PGA Tour - Shell Houston Open

Jim Herman won’t be getting on that 8:42 p.m. flight bound for Fort Lauderdale.

Instead of heading home, he’s headed to Augusta National thanks to his one-shot victory at the Shell Houston Open.

“It’s a whirlwind. This is crazy,” Herman said. “I’ve dreamt of this for a long time and now it’s here. I’m going to enjoy it.

“We’ll get our daughter out of school and they’ll be up at Augusta next week.”

Herman, 38, beat a strong field at the Golf Club of Houston to earn his first PGA TOUR victory. Henrik Stenson, a former FedExCup champion and the world’s seventh-ranked player, finished second and Dustin Johnson, a nine-time TOUR winner and No. 9 in the World Ranking, was another shot back.

Herman, on the other hand, had never held the 54-hole lead on the PGA TOUR. His best finish in 105 previous TOUR starts? A tie for fourth at last year’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, one of just five top-10s in his career. He’d never entered a final round higher than fifth on the leaderboard.

He began Sunday at the Golf Club of Houston tied with Jamie Lovemark for the lead, and he played like someone familiar with front-running. Stenson, Dustin Johnson and two-time TOUR winner Russell Henley were just one shot back at the start of the day. Jordan Spieth, who will defend his Masters title next week, lurked five shots back and made birdie on five of Sunday’s first seven holes to leap onto the leaderboard.

Web.com – Brasil Champions presented by Embrase

Andrew Svoboda birdied the 72nd hole to win the Brasil Champions presented by Embrase, the third Web.com Tour victory of his career. The 36-year-old from New Rochelle, New York, fired a final-round 67 and posted 23-under 261, good enough for a one-shot win over playing partner Bhavik Patel (67).

Svoboda collected a first-prize check worth $126,000 and moves into the third spot on the Tour's money list.

“This gives me new life to get back on the PGA TOUR,” said Svoboda, a two-time Tour graduate. “I have a pretty good chance to get my card if I play well the rest of the year.”

Svoboda was on cruise control early on with a front-nine 31. Heading into the second nine the St. John’s University alum saw his lead vanish when Patel birdied holes 10 and 11. Feeling the pressure of being in contention, Svoboda made two costly bogeys at 14 and 15.

“All of a sudden I wasn’t feeling so good,” said Svoboda. “I missed two 3-footers in a row.”

Svoboda felt lucky to be just one back heading into the par-4, finishing hole. He pulled his tee shot left but got a good break when his ball kicked into the fairway. With a perfect angle and an ideal number to attack the pin, the six-year pro went flag hunting and hit a 9-iron from 165 yards to six feet.

“That pin, that hole, you have to be in the fairway to control that ball,” said Svoboda, who almost holed the short-iron shot for eagle. “I hit an unbelievable 9-iron, but I got lucky to win it with one swing.”

Asian Development Tour – Charming Yeangder ADT

Thai hotshot Pavit Tangkamolprasert held off local hero Lin Wen-tang on the fourth play-off hole to claim his fifth Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the Charming Yeangder ADT on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Thai signed for a five-under-par 67 after closing with three straight birdies to force extra time with Lin, who returned with a 69, as the duo were tied on 20-under-par 268 total in regulation play at the scenic National Golf and Country Club.

The duo returned to the par-four 18 for the play-off battle where both of them birdied the first two play-off holes and shot matching pars on the third before Pavit outplayed Lin with a birdie against a par on the fourth and final hole.

“I didn’t expect to win. I thought I just play my own game but the turning point came on the 16 after I birdied. I went on to sink a 15-footer for another birdie on 17 which gave me the confidence heading into the last.

“I think I got lucky in the play-off too. Both Lin and I were very tired actually, having to walk up the 18hole so many times,” said Pavit, the 2014 ADT Order of Merit champion.

“It’s been a while since I last won on the ADT. My last ADT win was in Chinese Taipei in 2014. I think I love this place a lot now,” added Pavit, who took home the winner’s prize purse of US$26,250 and received six Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points courtesy of his win.