Heath Slocum fired a six-under-par 66 to complete a strong weekend and claim a two-shot victory in the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, the final official event on the PGA Tour.

While many golfers in the field were playing to get into the top 125 on the money list and earn an exemption for the 2006 season, Slocum had no such problems, having earned a two-year ride with his win at the 2004 Chrysler Classic of Tucson.

The 31-year-old native of Florida came into this event 67th on the money list and left with a cheque for £309,000 and the security of a tee time through 2007.

Coming off a 64 on Saturday, Slocum began the day tied with Loren Roberts, one shot behind third-round leader Joey Snyder III. His bogey-free round included five birdies on the front nine as he charged to the lead and held it coming in.

Slocum finished at 21-under 267, two strokes better than Roberts (68) and Carl Pettersson (67), both of whom collected £151,000 and got what they came for.

Roberts was 126th on the money list but gained an exemption for next season, which he likely will split between the PGA and Champions Tours. This week, he came up just short of joining Craig Stadler as the only players to win on both circuits in the same year.

Pettersson arrived here 43rd on the money list and climbed into the top 40, earning an invitation to the Masters in 2006.

Despite squandering an opportunity for his first career win, Snyder eclipsed seven figures for the season and is secure for next year. He shot a 70 to finish at 18-under 270, three shots back.

Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Southern Farm Bureau Classic, Annandale GC, United States of America (USA unless stated, par 72):

267 Heath Slocum 69 68 64 66

269 Loren Roberts 68 67 66 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 69 65 67

270 Joey Snyder III 67 68 65 70

271 Shaun Micheel 68 69 68 66, Tag Ridings 68 66 68 69, Woody Austin 69 69 67 66, Bob Tway 64 70 71 66, John Cook 69 65 71 66, Bo Van Pelt 66 69 71 65, Charlie Wi (Kor) 68 68 69 66

273 D.J. Trahan 69 69 70 65, Tom Pernice Jnr. 66 68 71 68, Mario Tiziani 69 68 69 67, Brett Wetterich 68 67 70 68, Rocco Mediate 70 66 71 66

274 Omar Uresti 70 67 72 65, Tom Byrum 66 70 68 70, Paul Gow (Aus) 67 70 67 70, Glen Day 68 70 69 67, Steve Stricker 69 68 69 68, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 73 67 67 67, Scott Gutschewski 71 67 68 68, Kevin Na (Kor) 66 68 74 66, Bob Heintz 69 70 67 68, Marco Dawson 68 69 68 69, Jonathan Byrd 65 69 72 68, Justin Bolli 70 69 68 67, Steve Lowery 69 69 70 66, Cameron Beckman 70 69 67 68

275 Kevin Stadler 71 65 66 73, Kirk Triplett 67 70 69 69, Frank Lickliter II 70 65 70 70, Jeff Brehaut 71 70 64 70

276 Franklin Langham 71 69 68 68, Craig Bowden 71 67 67 71, Brian Davis (Eng) 68 69 70 69, Dan Forsman 70 70 67 69, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 70 68 69 69

277 Tim Petrovic 72 69 70 66, Billy Andrade 70 69 71 67, Bob Estes 69 70 69 69, Steve Allan (Aus) 70 71 67 69

278 Chris Smith 71 66 74 67, Hunter Haas 70 68 70 70, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 69 68 70 71, Rob Rashell 70 70 69 69, J J Henry 69 71 69 69, Brett Quigley 70 68 70 70

279 Joey Sindelar 70 71 70 68, Brian Henninger 67 73 71 68, Mark Wilson 72 69 70 68, Bill Glasson 70 69 71 69, Danny Ellis 70 69 72 68

280 Tjaart Van der Walt (Rsa) 71 70 71 68, Tommy Armour III 68 72 72 68, Brad Lardon 68 69 72 71

281 Briny Baird 72 69 70 70, Darron Stiles 72 69 67 73, Gavin Coles (Aus) 71 68 67 75, Brian Bateman 71 70 75 65, Jeff Sluman 69 72 72 68, Casey Wittenberg 72 67 74 68

282 John E Morgan (Eng) 71 70 72 69, Charles Warren 69 70 71 72

283 Jay Delsing 72 68 69 74, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 71 68 76 68, Neal Lancaster 71 69 70 73, Jose Coceres (Arg) 69 71 68 75, Will MacKenzie 69 67 72 75

284 Roland Thatcher 71 70 72 71

285 Christopher Anderson 68 73 76 68, Jeff Hart 69 71 73 72

286 Ben Curtis 71 69 72 74

289 Mark Brooks 69 69 76 75