Streelman secures maiden victory

US Tour
  • March 18, 2013

Kevin Streelman staved off the challenge of Boo Weekly to take the Tampa Bay Championship title, his first on the PGA Tour.

Weekly fired an incredible eight-under-par 63 to set an early victory target of eight-under, with Streelman beginning the day on six-under.

Birdies at the first and third saw Streelman edge toward victory, but he had to wait until the 13th to take the outright lead. A further birdie at 17 made the victory all but safe and the 34-year-old made no mistake on the 18th.

“Always had a dream of getting here,” Streelman said of his victory. “And so to get this is the culmination of a lot of hard work and a lot of time spent late into the evening, and getting up early in the morning. And it’s really a dream come true.

“Hopefully, we can do it again,” he added. “This is a lot of fun.”

Weekly finished two shots back with his late charge just not enough to take him over the line. Cameron Tringle was a further shot back on seven-under.

Justin Leonard was in contention heading into the final straight, but bogeys at 16 and 18 saw the former Open champion forced to settle for a share of fourth with Luke Donald and Greg Chalmers.

Sergio Garcia and Jim Furyk were part of a seven-man group tied for seventh on five-under.

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