World No 1 Jordan Spieth had to return to the course on Monday morning to play just one more shot, in order to complete his final round at the SMBC Singapore Open.
Final leaderboard
-12 Song Yong-Han (Kor)
-11 Jordan Spieth (USA)
-10 Liang Wen-Chong (Chn)
-9 Miguel Tabuena (Phi)
-9 Shintaro Kobayashi (Jpn)
-8 Wang Jeung-Hun (Kor)
-8 Hideto Tanihara (Jpn)
Others
-7 Brett Munson (USA)
-4 Keith Horne (Rsa)
-1 Carlos Pigem (Esp)
However, despite knocking in the five-foot birdie putt he had been forced to leave overnight, the 22-year-old came up short by a single stroke as Song Young-Han went on to claim a first professional title.
The final round at Serapong on Sentosa Island was suspended on Sunday because of thunderstorms, just as Spieth was lining up what turned out to be his final putt on the 18th green.
Spieth was one of 13 players to return on Monday to finish their final round but Song, playing two groups behind, refused to buckle and parred his final three holes to secure victory.
The world No 204, who had held the lead since his birdie-filled 63 on Friday, had reached the 16th green overnight where he holed a tricky 12-footer for par to maintain a one-shot advantage, before closing out victory with two more pars.
"I am so proud of myself," Song told reporters. "I have had six or seven top 10 finishes, but I knew today was finally a chance for me to actually get a win. I am happy I seized this opportunity and got the job done."
Spieth had been booked to fly back to Texas on Sunday evening but had to remain in south east Asia for another night.
And the American admitted that the past few weeks - which have seen him participate in Abu Dhabi on the European Tour, then Singapore on the Asian Tour - have taken a toll on him.
Since the end of the last American season Spieth has also played tournaments in South Korea, China, Australia, the Bahamas and then opened his 2016 PGA Tour account in Hawaii.
He said: "It's been a wild schedule. And what I've learned is that I won't bounce back and forth from the States over here as often as I did. It's just tough.
What I've learned is that I won't bounce back and forth from the States over here as often as I did.
"I'm very pleased with how we performed with all of this travel. But there's a lot of people on the European Tour and the Asian Tour who do this every single year, so for me to sit here and complain is tough."
As for returning on Monday morning, he added: "It was tough to sleep on a putt that you have to come back to, even though it wasn't the most challenging putt.
"Still a very nerve-wracking one to hit, knowing that you have to make it for what you think will be the play-off. I'm really happy I put a good stroke on it.
"Overall, great experience and I had a really great time here. I fought hard in the final round but I was just a little too far back."
Song is the first Asian to win the Singapore Open since India's Jeev Milkha Singh took home the trophy in 2008, with China's Liang Wen-Chong taking third spot after finishing one stroke behind Spieth.
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