Rookie Holmes wins FBR Open

JB Holmes made his first PGA Tour victory a convincing one here Sunday as he fired a final-round 66 to win the FBR Open by seven strokes. Holmes finished the 5.2 million-dollar tournament with a 21-under total of 263, with Steve Lowery, Colombian Camilo Villegas, Scott Verplank, Ryan Palmer and JJ Henry.
Holmes, who turned pro last year, and earned his tour card for this season by earning medalist honours at the tour qualifying school, won 936,000 dollars.
Holmes had a one-stroke lead going into the final round and fended off a challenge by Ryan Palmer, who managed to pull into a tie several times before Holmes pulled away over the final nine holes.
LEADING (USA UNLESS NOTED):
263 - JB Holmes 68-64-65-66
270 - JJ Henry 67-61-70-72, Steve Lowery 65-68-70-67, Ryan Palmer 68-66-64-72, Scott Verplank 69-66-67-68, Camilo Villegas (COL) 68-67-66-69
271 - Jonathan Byrd 70-65-68-68, Justin Leonard 69-66-65-71, Phil Mickelson 69-66-70-66
272 - Arron Oberholser 67-69-69-67, Dean Wilson 69-66-66-71
273 - Henrik Bjornstad (DEN) 67-69-68-69, Joe Ogilvie 67-70-67-69, Kenny Perry 72-65-67-69
274 - Stewart Cink 69-69-68-68, Chris DiMarco 69-70-68-67, Scott Piercy 68-69-68-69, John Rollins 68-71-68-67
276 - Trevor Immelman (RSA) 69-69-69-69, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 67-72-67-70, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 69-69-64-74, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 71-68-69-68
277 - Daniel Chopra (SWE) 73-65-70-69, Brian Davis (GBR) 69-68-69-71, Carlos Franco (PAR) 70-70-69-68
278 - Nathan Green (AUS) 69-70-69-70, Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 70-68-71-69, Thomas Levet (FRA) 67-72-66-73, Jesper Parnevik (SWE) 70-69-67-72, Justin Rose (GBR) 69-68-71-70
279 - Rod Pampling (AUS) 68-73-69-69
280 - Bernhard Langer (GER) 71-68-69-72, John Senden (AUS) 69-72-68-71
281 - Alex Cejka (GER) 65-73-72-71
282 - Robert Allenby (AUS) 70-67-73-72
283 - Shigeki Maruyama (JPN) 70-71-74-68
284 - Hidemichi Tanaka (JPN) 69-70-74-71.