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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Charley Hoffman made a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Valero Texas Open on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour victory.

The 39-year-old Hoffman closed with a 3-under 69 at TPC San Antonio for a one-stroke victory over Patrick Reed. Hoffman finished at 12-under 276 and earned $1,116,000.

Playing alongside Hoffman, Reed also birdied the par-5 18th for a 69. He missed birdie putts inside 8 feet on the par-3 16th and par-4 17th.

Reed, who was born in San Antonio, put the pressure on Hoffman with a tap-in birdie at the 18th after reaching the fringe on the 595-yard hole in two. His shot to the green came from the left-hand rough, and had to clear an oak tree and creek in front of the green.

Hoffman followed by hitting his third shot from a greenside bunker to set up his birdie.

Hoffman also won the 2007 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, 2010 Deutsche Bank Championship and 2015 OHL Classic at Mayakoba.

Chad Collins was a career-best third at 10 under after a 69. He birdied four of the last five holes.

SWINGING SKIRTS LPGA CLASSIC

DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) - Haru Nomura held on in strong wind to win the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic for her second LPGA Tour victory of the year.

The 23-year-old Japanese player closed with a 1-over 73 in steady 35-40 mph wind at Lake Merced to finish at 9-under 279 and beat South Africa's Lee-Anne Pace by four strokes.

Nomura won the Australian Women's Open in February, pulling away to beat top-ranked Lydia Ko by three strokes for her first LPGA Tour title.

Nomura was projected to jump from 36th to 23rd in world ranking. She joined Ko and Ha Na Jang as the only two-time winners this season.

Pace bogeyed the first five holes in a 74.

Ko shot a 75 on her 19th birthday to tie for sixth at 1 under. The New Zealander won the tournament the previous two years.

Michelle Wie withdrew because of neck spasms after playing the first 15 holes in 11 over. Wie was 16 over after opening with rounds of 73, 73 and 75.

BASS PRO SHOPS LEGENDS OF GOLF

RIDGEDALE, Mo. (AP) - Woody Austin and Michael Allen won the PGA Tour Champions' Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge, giving Austin two straight victories and three in the last four events on the 50-and-over tour.

Allen made an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory over David Frost and Roger Chapman. Austin and Allen shot a 6-under 48 in breezy conditions, playing nine holes of modified alternate shot and nine of better ball on the par-3 Top of the Rock course. They finished at 23-under 156.

Austin won the Tucson Conquistadores Classic last month in Arizona for his first senior title and took the Mitsubishi Electric Classic last week in a playoff in Georgia. Allen has eight senior titles.

Frost and Chapman also shot a 48.

Larry Nelson and Bruce Fleisher completed a wire-to-wire victory in the Legends Division for players 65 and older, beating John Bland and Graham Marsh by two strokes. Nelson and Fleisher shot a 4-under 23 in a better-ball nine to finish at 19-under 116. Bland and Marsh also had a 23.

SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL

SHENZHEN, China (AP) - South Korea's Lee Soo-min pulled away in a Monday finish to win the rain-interrupted Shenzhen International for his first European Tour victory.

The 22-year-old Lee completed a 1-under 71 at Genzon Golf Club for a two-stroke victory. He birdied the par-3 16th, eagled the par-5 17th and bogeyed the par-4 18th to finish at 16-under 272.

Lee was tied with England's Lee Slattery and France's Alexander Levy when play was suspended Sunday.

Dutchman Joost Luiten and South Africa's Brandon Stone tied for second, each shooting 68.

Slattery and Levy each shot 71 to tie for fourth at 13 under with Australia's Scott Hend. Hend closed with a 66 on Sunday.

Bubba Watson shot a 66 on Sunday to tie for eighth at 10 under.

EL BOSQUE MEXICO CHAMPIONSHIP

LEON, Mexico (AP) - Wesley Bryan won the El Bosque Mexico Championship for his second Web.com Tour title of the year, shooting a 5-under 67 for a four-stroke victory.

Bryan finished at 19-under 269 at El Bosque and earned $117,000 to jump from second to first on the money list with $260,820, more than enough to wrap up a PGA Tour card for next season.

The 26-year-old former University of South Carolina player won the Chitimacha Louisiana Open last month for his first tour title.

Third-round leader Brad Fritsch, the Canadian coming off a victory two weeks ago in the Servientrega Championship in Colombia, had a 73 to tie for second with Richy Werenski. Werenski closed with a 66.

GUARDIAN RETIREMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Brittany Altomare won the Guardian Retirement Championship at windy Sara Bay, beating Denmark's Nicole Broch Larsen with a birdie on the fifth hole of a playoff.

Altomare closed with a 2-under 70 to match Broch Larsen at even-par 70. Broch Larsen had a 75.

After Altomare and Broch Larsen each parred the par-5 18th four times before Altomare broke through for her first career victory with a 4-foot birdie putt.

The 25-year-old former University of Virginia player from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, earned $16,500. She expects to play in the next six LPGA Tour events are gaining status at the money-list reshuffle.

Thailand's Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong was third at 3 over after a 70.

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