PGA Tour Valero Texas Open final scoreboard http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=pga
Before Sunday's final round we talked about the all Texas showdown between Jordan Speith and Jimmy Walker who held a 4 shot lead. In the end they both shot 70, no blood in golfing terms, and Jimmy wrapped up a fine 3 weeks at home with a nice Sunday walk in his local park that is TPC San Antonio, still 4 shots clear of Speith and 7 clear of Billy Horschel.
Both Walker and Speith opened in the wind on Thursday with 71's but the elder gained 2 shots both Friday and Saturday and that was the difference.
Ten players finished under par, with the Oaks Course playing the toughest on the PGA Tour this season with a 74.581 stroke average, more than two shots over par. The previous high was PGA National's Champion course at 1.832 over par for the Honda Classic.
Walker a late bloomer who didn't win in 9 years on tour won the Sony Open in Hawaii by nine shots in January and now has a tour-best five victories in the past two seasons. He and Spieth will move to career highs in the world ranking, with Spieth going from 6th to 4th and Walker from 13th to 10th.
The other headliner besides Speith coming into the week Phil Mickelson, looking for some momentum heading to the Masters, closed with a 76 to drop into a T30 at +4
Next week it's the Shell Houston Open...
Bryan Angus (notes from BBC Reuters AP CP.)
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