However, Puha will be wanting to wrap it up and take it back to Wellington, after he nailed his tee shot landing his ball about 10m from the hole. Unfortunately for Edwards, he hit two shots out of bounds to hand Puha his second title.
It is the second time Puha has claimed the title and third time the Wellingtonian has played in the final. His last title was in 2010.
Puha said with gusty northwesterly winds conditions for the final were pretty tough.
"The weather had a lot [more] to do with it than the way we played. But I'm pretty happy with the result."
However, Edwards said he was disappointed with the way he played. "I just didn't have it today. I stuffed it up on the 18th. I put my approach shot to high behind the pin and the putt I had I thought [the green] was not gonna be that fast."
Although Edwards didn't get the result he was after he was happy he managed to claw his way back a couple of times during the round.
"The lead swapped around a couple of times. But [Puha] hung in there and he just won on the day. He was the better player on the day."
Puha told The Daily Post after putting his ball in the rough on the 17th and going down two shots he thought the title had slipped through his fingers.
"Yeah I thought it was over after that hole. I didn't expect [Edwards] to bogey the last because it was downwind and we both had pretty good approach shots."
In the women's final between Kate Chadwick and Te Rongopai Clay, it was Chadwick who managed to beat last year's champ 6 and 4. It is the second time the Napier woman has won the title - the first was in 2010.
