Landry lands breakthrough PGA Tour title
SAN ANTONIO: Andrew Landry held off Trey Mullinax in a battle of Americans seeking their first PGA Tour title on Sunday to win the Texas Open by two strokes.
Landry, a 30-year-old Texan, closed with seven consecutive pars but needed to escape a last-hole drama before taking his breakthrough victory with a final-round four-under par 68 to finish 72 holes on 17-under 271 at TPC San Antonio.
“A lot of hard work,” Landry said. “Today was a grind.”
Mullinax settled for a share of second with countryman Sean O’Hair on 273 with American Jimmy Walker fourth on 274 and two-time major winner Zach Johnson fifth, another stroke adrift.
Landry led by one stroke at the 17th tee and two-putted for par from 53 feet while Mullinax botched his second shot, plunking it 10 feet into a bunker as he tried to reach an elevated green, and made bogey to fall two back entering the par-5 18th.
Mullinax left himself a nine-foot birdie putt while Landry needed to two-putt from 50 feet for the victory but rolled his first putt eight feet past the cup.
Brief tension over a possible two-shot swing ended when Mullinax missed his birdie putt and seconds later, Landry sank his par putt to clinch the title.
“I didn’t hit that great a wedge shot,” Landry said of his approach. “But I made it in the hole.”
LEADING FINAL ROUND SCORES
(Par-72, USA unless noted) 271 — Andrew Landry 69-67-67-68
273 — Sean O’Hair 72-70-65-66, Trey Mullinax 74-68-62-69
274 — Jimmy Walker 71-69-67-67
275 — Zach Johnson 70-65-68-72
276 — Joaquin Niemann (CHI) 72-70-67-67