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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