Kuchar hangs on

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Matt Kuchar ended more than four years without a PGA Tour victory Sunday by closing with a 2-under-par 69 and holding up through a few nervous moments down the stretch to win the Mayakoba Golf Classic.

Kuchar had a four-shot lead going into the final round. But after making two bogeys over the first 67 holes in the tournament, he made bogeys on Nos. 14 and 15 at El Camaleon Golf Club, and his lead shrunk to one shot when Danny Lee made a 20-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the 16th hole.

Lee finished with two pars for a 65.

Kuchar still wasn’t entirely in the clear. His 15-foot birdie attempt rolled about 3 1/2 feet by the hole on No. 17, and he had to make that for par. And on the 18th, he left his 30-foot birdie putt about three feet short and had to roll that in to win by one shot. He finished at 22-under 262.

“I didn’t want a three-footer on the last hole,” Kuchar said. “I was hoping to have a three or four-shot lead for some wiggle room. But man, that felt awfully good.”

The 40-year-old Kuchar had gone 115 starts on the PGA Tour since his last victory in the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head in April 2014.

Chattanooga’s Stephan Jaeger (68) tied for 16th at 14 under, with fellow Baylor School graduates Keith Mitchell (73) and Harris English (73) tying for 65th at 2 under and 68th at par, respectively.