Andrew Landry, a native of Port Neches, Texas, claimed his first victory on the PGA Tour when he became the 13th native Texan to win the Valero Texas Open.
The 30-year-old Landry sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the last hole to cap a 4-under-par 68 and win by two strokes over Trey Mullinax and Sean O’Hair on the Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.
“It was a lot of hard work,” said Landry, who won the 2015 Cartagena de Indias Championship and the 2017 Bahamas Great Abaco Championship on the Web.com Tour. “Today was a grind, especially on he back nine. That was a good two-putt (from 57 feet on the last hole), but I’ll take it.
“My goal this year is to make the (season-ending) Tour Championship and there’s still a lot of work to do, but this is a big step. … It’s really cool. To win so close to home means a lot.”
Landry, who lost to Jon Rahm of Spain on the fourth hole of a playoff earlier this year in the CareerBuilder Challenge in the California desert, recorded a 72-hole score of 17-under 271.
Other Texans to win the tournament, that dates to 1922, were Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, Ben Crenshaw, John Mahaffey, Jack Burke Jr., Bill Rogers, Justin Leonard, Bob Estes, Bart Bryant, Blaine McCallister and Jimmy Walker.
O’Hair birdied the last two holes, holing out from 55 feet at No. 18, to complete a 66, and Mullinax, who shot 62 in round three, was only one back before a bogey at No. 17 while carding a 69.
Jimmy Walker, who lives in San Antonio and won his hometown event three years ago, birdied the last two holes for a 67 to finish three behind in fourth, while Zach Johnson, who won the Texas Open in 2008 and 2009, was one more down in fifth after a 72.
Joaquin Niemann of Chile, formerly the No. 1-ranked amateur in the world, birdied the last three holes for a 67 to finish five shots back in solo sixth in his pro debut, followed another stroke behind by Ryan Moore in seventh following 72.
Andrew Putnam, who played at Pepperdine, made a nine-foot birdie putt on the last hole to close with a 69 and wind up seven down in a tie for ninth with Kevin Streelman, who had four birdies on the back nine in a 67, and Chris Kirk, who came in at 71.
Defending champion Kevin Chappell of Fresno and UCLA tied for 30th after a 74.
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