American Lee Hodges won his first PGA Tour title in commanding fashion with a wire-to-wire victory in the 3M Open in Minnesota.
Hodges took a five-shot lead into the final round and carded two eagles in a closing 67 at TPC Twin Cities to finish 24 under par, seven strokes clear of compatriots JT Poston and Kevin Streelman and Scotland's Martin Laird.
Poston was three shots behind Hodges playing the par-five 18th, but went for the green in two and hit his second shot into the water in front of the green to run up a costly triple-bogey eight.
Hodges, who span his approach to the last back to within inches of the hole for a tap-in birdie, said: "This has been a dream week.
"I’ve got the best team in the whole world and they work so hard – I couldn’t do it without them."
Laird surged through the field with a closing 64 to record his first top 10 finish since the Barracuda Championship just over a year ago.
"This year's been a struggle," said Laird. "I started the season with an injury. You can kind of get yourself in a hole when you do that and my swing kind of changed because of it.
"In hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have played the first couple months of the season, but I did. I’ve kind of been trying to get my game back from there, because I finished last season pretty strongly.
"It’s been a battle. In this game when you’re struggling it seems like a long way to get back to where you know you can be. So I’m obviously very happy with this week."
