Golf:Felipe Aguilar admitted his maiden European Tour victory at the Indonesia Open will have "life-changing" implications for his career.

The 33-year-old Chilean is no stranger to success in his homeland, having won over 30 events there, but he had struggled to match that form elsewhere.

Aguilar endured an unsuccessful rookie season on the European Tour in 2006 which culminated in him being unable to keep his card.

But he enjoyed a superb season on the Challenge Tour last year, winning twice, to regain his place on the circuit.

A tied for 81st finish at the Indian Masters last week did little to suggest that success on the Tour was forthcoming.

But Aguilar was solid over the four rounds at the Cengkareng Golf Club and held his nerve on the final hole yesterday to edge Jeev Milkha Singh by one stroke and capture the €138,000 winner's cheque.

"This is life changing for me," said Aguilar. "It changes your schedule and I can play whatever I want to play and hopefully there is more of this to come.

"I said a couple of days ago that I feel like I have the game and that I am playing well, but I had to hope I got that week - well, this was that week."

It was all decided on the par-four 18th as Singh approached the last holding a one-shot lead at 18-under.

Aguilar, meanwhile, had understandably put in a relatively nervy performance in the final round, losing his overnight two-stroke lead and needing a birdie on the final hole to at least guarantee a play-off.

He hit a good tee-shot before chipping to within five feet of the pin and then kept his cool to make a birdie putt.

Though Singh drove into the rough, he recovered well, but he could only watch in dismay as his putt for par lipped out to hand Aguilar the victory.

"I didn't expect him to make a bogey," added Aguilar. "I have a pretty good record in play-offs and I was hoping for that so I could take my chances. But the opposite happened and I am not going to complain about that."

Aguilar finished with a two-under-par 68 for 18 under overall while Singh was a stroke behind after carding a three-under 67.

Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke both finished well by carding four-under-par 66s to lie 15th and 21st respectively.