Justin Leonard made a 10-foot birdie putt on the third play-off hole to edge out overnight leader Jesper Parnevik and win the Texas Open on Sunday.

Leonard, who won the event in 2000 and 2001 at LaCantera Golf Club, joins Arnold Palmer as the only three-time winners of the Texas Open.

Parnevik, who lead for the first three rounds, entered Sunday with a three-shot lead but could only manage a one-under-par 69 on Sunday, while Leonard closed with a final round five-under 65 to join the Swede at 19-under-par and force extra holes.

"When I came back in 2002 to try and win for the third straight time, I remember a lot of the talk was trying to join Arnold Palmer, " said Leonard said. "Since then I haven't really had a chance to win down here and I didn't think about it today, which is probably a good thing, but it's great company to be in."

Leonard had a chance to win on the final hole of regulation but his 15-footer slid just left of the hole. He missed from six feet for the win on the second extra hole but converted his next opportunity after Parnevik came up a foot short on a 30-footer for birdie.

The victory was Leonard's 11th PGA Tour title and first since the 2005 St. Jude Classic with his best finish on tour prior to Sunday was a tie for second at the Buick Open.

"At 16 I had a good putt at it. I hit an OK putt but it just broke a little more than I thought and then finally got one to fall at 17," added Leonard. "I had straight downgrain, there was nothing really to worry about. I just need to get it started on a decent line and I was able to do that."

Swedes Mathias Gronberg shot a final round 69 and Daniel Chopra shot a 66 to tie for third at 16-under-par, while Heath Slocum fired a sizzling 62 to finish fifth a further two shots adrift.

"I had to dig pretty deep today because I got off to - I didn't get off to a bad start, I couldn't get any momentum going all on the front nine," said Parnevik. "I wanted to win but the tough thing is to actually get into position. So I'm happy about that, that I actually got to feel it again because it's been awhile."

Collated final scores (USA unless stated, par 70):

261 Justin Leonard 65 67 64 65 (Leonard won at the third play-off hole. )

261 Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 61 65 66 69

264 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 65 69 64 66, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 65 65 65 69

266 Heath Slocum 69 65 70 62

267 Dean Wilson 68 67 66 66, Chris Stroud 69 65 64 69, J J Henry 71 65 67 64, Dan Forsman 65 68 67 67, Ryan Armour 67 67 64 69

268 Charley Hoffman 67 68 66 67, Chris Riley 66 68 67 67, Bo Van Pelt 69 67 65 67, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 65 68 65 70

269 Nick Watney 67 70 66 66, Chad Campbell 66 68 65 70, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 65 66 73 65, Ken Duke 69 66 68 66, John Mallinger 68 70 65 66

270 Tim Petrovic 70 65 67 68

271 Robert Gamez 65 71 67 68, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 66 65 71 69, John Merrick 67 71 66 67

272 Marco Dawson 66 73 68 65, DJ Brigman 69 66 66 71

273 Andrew Buckle (Aus) 69 69 70 65, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 69 69 69 66, Cameron Beckman 67 68 69 69, Kyle Reifers 69 66 70 68, Greg Owen 70 68 67 68, Tom Pernice Jnr. 70 69 66 68, Alex Cejka (Ger) 72 65 68 68

274 Bart Bryant 66 70 74 64, Ryan Palmer 67 71 69 67, Neal Lancaster 65 71 69 69, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 71 66 69 68

275 Bob Estes 70 66 67 72, Steve Lowery 68 70 71 66, Scott Gutschewski 68 67 71 69, Ted Purdy 68 70 66 71, Carlos Franco (Par) 68 66 71 70, Bob Heintz 66 69 67 73, Bob Tway 65 72 70 68

276 Anthony Kim 72 65 69 70, Eric Axley 67 70 67 72, Glen Day 67 72 67 70, Jim Rutledge (Can) 68 70 70 68, Stephen Ames (Can) 72 66 66 72

277 Brian Davis 72 65 68 72, Jeff Overton 68 70 68 71, Colt Knost 71 68 68 70, Craig Lile (Rsa) 69 70 69 69, Gavin Coles (Aus) 66 69 69 73, Michael Boyd 70 69 67 71, Jay Delsing 69 70 67 71, Matt Hendrix 65 71 73 68, Corey Pavin 66 71 73 67, Briny Baird 71 66 74 66

278 Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 66 69 71, Paul Gow (Aus) 70 68 69 71, Tom Johnson 68 71 67 72, Tom Byrum 66 70 70 72, Jay Williamson 70 67 71 70

279 Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 68 70 69 72, Jeff Gove 69 66 73 71, Garrett Willis 69 68 69 73, Bob May 72 67 67 73

280 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 67 71 72 70, Douglas Labelle 68 68 72 72

281 Michael Sim (Aus) 68 71 69 73

282 Rich Beem 68 71 71 72, Jeff Brehaut 68 70 72 72, Bryce Molder 69 68 72 73

283 Tripp Isenhour 66 73 74 70, Frank Lickliter II 68 69 75 71

287 David Branshaw 70 69 78 70

288 Bubba Dickerson 66 70 74 78

290 Spike McRoy 72 67 72 79