Schulz Gets First PGA Win With 66

Ted Schulz always thought he could play on the PGA tour. On Sunday the 29-year-old from Louisville, Ky., was convinced.

Schulz shot a four-under-par 66 to win his first PGA tournament, the $400,000 Southern Open, by one shot over Tim Simpson and Jay Haas.

“I knew one day it would work out,” Schulz said. “I just had to give myself some time.”

Simpson, playing nearly an hour ahead of Schulz, fired a 63 to post a 267 total. Schulz, two shots off the lead at the start of play, gained a share of the lead at No. 10 and took the lead with a birdie on No. 17.

Haas fell two shots behind with a bogey on No. 14 and birdied the final hole to close with a 68.