Monday 20 July 2015 09:37, UK
Scott Piercy carded a closing six-under-par 65 in Alabama to clinch the inaugural Barbasol Championship by three strokes.
The 36-year-old rolled in eight birdies over the Grand National course at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail to end a three-year wait for his third PGA Tour title.
The Las Vegan made four birdies in his opening six holes, as he reached the turn in 31 strokes to take a firm grip of the tournament.
Piercy had been joint leader after 54 holes with fellow American Ricky Barnes and, after clinching the winner's cheque for $630,000, admitted he had played nearly flawless golf all day.
He said: "I think I hit 17 greens and almost all the par-fives in two. So it's going to be hard to lose, I guess, when you do that.
"I had 17 birdie putts today and three eagle putts so I struck it awesome, awesome. I am really excited."
Play was held up on Sunday for more than hour due to the threat of lightning but it could not prevent Piercy from celebrating his fifth wedding anniversary in style.
He holed out from 57 feet at the second green and never looked back, as he posted back-to-back 65s.
His closest challenger was Alabama native Will Wilcox who birdied the last two holes for a 67 to finish in second spot.
As for Barnes, the co-leader after three rounds, he bogeyed each of the last two holes for a 70 to finish in a tie-for-third - five strokes off the pace.
But the day belonged to Piercy who could even afford the luxury of a three-putt bogey at 17 before securing his first title since winning the Canadian Open in July 2012.
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