'I was incredibly nervous on the first tee,' said Jung-ho, who took up the game at the age of nine and is a member of South Korea's elite national squad.

'I felt so much pressure being in the lead in the final round. I just kept telling myself to get a good start and not do anything risky, just go for pars.'

'I was relieved to have a three-shot lead after the third hole, and I felt really confident that if I played sensibly, I could win. My nerves pretty much disappeared from that point.'

Hong Kong's Steven Lam Tsz-fung began the tournament with a share of the lead following a brilliant 68 in the opening round. But the St Joseph's College student, 14, was unable to repeat his first-day heroics. He finished 11th in the overall standings and fifth in the 13-14 age group after a four-round total of 294 (68-78-73-75).

'I'm so disappointed with my scores,' said Tsz-fung, who is considered to be Hong Kong's brightest golfing prospect. 'My putting and my approach shots really let me down all week.'

The girls' overall championship went to Taiwan's Hsieh Yu-ling, who beat South Korea's Heo Yoon-kyung by one shot. The 15-year-old from Taipei had a three-round total of 214 (74-72-68).

'I'm so thrilled to have won today [Friday]. I wasn't sure how I was going to get on because I was lying in fourth place at the start of the day,' said Yu-ling, who was also the 2006 Faldo Series Asia Champion.

'My irons were really good today and I didn't feel nervous at all which I think helped a lot.'