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Peter Lonard wins the Australian PGA for the third time

Peter Lonard won his third Australian PGA title with a three-stroke victory over New Zealand's David Smail on Sunday.

Australia's Lonard, who has won the title three times since 2002, shot a superb seven-under-par 65 at the Hyatt Coolum course on Queensland's Sunshine Coast to finish on 20-under-par 268.

Smail, who shot a final round 68, finished on 271 while Greg Chalmers, Scott Laycock and Michael Sim were tied for third a further two shots back.

The 40-year-old Lonard, who started one shot behind third-round leader Rory Sabbatini, birdied four of his first five holes to storm into the lead.

He added three more birdies on the back nine to cement the lead that was never really challenged.

South African Sabbatini, who kept pace with Lonard until the turn, fell away on the back nine, recording five bogeys and was unable to break par on the other four holes of the run home to shoot a two-over 74 and drop to a tie for 10th on 12-under 276.

Last year's champion Nick O'Hern, who beat Lonard in a thrilling four-hole playoff for the title, shot an even-par 72 to finish tied for 20th on nine under.

268 Peter Lonard 66 69 68 65

271 David Smail (Nzl) 67 69 67 68

273 Scott Laycock 69 67 71 66, Michael Sim 65 73 65 70, Greg Chalmers 72 70 66 65

274 Adam Bland 68 70 65 71, Adam Scott 67 67 72 68

275 Nathan Green 71 69 71 64, Richard Green 66 74 66 69

276 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 68 67 67 74, J.B. Holmes 66 73 70 67, Michael Long (Nzl) 68 74 66 68

277 Brett Rumford 73 69 68 67, Stephen Leaney 72 70 65 70

278 Scott Gardiner 70 69 67 72, Cameron Percy 70 66 70 72, Brad Kennedy 70 69 70 69, Jason Gore 70 69 64 75, Peter O'Malley 72 69 69 68

279 David McKenzie 69 71 70 69, Ryan Haller 70 70 68 71, Steven Conran 70 68 68 73, Nick O'Hern 70 72 65 72

280 Wayne Grady 74 69 68 69, James Nitties 72 71 71 66

281 Michael Brennan 70 68 71 72, Craig Parry 66 72 72 71, Anthony Summers 70 74 69 68, Michael Curtain 70 72 68 71, Ryan Moore 73 68 66 74, Takuya Taniguchi (Jpn) 73 70 69 69

282 Marc Leishman 69 74 69 70, Gavin Coles 68 73 73 68, David Diaz 69 71 71 71

283 Andrew Martin 71 72 72 68, Marcus Cain 72 68 72 71, Robin Hodgetts (Rsa) 74 69 69 71, Marcus Fraser 69 72 71 71

284 Craig Scott 71 69 69 75, Ewan Porter 68 76 69 71, John Senden 69 72 72 71, Wade Ormsby 73 68 75 68, Andrew Tschudin 71 73 74 66, Paul Sheehan 72 71 74 67

285 David Lutterus (Rsa) 68 74 73 70, Matthew Millar 71 73 71 70, Matthew Ecob 69 75 74 67, Steven Bowditch 69 74 70 72

286 Lucas Parsons 70 72 70 74, Chris Campbell 72 71 73 70, Ben Burge 69 73 68 76, Matt Ballard 75 66 71 74, Wayne Perske 72 71 68 75, Vernon Sexton-Finck 68 75 70 73

287 Aaron Townsend 68 73 74 72, Jarrod Moseley 71 71 75 70, Terry Pilkadaris 70 74 68 75, Leigh Mckechnie 70 74 70 73, Brad Lamb 72 72 73 70

288 Paul Marantz 73 71 72 72, Mahal Pearce (Nzl) 69 72 71 76, Paul Gow 72 71 75 70, Nick Flanagan 69 72 71 76

289 Luke Hickmott 71 67 76 75, Lucas Bates (Can) 71 72 74 72, Andrew Dodt 72 72 72 73

290 Josh Carmichael 73 71 71 75, Ricky Schmidt 73 71 75 71

292 Aron Price 71 73 77 71, Scott Adland 72 71 71 78

297 Michael McGrath 68 76 77 76