A brilliant week’s golf by Scott Hend came up just shy at the European Tour’s Shenzhen International in China at the weekend.

The long hitting Queenslander launched himself into contention on Saturday morning when completing his second round, which was halted by weather on Friday, in 65 strokes.

Going to the turn 3-under for the day after an eagle at the par-5 ninth, Hend caught fire on the back, causing a sensation when he holed a 5-wood second shot at the par-5 17th for an albatross.

Incredibly, it was the sixth albatross of the 42-year-old’s career and helped him sign for the 7-under round which saw him start round three well in touch with the leaders.

However, teeing off within an hour of finishing his second didn’t seem to help Hend who struggled through 12 holes in 2-over before play was called for the day.

A birdie at his first hole upon returning Sunday morning showed promise but he parred home to sign for a disappointing 1-over 73.

But the two time European Tour winner wasn’t done with yet and provided more fireworks in his final round to post the clubhouse lead with several players still on course.

A 6-under 66 took Hend to 13-under for the week and while it was ultimately three shots behind winner Soomin Lee it was a gutsy performance in trying conditions.

Australian PGA champion Nathan Holman also played some excellent golf in the stop start conditions of the first four days but will be disappointed with his final round 76.

Starting the day T11, Holman was on track for a solid top 10 in his first start back from a lengthy break but a triple bogey at the par-5 second effectively ended his chances.

The 4-over Sunday score dropped Holman to T35, Wade Ormsby the only other Australian to make the cut and finishing T54 at 1-over for the week.

Brett Rumford missed the cut in his first tournament back since the ISPS Handa International in February, a 3-over 75 opening round proving too much to recover from on day two.