SAN ANTONIO — Rookie Brendan Steele shot a 1-under-par 71 on Sunday, overcoming relentless wind and fellow first-year PGA Tour player Kevin Chappell to win the Texas Open by a stroke.
The leader by one heading into the final round, the 28-year-old Steele stayed steady throughout the day and finished at 8-under.
“I was a lot more calm today,” Steele said. “When you’ve got the one-shot lead, it’s not even your tournament. There’s so many guys that could still win with a good round, without you even doing anything wrong, that I didn’t feel as much pressure.”
The tournament had the tour’s highest scoring average this year — 73.67.
Chappell (70) and Charley Hoffman (68) tied for second, while Brandt Snedeker (71) was fourth.
Cook outlasts Blake
LUTZ, Fla. — John Cook birdied the first playoff hole to win the Champions Tour Outback Steakhouse Pro- Am, edging Jay Don Blake.
Cook (73—204) had a two-stroke lead over Blake (70) before making a double bogey on the 18th hole after Blake birdied.
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