TEXAS--Brian Harman finished with a clunky 3-over-par 75 in the final round of the Valero Texas Open on Sunday, but it was good enough to win the tournament at TPC San Antonio.
Harman's fourth career PGA Tour victory came as he coped with wind gusts exceeding 30 mph. He began the last round at the resort's Oaks Course with a three-shot lead, and that was the final margin as he posted 9-under 279 for the four rounds.
Ryan Gerard (69) placed second after a strong final round. Andrew Novak (76) struggled down the stretch, with a putt short on the last hole resulting in his seventh bogey and leaving him in a tie for third place with Maverick McNealy (72) at 5 under. Seven golfers tied for fifth place at 4 under.
Harman, a left-hander, had to endure a rough stretch, with bogeys on Nos. 4 and 6 before a double-bogey 6 on the ninth hole. He saved par from a greenside bunker on No. 10 and then posted birdies on two of the next four holes to regain control.
Novak hung in contention, but bogeys on the 15th and 17th holes put him in a bind.
Gerard made a big push to close within two shots after trailing by nine strokes when the day began. He teed off more than an hour prior to Harman.
