Starting the day T6, just 4 shots off the lead it wasn't quite the Sunday Nick Taylor had in mind after he walked off his 72nd hole with a bogey 6, but his final round 73 is good enough to T21 at -6, and in reflection it was a good week.
As it was for David Hearn who closed with -2 70, T13 at -7.
Hometown boy Patrick Reed opened with 65 on Thursday and was never in the lead but with a spectacular approach to the 595 yard 18th, from the rough, over trees and the creek guarding the green, leading to a birdie 4 69 -11 total, he certainly made the finish interesting.
It was Charley Hoffman who applied the coup de grace with a 9-foot birdie putt on the same hole to get to -12 and win the Valero Texas Open worth $1,116,000. It is his fourth PGA Tour victory.
It was another bitterly disappointing Sunday for third-round leader Ricky Barnes who was looking for his first PGA Tour win in 222 tries, but as is so often his case, he could only muster a 74 to finish T4 -9 with Kevin Chappell (68), Billy Herschel (70), Ryan Palmer (69) and Martin Piller (70).
Brendan Steele who led the first two rounds, had a 75 T13th at -7.
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