After playing less than his best golf in the opening three rounds, Scott Hend raced to the finish line at the Turkish Airlines Open, his Sunday 67 his best of the week and lifting him 14 places up the leaderboard.

Hend and Andrew Dodt shared top Australian honours at Regnum Carya Resort in Antalya though it was a lacklustre week overall for the Australians at the lucrative event.

The pair finished T42 at 3-under, 15 strokes adrift of winner Justin Rose in a week where none of the Down Under brigade seemed to get going.

New Zealander Ryan Fox was next best a stroke further back with rounds of 73-68-72-69 while Sam Brazel also finished in red figures for the week at 1-under and T52.

Marcus Fraser led the Australian challenge on day one with a 2-under 69 but fell away over the final three rounds to be T66 in the 78-man field at 4-over through 72 holes.

Hend’s final round was one of three 67s produced by the Australians during the week, Andrew Dodt signing for the same score Friday while Sam Brazel was around in that number on Saturday.

Four of the five Australians who played this week remain in the top-60 on the Race to Dubai and if they can hold their places after next week’s event in South Africa will earn a berth at the season ending tournament in Dubai.