He also achieved three second- place finishes on the Challenge Tour last year (the Swiss Challenge, Indoor Golf Group Challenge and the Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz) and on the DP World Tour (the Investec South African Open Championship and the Bahrain Championship presented by Bapco Energies).

The winners’ circle at the tournament.

Svensson, 28, said: “It’s been a lot of good golf so it was nice to finally come out on top. It’s very hard to win so it’s really nice.

“It’s been a long journey. To win on my first season out here, I couldn’t have dreamt of it. It’s always been a dream to be a winner on the DP World Tour and to achieve it feels amazing.

“Combined with Challenge Tour last year and the beginning of this season I’ve had five second-place spots in the last year. I really wanted to come out on top here.

TK Ratchanon Chantananuwat.

Svensson began the day five shots off the lead but got off to a blistering start, making birdies on the first and second and adding an eagle on the par-five third. He put an approach to eight feet at the sixth and chipped in at the eighth, followed by two consecutive bogeys. But Svensson recovered well with birdies at the 12th and 13th, and an eagle at the 14th before bogeying the next.

Aphibarnrat had birdied the third, fifth, seventh and eighth but his chances looked to be fading as he bogeyed the 12th.

Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat’s final- round 64 saw him into a play-off.

He took advantage of the par-five 14th, left himself six feet at the next and then holed a long putt at the 16th to share top spot. Svensson then hit a brilliant tee-shot into the 17th to edge ahead and a two-putt birdie at the par-five last saw him set the target at 17-under. But Aphibarnrat was not done and he put his second to 15 feet at the 18th, holing for eagle to set up the play-off.

Aphibarnrat, who had been chasing his fifth DP World Tour win, said: “It was a good fight out there. I just did everything I could to put myself in a good position. The eagle in the last put me in the playoff.

England’s Sam Bairstow just missed out of the play-offs by a stroke, finishing third with a 16-under total.

England’s Sam Bairstow carded a fourth consecutive 68 to finish at 16 under, one shot clear of countryman Andy Sullivan and two ahead of Frenchman Matthieu Pavon.

England’s Paul Casey was then at 13 under, with overnight leader David Micheluzzi, Spaniard Alejandro del Rey, Wales’ Rhys Enoch and Indian Shubhankar Sharma one further back.

It was all fun and games at the Spectator Village at Laguna National Golf Resort Club.

Off the course, spectators to the US$2.5 million Porsche Singapore Classic were treated to a multitude of activities and refreshing food and beverage options at a bustling Spectator Village. These included the Par-Tee Time game, a timed activity where participants had to balance 18 golf balls on 18 tees in the shortest possible time, as well as the Birdie Blitz Rewards claw machine. The iconic Porsche 996 Swan Car also made an appearance at the Laguna National Golf Resort Club, and was one of the highlights among visitors.

It was all fun and games at the Spectator Village at Laguna National Golf Resort Club.