Colombia’s Camilo Villegas fired a seven-under-par 63 on Sunday to win the Wyndham Championship, claiming his fourth PGA Tour title and first since 2010.
Villegas posted his second seven-under round of the week at Sedgefield Country Club for a 17-under-par total of 263.
He finished one stroke in front of Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson and Bill Haas. Haas grabbed his share of second with a six-under 64, while Jacobson closed with a 66 for 264.
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It was Villegas’ first PGA Tour victory since the Honda Classic in March of 2010 and he admitted the long drought has weighed on him.
“I always work hard, I always grind and I love the game, but it starts getting on you and I feel a little lighter right now,” Villegas said. “What a great week. I’m happy to be here.”
Villegas, who had held the first-round lead after a 63 on Thursday, had fallen back after the second and third rounds, and teed of almost an hour before the leaders.
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He endured a nervous wait to see if any of those chasing him could at least force a playoff, but they all stumbled. Heath Slocum lost a share of the lead with a bogey at 17, then bogeyed 18 to complete a 67 that left him alone in fourth on 265.
The late hiccup in the PGA Tour’s last regular-season event dropped Slocum out of the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings who advance to the playoff series that starts on Thursday with the Barclays.
Jacobson had a share of the lead at the 18th tee, but also bogeyed the last.
Overnight leader Nick Watney needed a birdie at 18, but was out of bounds off the tee en route to a double-bogey. He closed with a 70 for 266, sharing fifth with former champions Brandt Snedeker and Webb Simpson, who both shot 67.
Villegas had four birdies and an eagle on the front nine and added a birdie on the par-five 15th.
That gave him a share of the lead and he was alone atop the leaderboard after Watney posted a three-putt bogey at the 14th.
“I had a few looks coming in and I thought I needed one more,” Villegas said when asked if he thought his score would be enough to win. “Even though that 18th hole is a tough hole, it just happened to work out my way.”
In the week’s other main storyline — the race to qualify for the FedEx Cup — England’s Paul Casey, who was 125th in the standings coming into the week tied for 18th to safely secure his Barclays berth.
South Korea’s Bae Sang-moon was the only player to move from outside the top 125 to inside on Sunday, finishing in a tie for 14th to move from 126 to 120 and keep his season going.
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