LOS ANGELES: Jim Herman finally earned that elusive second PGA title of his career, winning the Barbasol Golf Championship by one stroke over Kelly Kraft who stumbled to the finish with two bogeys down the stretch.
Herman’s only other win on the PGA Tour came three years ago when he captured the Houston Open by one shot over Henrik Stenson of Sweden.
“The last couple of years have been a little lean. A lot of missed cuts. I never lost hope. I always wanted to win a second one. I didn’t want to just have Houston,” said Herman, who shot a final round two-under 70.
He rolled in three birdies and had one bogey on Sunday to finish with a 26-under 262 total on the Keene Trace Golf Club course in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
Kraft was in contention on the back nine until he made back-to-back bogeys on 16 and 17 which left Herman needing just a par on the par-four 18 to take the title.
Herman cooly landed his approach on the green then two putted for the victory.
“If you are not making birdies you are going to be chasing,” Herman said. “We just held off everyone else. It was just the two of us coming down stretch he made a couple of mistakes.”
Kraft shot a 70 while Austria’s Sepp Straka made a late charge but finished two shots back in sole third place after a six-under 66.
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