Rookie Herron Gets Wire-to-Wire Victory

Not even a steady rain bothered Tim Herron, who shot a three-under-par 69 on Sunday to win the Honda Classic at Coral Springs, Fla.

With his four-stroke victory, Herron became the first PGA rookie to win wire-to-wire in 13 years.

Nice Price was the last rookie to lead from start to finish when he won the World Series of Golf in 1983. The last wire-to-wire winner by anyone was Bob Estes in the 1994 Texas Open.

Herron finished at 17-under 271 and won $234,000, more than three times his earnings from the Nike Tour last year when he finished 25th on the money list.

It was the first professional victory for Herron, 26, who got his PGA card by finishing 12th in the qualifying tournament. He won in only his seventh PGA event, the same number Phil Mickelson had played before he won his first tour event as an amateur.

“My goal was to move up in the shuffle, to make the top 125 [on the money list],” Herron said. “I tried to make modest goals. This makes me feel like my game belongs out here.”

Mark McCumber shot a 69 and finished second at 275.

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Lee Trevino shot a one-under-par 71 for a five-stroke victory in the inaugural Australian PGA Seniors at Canberra.

“I told my caddie before we started that 72 would be a good round today because of the difficult wind,” said Trevino, who had a six-under 282 total on the Gold Creek Country Club course.

“All I had to do was keep it on the fairway and if I shot par the person behind me would have to shoot 66 to win.”

Trevino made 12 consecutive pars before a birdie on 13, a bogey on 15 and a birdie on 16.