Chappell edges Koepka to win the Texas Open
san antonio» Kevin Chappell made an 8-foot putt on the final hole to win the Texas Open by one stroke on Sunday.
Chappell shot a 4-under-par 68 in the final round to finish at 12-under for the tournament, edging Brooks Koepka at TPC San Antonio to earn his first PGA Tour victory in his 180th career start.
“A big relief,” the 30-year-old Chappell said. “There’s been quite the monkey on my back for some time now about getting that first win. And to take that off and not have to answer those questions anymore is nice.”
Koepka, a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team last year, was looking for his second PGA Tour win. He had the best round of the day at 7-under 65. Before Chappell came down the 18th hole, Koepka had birdied the hole with a 3-foot putt to tie him.
“It’s hard to win out here — everybody knows that,” Koepka said. “I’m knocking on the door to get my second win. It’s nice for Kevin to get his first win.”
Second-round co-leader Tony Finau got in a position to tie
Koepka when he birdied four of five holes on the back nine. But his par-bogey finish left him to settle for a final-round 69 and a third-place tie with Kevin Tway (69) at 9-under.
Australian Aaron Baddeley fired 68 to finish fourth at 8-under.
Brian Gay (70), Sung Kang (68), Ryan Palmer (71) and Cameron Smith (71) were tied for sixth at 7-under, five shots behind Chappell.
Other tournaments.
Bernd Wiesberger was crowned the Shenzhen International champion after beating Tommy Fleetwood in a play-off. The Austrian was in control heading into the final day in China, holding a three-shot lead, but could not have envisaged the kind of performance Fleetwood was to produce. Eight shots behind at the start of his final round, he carded a 63 to level with Wiesberger to ensure a trip to the last hole in the rain. … Carlos Franco and Vijay Singh teamed to shoot a course-record 12-under to rally from seven shots behind and win the PGA Tour Champions’ Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf. … D.H. Lee won the Web.com United Leasing & Finance Championship by one stroke at 6-under282.