Jyoti Randhawa played his best golf of the week as he blasted four birdies on his last five holes to finish tied 17th with a card of four-under 65 in the final round of the Celtic Manor Wales Open.
Randhawa was on fire in the last stretch as he finished with a total of eight-under 268.
Compatriot Shiv Kapur also picked up his game in the last round and shot a three-under 66 to sign off at the tied 43rd spot with a total of two-under 274.
South African Richard Sterne clinched the title after returning a 65 to finish with a score of 13-under 263.
Randhawa started well with a birdie on the second hole but was pulled back by two dropped shots on third and fifth.
A birdie on ninth helped him turn in even par.
Randhawa's back-nine was going steady as he parred the first four holes but went on a birdie-firing spree after that.
He gained a shot on the 15th before hitting a hat-trick of birdies from 16th to 18th.
Kapur, meanwhile, had his best day in a long time. He needed 29 putts in his round of 66 which had four birdies and just one bogey. His birdies came on the fifth, 12th, 14th and 16th holes while the lone blemish was on the 11th.
A birdie on the final hole earned South African Richard Sterne a one-stroke Wales Open victory.
While Sterne birdied the final hole for a four-under 65 to set the 13-under 263 target, home favourite Bradley Dredge bogeyed the 18th to lose the chance of becoming the first Welshman to win his national title.