Scott Hend has added a ninth Asian Tour
title to his resume after overcoming a two shot final round deficit to win the
Queen’s Cup in Thailand.

The big hitting Queenslander snatched the
lead with three back nine birdies Sunday and hung on for a one shot win
courtesy of four straight pars.

Hend set up the victory with a brilliant
third round 64 after opening with back to back rounds of 2-under 69 to stay in
touch with the leaders.

The victory was Hend’s second this year and
gives the 42-year-old a confidence boost after letting some tournament slip in
recent months.

"I lost the
tournament in Wentworth, lost the tournament in Mauritius and had chances in
China," was Hends honest self assessment after the final round.

"That’s four
times this year and I didn’t win. Whether this was my golf course or not, I’ve
been playing very good golf and trying to not get down on myself. It’s nice to
win again."

Hend showed great judgement over the back
nine to mix aggressive play when needed with conservative golf when required to
become just the second non Thai winner in the tournament’s nine year history.

"I sort of put
the bit between the teeth and got on 11 and hit driver up to near the green,"
he said.

"I took the
hole on as I thought I needed to make a move. Prom was ahead then and I chipped
to four feet for birdie and on 12, I hit another great drive and hit it to six
feet for another great birdie

"Unfortunately
for Prom, he made a mistake on the 14th hole which I made another birdie and
that was a big swing.

"I saw I had a
two-shot lead coming down the last hole and I didn’t want to do anything stupid
or ridiculous."

As an added bonus Hend has now put himself
in the mix for the Australian Olympic team as the win will edge him up the
world rankings and closer to Victoria’s Marcus Fraser.

"There are
three more weeks for the Olympic qualifying," he said. "I’m 43 this year, who
knows how much longer (I can play) although I’m getting better with age.

"It’ll be nice
to go the Olympics and be one of the first Australians to play in it since
golf’s re-inclusion.

"It’s all
these different things that you chalk up in your career and when you’re
finished, you just sit back and say this is what I did."

Hend was one of five Australians to make
the cut with Kevin Lee next best at T22 followed by Adam Groom, Josh Younger
and Michael Wright (T39), and Jordan Sherratt (T68).