DAISUKE Kataoka fired a closing 67 to win by three strokes, while Juvic Pagunsan had a final-round 66 to finish in joint fifth on Sunday in the Kansai Open Golf Championship in Shiga.
Kataoka had a 17-under 267 total at the Meishin Yokaichi Country Club, winning over Brad Kennedy of Australia, who also shot a closing 67 for a 270 aggregate.
Yosuke Tsukada shot a tournament low 63 to claim a share of third with Won-Joon Lee, who had a 70 for a 271 total.
Pagunsan wound up at 12-under 272 in the Japan Golf Tour event after earlier rounds of 69-66-71. That was matched by Akio Sadakata (64), Tomohiro Kondo (66), and Hiroyuki Fujita (68).
Angelo Que, the only other Filipino in the field, also had a closing 66 for an 8-under 276 total and a share of 18th place.
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