Victory Is a First for Wetterich

Brett Wetterich was clearly frustrated, tossing his putter toward his bag and slamming a plastic bottle into a garbage bin. Then he made another bogey to drop two strokes off the lead.

The emotions had changed 13 holes later, when Wetterich pumped his arms into the air and smiled after his final putt Sunday to win the Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas, for his first PGA Tour victory.

Wetterich’s closing two-under-par 68 put him at 12-under 268, a stroke better than Trevor Immelman (70), a runner-up again after losing in a playoff to Jim Furyk at the Wachovia Championship last week.

The $1.116-million winner’s check for Wetterich nearly matched the $1.3 million he had won in 80 PGA Tour starts since 1998. He’s the fifth first-time tour winner this season.

Omar Uresti (68) and Adam Scott (71) finished two strokes back at 270. Shigeki Maruyama, the 2002 Byron Nelson champion, had four birdies in the last six holes in a round of 66 that got him in a tie for sixth with Luke Donald (68) at 272.

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Karrie Webb stumbled a bit for the first time in two days in the Michelob Ultra Open at Williamsburg, Va., before rebounding quickly after her mistakes and a long rain delay to beat Lorena Ochoa and Hee-Won Han by seven shots.

The victory was the second of the year for Webb, a two-time LPGA player of the year trying to rebound from her first winless season. She finished with a one-under 70 for a 14-under 270 and became the third player to win wire to wire this year.

Ochoa, who finished with an even-par 72, finished second for the fourth time in her last five starts and the fifth time in eight events this season. Han shot a one-under 70.

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Bobby Wadkins’ seven-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole gave him a one-stroke victory over Raymond Floyd in the $1.6-million Boeing Championship at Destin, Fla.

Wadkins, who led at the end of each of the first two rounds in the 54-hole event, finished with a one-under 70 and a 10-under 203 for his first PGA Champions Tour win in five years.

Floyd, less than four months from his 64th birthday, shot an eight-under 63 -- one stroke shy of his best round in a 43-year PGA career.

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Johan Edfors made two long birdie putts and finished with a two-under 70 to win the British Masters by one stroke at Sutton Coldfield, England.

The 30-year-old Swede, who finished the tournament at 11-under 277, won his second title of the year. He putted in from 20 feet on the 15th hole and from 25 feet on the 17th.

Gary Emerson (67), Jarmo Sandelin (70) and Stephen Gallacher (71) tied for second at 10 under.