SAN ANTONIO — Kevin Chappell made an 8-foot putt on the final hole to win the Valero Texas Open by one stroke on Sunday.

Chappell had a 4-under 68 in the final round to finish at 12 under for the tournament, edging Brooks Koepka at TPC San Antonio to earn his first PGA Tour victory in his 180th career start.

“A big relief,” the 30-year-old Chappell said. “There’s been quite the monkey on my back for some time now about getting that first win. And to take that off and not have to answer those questions anymore is nice.”

Koepka, a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team last year, was looking for his second PGA Tour win. He had the best round of the day at 7-under 65. Before Chappell came down the 18th hole, Koepka birdied the hole with a 3-foot putt to tie him.

“It’s hard to win out here – everybody knows that,” Koepka said. “I’m knocking on the door to get my second win. It’s nice for Kevin to get his first win. That’s pretty cool.”

Second-round co-leader Tony Finau birdied four of five holes on the back nine, but his par-bogey finish left him with a 69 and a third-place tie with Kevin Tway (69) at 9-under.

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Australian Aaron Baddeley shot 68 to finish fourth at 8 under.

EUROPEAN TOUR: Austrian Bernd Wiesberger sank a 5-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat England’s Tommy Fleetwood and win the Shenzhen International in China.

Wiesberger went into the final round with a three-shot lead and was eight shots ahead of Fleetwood, but the Englishman shot a 63 to finish tied at 16 under.

CHAMPIONS TOUR: Carlos Franco and Vijay Singh teamed to shoot a course-record 12-under par and rally from seven shots behind to win the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf in Ridgedale, Missouri.

Franco and Singh finished at 15 under in the rain-shortened 36-hole tournament, holding off a trio of teams that finished a stroke back.

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