Carl Pettersson fell behind with seven holes left before roaring back to win the Wyndham Championship by two strokes on Sunday.

Pettersson, a North Carolina-based Swede, birdied the 13th, 15th and 16th holes before a meaningless bogey at the last to make 68 and finish at 21-under-par 259 for a tournament record low score and his third PGA Tour victory.

Scott McCarron, who took the lead after the 11th hole, shot 68 to claim second place on 19-under-par, with Rich Beem (63) another two strokes behind in third place.

Pettersson started the final round with a two-shot lead, but he was in danger of defeat after missing short putts to bogey the 10th and 11th holes.

But roared on by a supportive crowd in the city where he went to high school, he outplayed McCarron down the stretch.

Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 70):

259 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 64 61 66 68

261 Scott McCarron 65 64 64 68

263 Rich Beem 70 67 63 63

264 J J Henry 70 66 66 62, Martin Laird (Sco) 63 74 64 63

265 John Senden (Aus) 66 66 67 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 64 67 68 66, Kevin Streelman 66 64 67 68

266 Jerry Kelly 66 65 68 67, Michael Letzig 67 66 67 66, Briny Baird 67 68 62 69, Bob Sowards 65 66 68 67, Shane Bertsch 67 68 67 64, Mark Wilson 68 67 67 64

267 Vaughn Taylor 67 67 66 67, Justin Bolli 68 66 68 65, Scott Sterling 64 71 64 68, Lee Janzen 67 66 67 67, Garrett Willis 64 64 69 70

268 Kent Jones 66 68 65 69, Patrick Sheehan 66 71 65 66, Danny Lee (Nzl) 68 66 67 67, Lucas Glover 66 68 66 68, Jay Williamson 67 67 67 67, John Riegger 67 65 67 69

269 Paul Casey (Eng) 70 66 67 66, Zach Johnson 66 70 69 64, Jason Dufner 66 69 66 68, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 66 69 66

270 Y. E Yang (Kor) 67 69 66 68, David Lutterus (Rsa) 69 64 72 65, Bob Estes 71 66 67 66, Robert Garrigus 66 66 71 67, Jon Mills (Can) 68 69 65 68, Mark Brooks 68 66 68 68

271 Billy Andrade 66 69 67 69, Charles Warren 67 66 69 69, George McNeill 68 67 68 68, Stephen Poole 66 71 69 65, Marc Turnesa 69 68 65 69

272 Bob Tway 70 65 69 68, Charley Hoffman 68 69 66 69, Ben Crane 68 66 70 68, Eric Axley 67 69 64 72, Joe Ogilvie 69 68 68 67, David Toms 68 67 71 66, Glen Day 66 69 69 68

273 Mark Calcavecchia 67 69 70 67, Brian Gay 67 68 66 72

274 John Daly 70 67 66 71, Tom Byrum 71 66 68 69, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 68 69 70 67

275 Steve Marino 65 68 71 71, Jeff Maggert 66 70 70 69, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 67 70 71 67, Kyle Thompson 68 67 71 69, Cody Freeman 70 67 70 68, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 69 67 69 70, Bob Heintz 63 72 72 68

276 Joe Durant 67 69 70 70, Davis Love III 66 70 71 69, Jeff Gove 68 66 73 69, Todd Demsey 69 68 68 71, Bo Van Pelt 67 66 72 71, Ken Duke 65 71 71 69

277 Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 71 64 75 67, Mark Hensby (Aus) 66 66 75 70, Jason Gore 67 69 70 71

278 Dean Wilson 66 71 71 70, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 68 68 73 69, Douglas Labelle 70 67 70 71, Brandt Snedeker 66 68 74 70, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 66 69 69 74, Frank Lickliter II 68 68 71 71

279 Ted Purdy 68 68 71 72, Troy Matteson 69 67 70 73, Peter Lonard (Aus) 66 71 73 69

281 Billy Mayfair 67 68 71 75