Masterful victory for Wagner

Johnson Wagner was watching highlights from the 2002 Masters late Saturday night, and his wife scolded him for it.

Now, he has the chance to create some Augusta moments of his own.

Wagner won the Houston Open at Humble, Texas, on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory and got the ultimate bonus prize that comes with it -- a spot in the Masters.

“Sounds funny, you know, even saying it,” Wagner said. “I don’t care if I shoot 90 both days and miss the cut. I’m so excited to be there and it’s just a dream come true.”

The 28-year-old Wagner shot a one-under-par 71 to finish at 16-under 272, two shots ahead of Chad Campbell (72) and Geoff Ogilvy (68).

Billy Mayfair and Fred Couples shot 66s and finished three shots back at 13 under.

Bob Estes and Charley Hoffman, three behind Wagner at the start of the round, had 72s that left them four behind.

Wagner had missed six cuts in nine previous starts this year and was ranked 193rd on the money list when he arrived in Houston.

He matched defending champion Adam Scott’s course-record 63 in the first round, then held the 36- and 54-hole leads at an event for the first time in 44 career starts.

Wagner tried to relax Saturday night by watching the Final Four. After the games, he flipped to the Masters highlights and started imagining what it would be like to actually play there.

His wife, Katie, returned from a walk and chastised him for even thinking about Augusta before Sunday’s round.

“I thought to myself, ‘That’s a good point,’ ” Wagner said. “We hadn’t talked about it all week and I’m so glad nobody brought it up to me that’s close to me. Nobody said, ‘Hey, if you win, can I get a ticket to the Masters?’

“It really helped me focus on not focusing on it.”

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Mark Wiebe completed a wire-to-wire victory in the inaugural Cap Cana Championship, closing with a five-under 67 for a four-stroke victory over Vicente Fernandez at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Wiebe finished at 14-under 202 and earned $300,000 for his second victory in 12 career starts on the Champions Tour. The two-time PGA Tour winner won his first Champions Tour title in his tour debut last fall in the SAS Championship.