Michael Long produced the round of the day, 5-under par 67, to take out the 2018 Lincoln Place NSW Senior Open at Thurgoona Golf and Country Club.

It was a stunning display from the Perth-based Kiwi, to catch, then overtake Peter Senior, who was looking to many like he would cruise to an easy win after starting the day with a four-shot lead.

Long had other thoughts, however, and after a slow start, he finally began to claw back the deficit with a birdie on the ninth to cut the lead to just three with nine holes to go.

A birdie on the 10th saw him grab another, and when Senior bogeyed the 11th for the second straight day, the lead was back to one.

Long had the large gallery eating out of his hand when he holed a bump-and-run from pin-high left of the green, and when Senior could only make par, they were back to all square.

Long hit the lead for the first time on the 13th when he converted his approach from about 10 feet. The 50-year-old put then put another hand on the trophy on the next when he hit probably the shot of the day, an exquisite five iron from 180 metres to two feet for an easy eagle three.

A bogey on 15 didn’t phase the reigning Western Australian PGA Champion, and when Senior couldn’t get up and down from the back of the 17th, Long had the comfort a two-shot buffer playing the last.

An uncharacteristic bogey was all Long needed in the end to secure the championship by a shot.

“To come over here, and to do something like this is pretty cool. I’m rapt," said Long.

“One-from-one is going to be a pretty hard record to keep up, isn’t it? I feel pretty cool.

“A win makes a year, they don’t come around that often, so I’m quite happy.”

There will only be a little bit of time for celebrations for the champion, however, Long is penciled in for next week’s Australian PGA Seniors Championship at Richmond Golf Club, then it’s off to the United States for the 2019 PGA Champions Tour School in Primm Valley in California.

“I played and won twice on the Web, but never really got going on the main tour.

"That’s why I’m keen to get back over there and have a crack on the Champions Tour,” Long smiled.