Loren Roberts made four birdies over a five-hole stretch on the back nine to
win the Texas Open by three strokes - his first victory on the PGA Tour in more
than two years.
Roberts fired a bogey-free six-under-par 64 at the LaCantera Golf Club for his
eighth career victory and first since the 2000 Greater Milwaukee Open.
The 563,000 US dollar first prize boosted his earnings to 1,642,756 and moved
him into 30th place on the money list, which would secure a spot in the
lucrative season-ending Tour Championship.
Roberts' 72-hole total of 19-under 261 was three shots better than former
Masters champion Fred Couples, Fred Funk and Garrett Willis.
Couples and Funk matched Roberts' 64 while Willis shot his second straight
66.
Collated final scores from the Valero Texas Open, LA Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas (USA unless stated, Par 70):
261 Loren Roberts 67 63 67 64
264 Garrett Willis 71 61 66 66, Fred Couples 68 67 65 64, Fred Funk 68 68 64
64
266 Pat Perez 68 62 69 67, Kenneth Staton 70 67 65 64, Joel Edwards 66 68 67
65, JL Lewis 70 67 65 64, Shaun Micheel 68 64 70 64
267 Matt Peterson 69 62 67 69, Brian Gay 67 64 69 67, Bob Tway 67 64 67 69,
Bob Estes 68 67 66 66
268 Jeff Gove 67 67 67 67, Stephen Allan (Aus) 67 67 69 65, Kelly Gibson 70 68
65 65, Frank Lickliter II 64 69 65 70
269 Tripp Isenhour 68 65 69 67, Luke Donald (Gbr) 71 64 68 66, Phil Tataurangi
(Nzl) 70 66 65 68, John Huston 64 68 69 68
270 Brad Elder 70 67 69 64, Notah Begay III 69 69 64 68, Andrew Magee 67 64 68
71
271 Tom Kite 67 68 69 67, DA Weibring 65 67 71 68, Gabriel Hjertstedt (Swe) 68
70 67 66, Jim McGovern 70 68 67 66
272 John Senden (Aus) 70 68 69 65, Jeff Brehaut 67 65 70 70, Dave Rummells 71
64 72 65, Woody Austin 69 68 69 66, Steve Elkington (Aus) 68 66 69 69
273 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 67 70 68 68, JJ Henry 70 65 68 70, Hank Kuehne 68 70
67 68, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 70 66 70 67, Jay Williamson 71 65 69 68, Mark Brooks
66 66 70 71, Robert Gamez 63 69 69 72
274 Ben Crane 69 68 71 66, Kaname Yokoo (Jpn) 69 67 67 71, Jay Don Blake 69 67
68 70
275 Jess Daley 67 70 70 68, Brandt Jobe 69 67 70 69, Grant Waite (Nzl) 69 69
64-73, Bo Van Pelt 70 68 65 72, Dave Barr (Can) 72 65 71 67, Donnie Hammond 67
69 72-67
276 John Riegger 69 65 71 71, Tommy Armour III 70 67 71 68, David Berganio Jr
69 69 70 68
277 Eduardo Herrera (Col) 70 68 66 73, David Gossett 71 67 66 73, Chad
Campbell 69 65 72 71, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 66 65 73 73, Stan Utley 70 67 70 70,
Guy Boros 68 70 67 72, Jay Haas 70 63 71 73, Lee Porter 69 66 73 69
279 Tim Petrovic 72 66 71 70, Paul Gow (Aus) 71 67 69 72, David Morland IV
(Can) 66 68 71 74, Paul Stankowski 67 70 68 74, Bob Burns 69 69 72 69
280 Spike McRoy 67 71 68 74
281 Rich Beem 69 68 74 70, Chris Smith 70 67 72 72, Bradley Hughes (Aus) 67 69
71 74
282 Esteban Toledo (Mex) 70 68 72 72
283 Paul Goydos 68 68 70 77
286 Brian Bateman 68 69 71 78
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