体坛英语新闻：New Zealand's Michael Hendry champions Indonesia Open

JAKARTA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Unheralded golfer Michael Hendry from New Zealand on Sunday surprisingly championed the Indonesia Open 2010 held at the Damai Indah Golf-Pantai Indah Kapuk Course in West Jakarta.

In the four day-tournament, Hendry made 269 shots or total 19 under par, followed by Liang Whencong from China and Hsieh Tungshu from China's Taiwan.

Following the victory, Hendry pocketed 18 percent of the total 1 million U.S. dollar-prize.

"This is for the first time I won such a big prize of 180,000 U. S. dollars," said Hendry.

It is the biggest victory of Hendry's career up to now and is the culmination of an outstanding period of form. He won the Fiji Open two weeks ago and was a back-to-back winner of titles on New Zealand's domestic Tour in May. He currently leads the money list in New Zealand - an award he claimed last year for the first time.

"This feels surreal. It will take some time to sink in. It is a very emotional moment for me," said Hendry.

"I caught fire out there today. I have worked really hard on my game over the past year and it has paid off. I know my mortgage is now going to be a lot smaller," he added.