He made it look a lot closer than it really was.

South African Shaun Norris fired a final round 71 to win the Leopalace21 Myanmar Open by four shots. The victory is Norris' second Asian Tour victory, with his first coming just 12 tournaments ago. It is also his first victory on the Japan Tour, who co-sponsored the event.

Norris, who calls the Asian Tour his home after playing on the European Tour in 2011, entered the final round with a seven shot lead after a masterful third round 61 left the rest of the field in the dust. The final round should have been a victory lap for Norris, but struggles on the front nine brought the rest of the field back into play. After birdies on two of his first three holes, Norris bogeyed the fourth, then had three straight bogeys on 7 through 9; however, he was able to right the ship and play the inward nine in three under par to secure the victory. 

"The conditions were not easy from the start. When I stepped out of the hotel this morning, it was gusty," he said following his round, according to quotes supplied by the event organizers. "I tried to give myself chances early but I hit several bad shots in the wrong places. The wind really got me in the front-nine and confused me."

Norris did not enter the week playing particularly well. He missed his first three cuts of 2016 - two in his home country of South Africa, and last week in Singapore. Still, based on his incredibly solid 2015 season, the arrow seems to be pointing up for the 33 year old. Norris won once and notched three more top 10s last season, and after this victory, he should vault beyond his career high World Golf Ranking of 285th. 

Finishing tied for second place was Japan Tour veteran Azuma Yano. Yano, who has won three times on the Japan Tour, with his most recent victory coming in 2008, had a far more consistent 2015 than he has had in previous years. After missing 12 of 24 cuts in 2014, Yano rebounded last year, only missing 4 cuts, while also notching his first top 10 in two years. Yano is currently ranked 620th in the OWGR, which is a far cry from his days in 2008 when he was ranked inside the top 100, but if he is able to string together a few more tournaments like this, he will improve on that ranking drastically.

"Starting out, I knew that the seven-shot gap was a gap too wide. So I was looking at second place, to be honest. It's a very good result and it's has given me an early season boost," Yano said.

Also finishing tied for second was Junwon Park. Park, who plays almost exclusively in Korea, notches his best career finish in a major Tour event since a solo second on the Asian Tour back in 2006. It is unknown if Park will take this finish and use it to try and get him back on the Asian Tour. 

Yuta Ikeda has begun his season strong. After finishing T23 last week in Singapore, he notches a top 10 this week, finishing T8. 50 year old Prayad Marksaeng finished T12. He is currently just outside the top 100 in the OWGR. Veteran Danny Chia finished T12 in his first made cut in five tournaments. Yuzaku Miyazato continues to play well, finishing T15 this week. Last week's winner Younghan Song followed up his victory with T19 finish.

The start of Kyung-Tae Kim's season has not been what he was hoping for. The 2015 Japan Tour Player Of The Year missed the cut last week, and followed that up with a pedestrian T26 this week. 

The Japan Tour will now take a several month break, and won't pick back up until after the Masters in April.