ASSOCIATED PRESSSAN ANTONIO — Zach Johnson found his putting touch in time for a season-salvaging victory in the Texas Open.
“I’ve been working on my putting over the last six weeks with my teachers and it really paid off this week,” Johnson said. “I had a tough year, but the putts started to fall into today and that why I’m at the top of the leaderboard.”
The 2007 Masters champion who entered the week with only one top-10 finish this year, Johnson followed his third-round 62 with a 64 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory over Charlie Wi (61), Mark Wilson (63) and Tim Wilkinson (64).
The win in the Falls Series event, capped by a 5-foot birdie putt on 18, was his first on the PGA Tour outside Georgia. In addition to the Masters, he won the 2004 BellSouth Classic and 2007 AT&T.
“This week I was just concentrating on the process not the outcome,” Johnson said. “I had six weeks off this fall (after not qualifying for the FedEx Cup playoffs) and I just rededicated myself to getting back to what I used to do.”
Wi parred the final two holes.
“I didn’t look at the scoreboard until I got to the 15th hole. I knew Zach was close, but I was playing very good,” Wi said. “I was very happy to make those birdies on 15 and 16. I wish I could have made one more.”
Third-round leader Rory Sabbatini shot a 72 to finish seven strokes back at 12 under.
Johnson never trailed on the back nine, but both Wi and Wilkinson keep the pressure on with birdies putts of their own. On the par-4 18th hole, Johnson hit his drive more than 300 yards and put his 9-iron approach to 5 feet.
“I’m not proud of many shots, but I was proud of that one,” Johnson said.
The ensuing walk up the 18th fairway was a filled with smiles and waves for the crowd, while his wife and young son waited behind the green.
“Hopefully this is the first of many to come,” Johnson said.
Final scores with relation to par from the Valero Texas
Open, played Oct. 9-12 at the par-70, 6,881-yard LaCantera Golf Club
(Resort) in San Antonio (Note: a-amateur):
| 1. Zach Johnson |
$810,000 |
|
69-66-62-64--261 |
|
|
-19 |
| 2. Charlie Wi |
336,000 |
|
67-68-67-61--263 |
|
|
-17 |
| 2. Mark Wilson |
336,000 |
|
68-66-66-63--263 |
|
|
-17 |
| 2. Tim Wilkinson |
336,000 |
|
67-69-63-64--263 |
|
|
-17 |
| 5. Jeff Overton |
180,000 |
|
69-64-67-65--265 |
|
|
-15 |
| 6. Stephen Ames |
156,375 |
|
68-71-66-62--267 |
|
|
-13 |
| 6. Chris Stroud |
156,375 |
|
66-64-69-68--267 |
|
|
-13 |
| 8. Pat Perez |
130,500 |
|
71-64-68-65--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 8. Tim Herron |
130,500 |
|
65-67-67-69--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 8. Rory Sabbatini |
130,500 |
|
67-66-63-72--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 11. Harrison Frazar |
99,000 |
|
69-69-65-66--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Justin Leonard |
99,000 |
|
70-69-64-66--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Greg Kraft |
99,000 |
|
65-71-65-68--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Tim Petrovic |
99,000 |
|
67-65-68-69--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 15. Dustin Johnson |
74,250 |
|
67-69-68-66--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 15. Shane Bertsch |
74,250 |
|
69-69-66-66--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 15. Bob Tway |
74,250 |
|
66-72-64-68--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 15. Jeff Maggert |
74,250 |
|
73-65-64-68--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 19. Bob Sowards |
47,350 |
|
68-70-70-63--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 19. Steve Allan |
47,350 |
|
66-70-71-64--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 19. Joe Durant |
47,350 |
|
68-67-72-64--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 19. Chris DiMarco |
47,350 |
|
68-69-70-64--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 19. Paul Goydos |
47,350 |
|
66-66-73-66--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 19. Jason Gore |
47,350 |
|
65-74-66-66--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 19. Chad Collins |
47,350 |
|
65-73-65-68--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 19. Jimmy Walker |
47,350 |
|
67-66-69-69--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 19. Kevin Streelman |
47,350 |
|
70-63-69-69--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 28. Steve Elkington |
32,625 |
|
68-70-73-61--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 28. Michael H. Thompson |
32,625 |
|
68-65-67-72--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 30. Nathan Green |
27,338 |
|
62-75-70-66--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 30. Tag Ridings |
27,338 |
|
66-70-69-68--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 30. Brian Gay |
27,338 |
|
68-67-69-69--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 30. Troy Matteson |
27,338 |
|
68-70-66-69--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 30. Mark Hensby |
27,338 |
|
68-66-67-72--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 30. Joe Ogilvie |
27,338 |
|
66-67-67-73--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 36. Jason Allred |
19,828 |
|
68-66-74-66--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 36. Nick O'Hern |
19,828 |
|
65-72-70-67--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 36. Jhonattan Vegas |
19,828 |
|
69-67-69-69--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 36. Scott Verplank |
19,828 |
|
68-66-70-70--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 36. David Toms |
19,828 |
|
68-66-70-70--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 36. Chad Campbell |
19,828 |
|
71-65-68-70--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 36. Chez Reavie |
19,828 |
|
67-67-69-71--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 36. Charles Howell III |
19,828 |
|
68-67-68-71--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 44. Dean Wilson |
12,760 |
|
71-67-69-68--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 44. Patrick Sheehan |
12,760 |
|
65-71-70-69--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 44. Carlos Franco |
12,760 |
|
69-70-67-69--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 44. Bob Estes |
12,760 |
|
68-68-69-70--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 44. Todd Demsey |
12,760 |
|
66-70-69-70--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 44. Bo Van Pelt |
12,760 |
|
68-70-67-70--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 44. Craig Kanada |
12,760 |
|
69-65-70-71--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 44. John Riegger |
12,760 |
|
68-69-67-71--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 44. Michael Bradley |
12,760 |
|
66-70-67-72--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 53. Nick Watney |
10,470 |
|
67-71-69-69--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 53. Steve Marino |
10,470 |
|
68-69-69-70--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 53. Doug LaBelle II |
10,470 |
|
69-69-68-70--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 56. Olin Browne |
10,215 |
|
64-69-74-70--277 |
|
|
-3 |
| 56. Kevin Stadler |
10,215 |
|
67-66-69-75--277 |
|
|
-3 |
| 58. Robert Gamez |
9,855 |
|
70-68-73-67--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 58. Sean O'Hair |
9,855 |
|
72-66-70-70--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 58. J.J. Henry |
9,855 |
|
70-68-70-70--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 58. Richard S. Johnson |
9,855 |
|
70-67-70-71--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 58. Paul Claxton |
9,855 |
|
64-70-72-72--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 58. Vaughn Taylor |
9,855 |
|
70-68-67-73--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 64. Brad Elder |
9,360 |
|
68-69-73-69--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 64. Alejandro Canizares |
9,360 |
|
66-73-70-70--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 64. Matt Jones |
9,360 |
|
69-64-73-73--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 64. Tom Pernice, Jr. |
9,360 |
|
70-69-68-72--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 64. Jim McGovern |
9,360 |
|
67-70-66-76--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 69. Scott Sterling |
9,090 |
|
69-70-72-69--280 |
|
|
E |
| 70. Martin Laird |
8,955 |
|
67-71-71-72--281 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 70. Charley Hoffman |
8,955 |
|
68-69-71-73--281 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 72. Frank Lickliter II |
8,820 |
|
69-66-70-77--282 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 73. Nicholas Thompson |
8,685 |
|
72-67-72-72--283 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 73. J.L. Lewis |
8,685 |
|
68-69-68-78--283 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 75. Kyle Thompson |
8,550 |
|
66-69-71-79--285 |
|
+ |
5 |
| • • • |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Missed the cut |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 76. J.P. Hayes |
|
|
72-68--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Brandt Jobe |
|
|
70-70--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. David Ogrin |
|
|
69-71--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Lee Janzen |
|
|
72-68--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Mathew Goggin |
|
|
67-73--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Ryan Palmer |
|
|
72-68--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Ryan Armour |
|
|
70-70--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Nick Flanagan |
|
|
68-72--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Bob Heintz |
|
|
70-70--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Ron Whittaker |
|
|
71-69--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Richard Johnson |
|
|
71-69--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Cameron Beckman |
|
|
74-66--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Mathias Gronberg |
|
|
70-70--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Tom Scherrer |
|
|
72-68--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Jason Dufner |
|
|
71-69--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Tommy Gainey |
|
|
68-72--140 |
|
|
E |
| 76. Gavin Coles |
|
|
68-72--140 |
|
|
E |
| 93. Ted Purdy |
|
|
72-69--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 93. John Senden |
|
|
73-68--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 93. Heath Slocum |
|
|
72-69--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 93. Jeff Gove |
|
|
70-71--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 93. Brenden Pappas |
|
|
70-71--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 93. Rich Beem |
|
|
72-69--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 93. Parker McLachlin |
|
|
73-68--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Jay Williamson |
|
|
72-70--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Omar Uresti |
|
|
70-72--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Jerry Kelly |
|
|
71-71--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Kenneth Ferrie |
|
|
73-69--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Davis Love III |
|
|
69-73--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Rod Pampling |
|
|
70-72--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 100. Bruce Smith |
|
|
73-69--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 107. Jesper Parnevik |
|
|
73-70--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 107. Peter Lonard |
|
|
70-73--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 107. Jon Mills |
|
|
71-72--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 107. Marc Turnesa |
|
|
70-73--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 111. a-Kevin Chappell |
|
|
73-71--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 111. Cody Freeman |
|
|
71-73--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 111. Travis Perkins |
|
|
74-70--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 114. Kent Jones |
|
|
71-74--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 114. Jin Park |
|
|
73-72--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 114. Matt Kuchar |
|
|
74-71--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 114. David Duval |
|
|
71-74--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 114. Jason Day |
|
|
77-68--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 114. Brett Rumford |
|
|
70-75--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 120. Brad Adamonis |
|
|
75-71--146 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 120. Tommy Armour III |
|
|
71-75--146 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 120. Eric Axley |
|
|
75-71--146 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 120. Phil Tataurangi |
|
|
73-73--146 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 124. Billy Andrade |
|
|
78-69--147 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 124. Y.E. Yang |
|
|
73-74--147 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 126. Andrew Buckle |
|
|
69-79--148 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 127. Lonny Alexander |
|
|
73-77--150 |
|
+ |
10 |
| WD. Robert Garrigus |
|
|
76-WD |
|
|
|
| WD. Marco Dawson |
|
|
79-WD |
|
|
|
| DQ. Ben Crane |
|
|
69-71-DQ |
|
|
|
| DQ. David Lutterus |
|
|
77-70-DQ |
|
|
|
| DQ. Brian Davis |
|
|
DQ |
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|
|
Posted: 10/12/2008
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