Justin Rose claimed a share of second place - his first top-two finish on the PGA Tour - after a closing 68 at the Valero Texas Open.

The 26-year-old finished alongside Americans Dean Wilson and Anthony Kim on 12-under-par 268. Kim, 21, was remarkably playing his first event on the main US tour.

While Wilson shot 69, Kim a dazzling 65 and Rose 68 on the final day, winner Eric Axley followed two successive rounds of 63 with a one-over-par 71.

However he still won by three shots, having started the day leading by four, and the Knoxville, Tennessee resident claimed his first PGA Tour title at the age of 32.

Axley's win was made remarkable by the fact he had never previously had a top-20 finish on the PGA Tour.

This is his rookie season, and in 24 events in 2006 before this weekend he made only 11 cuts.

Rose had two previous third-place finishes in the United States to his name - both last year at the Buick Championship and Funai Classic - however he missed out on selection for the Ryder Cup.

Bernard Langer, captain of Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team two years ago at Oakland Hills, perhaps had his mind on events at the K Club as his tournament ended with a round of 74.

The 49-year-old German was threatening to cause a major shock after the second round, when he moved to within two shots of the lead.

However a third round of 69 did him few favours, and his closing round was easily his worst of the week, dropping him into a share of 21st place.

American Shaun Micheel, runner-up to Paul Casey at the World Match Play Championship seven days previously, finished on level par on four under, while England's Brian Davis closed with 69 for a three-over total of 283.

Collated fourth round scores and totals in the USPGA Valero Texas Open, LaCantera GC, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 70):

265 Eric Axley 68 63 63 71

268 Dean Wilson 66 67 66 69, Anthony Kim 69 68 66 65, Justin Rose (Eng) 64 71 65 68

269 Chris Riley 70 64 64 71, Frank Lickliter II 67 66 65 71

270 David McKenzie (Aus) 65 68 68 69

271 Charley Hoffman 66 67 67 71, Paul Goydos 69 63 69 70

272 Jose Coceres (Arg) 68 73 68 63, Harrison Frazar 69 66 70 67

273 Cameron Beckman 66 68 71 68, Steve Flesch 72 67 67 67, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 72 69 66 66

275 D.A. Points 65 66 72 72, Kent Jones 69 71 65 70, Bob Estes 72 67 65 71, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 67 69 69 70, Brandt Jobe 69 67 65 74, Danny Ellis 68 69 65 73

276 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 65 69 74, Dudley Hart 69 69 69 69, Robert Gamez 69 69 69 69, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 71 70 67 68, Brian Gay 69 67 71 69, Ted Purdy 65 69 64 78, J.P. Hayes 70 67 66 73, Fred Funk 69 71 66 70, Steve Elkington (Aus) 70 71 68 67

277 Jonathan Kaye 68 70 67 72, Marco Dawson 68 73 66 70, Bart Bryant 69 69 66 73, Larry Mize 70 69 68 70, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 69 71 72 65, Bob Tway 67 68 70 72, D.J. Trahan 70 70 67 70

278 Justin Leonard 67 71 68 72, Paul Stankowski 70 69 68 71, Greg Kraft 70 69 72 67, Olin Browne 71 70 68 69, Wes Short jr. 69 70 66 73, David Frost (Rsa) 70 67 72 69

279 Hunter Mahan 70 71 69 69, Jerry Kelly 70 71 66 72, Gary Hallberg 68 72 67 72, Tjaart Van der Walt (Rsa) 70 68 70 71, Robert Damron 72 67 66 74, John Senden (Aus) 71 69 66 73, Brent Geiberger 69 71 70 69

280 Patrick Sheehan 70 68 72 70, Alex Cejka (Ger) 64 73 67 76, Mike Sposa 74 66 68 72, Shaun Micheel 71 69 69 71, Rocco Mediate 71 68 71 70, Briny Baird 70 71 69 70, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 66 73 72 69, Nicholas Thompson 69 70 72 69

281 Brian Henninger 70 70 69 72, Bubba Dickerson 69 67 75 70

282 Ryan Palmer 67 72 72 71, Jimmy Walker 70 71 72 69, Dicky Pride 68 73 70 71, Scott Gump 68 68 70 76, Michael Connell 70 69 69 74, Ronald Whittaker 71 69 70 72, Bob Burns 65 71 72 74

283 Brian Davis (Eng) 70 71 73 69, John Rollins 73 66 73 71, Jeff Overton 69 70 67 77, David Duval 67 73 72 71

286 Omar Uresti 71 68 72 75, Guy Boros 70 70 67 79, Mark Wilson 68 71 67 80

287 Ryan Hietala 67 73 69 78

289 Donnie Hammond 73 68 75 73, Chris Smith 72 68 68 81

291 Blaine McCallister 68 71 77 75

296 Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 73 67 77 79