 67 72 73 66, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70 72 69 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 69 70 70, Terry Pilkararis (Aus) 72 68 68 70, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 72 65 70 71, Lu Wei-chih (Tai) 71 70 66 71

279 Andrew Marshall 73 67 71 68, Thammanoon Srirot (Tha) 68 69 72 70, Stephen Dodd 69 63 74 73

280 Leif Westerberg (Swe) 70 67 76 67, Liang Wen-chong (Chi) 68 73 72 67, Garry Houston 72 69 71 68, Sam Little 70 69 72 69, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 72 67 71 70, Anthony Kang (USA) 67 70 71 72, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 67 72 69 72, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 69 67 71 73

281 Boonchu Ruangkit (Tha) 73 70 69 69, Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 70 70 69, Benn Barham 70 67 74 70, Iain Steel (Mas) 72 68 71 70, David Bransdon (Aus) 73 66 71 71, David Griffiths 69 69 71 72

282 Scott Barr (Aus) 70 73 72 67, Peter Lawrie 73 69 73 67, Adam Groom 72 70 71 69, Prayed Marksaeng (Tha) 71 70 72 69, Jamie Donaldson 72 66 74 70, Lee Sung-man (Kor) 72 67 72 71, Mahal Pearce (Nzl) 71 69 70 72

283 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 72 71 73 67, Richard Moir (Aus) 72 71 70 70, Gary Rusnak (USA) 70 73 69 71, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 72 70 70 71, Miles Tunnicliff 71 71 70 71, Keith Horne (Rsa) 70 70 72 71, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 74 68 70 71, Andrew Butterfield 72 70 70 71, Unho Park (Aus) 68 71 69 75

284 Phillip Golding 69 74 73 68, Mo Joong-kyung (Kor) 71 68 75 70, David Carter 69 73 71 71, Simon Yates 71 69 71 73, Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 68 68 74 74, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 70 72 67 75

285 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 69 74 73 69, Rick Gibson (Can) 72 71 72 70, Zhang Lian-wei (Chi) 72 70 71 72

286 Jason Dawes (Aus) 71 72 76 67, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 72 71 75 68, David Dixon 70 71 74 71,

287 Marcus Fraser (Aus) 77 66 78 66, Prom Meesawat (Tha) 72 67 76 72, Carl Suneson (Spa) 72 71 71 73, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 71 71 72 73, Damien McGrane 69 71 72 75

288 Robert Rock 70 73 73 72

291 Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 69 73 77 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 70 69 78 74, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 73 68 76 74, Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 72 71 72 76

292 Ron Won (USA) 73 69 76 74, Marten Olander (Swe) 72 68 77 75

293 Anthony Brown (Aus) 69 74 77 73, Andrew Pitts (USA) 73 70 74 76

294 Angelo Que (Phi) 70 70 74 80

295 Paul Dwyer 73 70 76 76