The beautiful thing about the Post-Tiger Era is, it flowers in so many different ways.

You have your Bubba Watson Moment, wearing the green jacket after a golf shot for the ages. You have Rory McIlroy settling in as the likely long-term new No. 1 in the world. You have Matt Kuchar winning big at Sawgrass, telling reporters to "suck it" if they doubt his closing ability. You have Rickie Fowler arriving for the "Ironic Mustache" generation. You have Hunter Mahan grabbing multiple wins and big checks, helping us all overcome the mental image of him in a fur vest, shirtless, in the "Golf Boys" video.

Jason Dufner sunk a 25-footer to win the Byron Nelson Championship. (AP)And now, we have Jason (The Walking Coma) Dufner getting his.

It's like a post-apocalyptic landscape, these years since Tiger's fall. Like Mad Max roaming the wreckage, golfers are grabbing what they can. And if it means we get to know Dufner better, good. I like the cut of this guy's jib.

Win at New Orleans for the first victory in career? Blasé Dufner can't be bothered to emote. Back it up with a win two starts later at Byron Nelson, including a 25-foot birdie on 72nd hole for a one-shot victory? The mildest of reactions ensued. Compared to this guy, Clint Eastwood looks like a member of LMFAO.

In a "me-first" sports era of jersey-popping and touchdown dances, Dufner gives you nothing. And it's somehow very hip.

Between Dufner's two wins on April 29 and May 20, he squeezed in a wedding to his beautiful wife Amanda on May 5. That makes him the author of the greatest month on the PGA Tour since John Daly won at Crooked Stick and then partied for the next 29 days.

Here's the best part: All evidence points to Dufner – whose soul patch and ubiquitous lip of tobacco add to his hang-loose vibe – sticking around for a while. Naturally, two wins in three starts (he had a tie-68 at Sawgrass, excusable considering the nuptials the prior week) tells us something.

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Look at his numbers, too. Dufner is tough off the tee. He's sixth on Tour in driving accuracy, fourth overall in total driving. And don't look for him missing greens. He's 13th on tour in greens in regulation. Granted, his putting numbers (122nd in strokes gained putting) aren't stellar, but when you score your golf ball the way Dufner does – 67-66-67-69 at the Nelson – and hit it close like he does, you don't need a molten putter as much as the next guy.

Add in some self-belief and all of a sudden Dufner arrives at the next few majors as a name on the short list of contenders, not to mention a Ryder Cup favorite this fall. He even told reporters at the Nelson his game sets up well for a U.S. Open. That doesn't count as woofing, because Dufner doesn't have a woofing gene in his DNA.

Plus, the guy's golf swing is fun to watch. His hands are dynamite, and he seems fully in control of his ability to strike the ball. Contact is pure, and even his pre-shot waggle carries a bit of style, made more stylish by the sound the club makes at impact. If there's such a thing as being "aggressively calm," that's how Dufner is when he stalks a golf hole. Totally chill – until he pures it. That much was shown when he roasted his drive on No. 18, oblivious to the pressure. He had sand wedge in.

A fun side note to his Nelson win is that Dufner, a tried and true Auburn University graduate, clipped diehard Alabama alum Dicky Pride by one shot with that 72nd-hole birdie. Iron Bowl on the links, don't you know. Pride was a hell of a story himself, trying to win for the first time since 1994. He gutted out a hat trick of birdies on 15-16-17, and then overcame a water ball on 18 to fight his way to a par that brought Peggy Nelson, Byron's widow, out of her chair with joy.

Pride was philosophical after the runner-up finish, happy with his play, then needled Dufner on CBS: "Jason got me by one, but we got the BCS National Championship, big man."

Dufner couldn't be bothered to needle back. He was probably getting congratulatory texts from Cam Newton and Bo Jackson. Or, more likely, he was too busy being Jason Dufner, which is the coolest thing to be these days.

Scorecard of the week

Azahara Munoz d. Morgan Pressel, 2 and 1, semifinals, LPGA Sybase Match Play, Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Gladstone, N.J.

I think we can all agree on this one, fellow duffers: When The Man tells you to play faster, play faster.

Sympathy is in short supply for the Go-Slo Flos and Slo-Play Fayes of the world, as World Golf Hall of Famer Dan Jenkins once dubbed fictional methodical players on the women's circuit.

This is not a gender issue, note. Kevin Na's travails last week at Sawgrass brought it into focus on the PGA Tour, and the same criticism applies: Get a move on, dude.

In case you missed it, the slow-play call on Morgan Pressel came at a critical time in her match with Munoz. Pressel just won the par-3 12th hole to move to 3-up. That is, until LPGA official Doug Brecht informed her on the 13th tee she'd taken 2:09 to play three golf shots, 39 seconds over the allotted 30 seconds per shot.

Worse, the pair had been warned for slow play after the ninth hole.

Pressel revs hot under normal circumstances, but after seeing her 3-up lead evaporate to 1-up, she wound up losing the match. The match had further controversy when Pressel accused Munoz of grounding her putter before the ball on No. 15, an accusation denied by rules officials who checked a TV replay.

While some might think it bush of Pressel to try and turn the mental tables on Munoz, as a lifelong baseball fan I appreciated her gamesmanship. That's straight out of the Billy Martin, "Hey, ump, does George Brett's bat have too much pine tar?" book of psychology.

Pressel reportedly blew off an interviewer after the round, uttering "Not a chance," according to eyewitnesses. If true, it's weak. Pressel needs to address the issue, as it's become a pressing one among those of us who watch golf. Pace of play counts toward enjoyment of the game. There is something rhythmic to golf played within time limits, and there is something distracting about golf played too slowly. This is entertainment, after all, and if you can't hit your golf shot in 30 seconds, you're not entertaining us.

Sorry, Morgan. Have to side with The Man on this one.

By the way, Munoz wound up winning the event and pocketing $375,000. Pressel hugged her and congratulated her after the victory. At least she was on time for that. Oh!

Mulligan of the week

So many choices this week. Dicky Pride nearly had a lock on M.O.W. by rinsing his tee shot on No. 18, tied for the lead, eyeing his first win in 18 years. But Pride made a laudable par on the hole and gave a good lights-out game face when he made the lengthy putt for "4" to stay tied for the lead.

And Marc Leishman, trying for his first win, missed a short putt on 17 to tumble from the lead. A candidate, yes.

But for a guy who will rue a golf shot the most, it was 70-hole leader J.J. Henry, trying to win for only the second time in his career on tour. A Connecticut Yankee schooled at Fort Worth's TCU, he was trying for the "Personal Slam," as his other win was in the Nutmeg State.

On No. 17 tee, however, Henry nuked his tee shot on the downhill par-3, clearly overcome with adrenaline. Situated in the worst possible swale behind the green, Henry had no chance to get it close. Predictably, he not only missed the long par putt, but also missed the short-ish comebacker to make double-bogey 5. Ouch! Bye-bye, "Personal J.J. Henry Slam;" hello, four-way tie for third place.

So, let's go back out to 17 tee, remind Henry to take a few breaths, think about hitting that green, remind him that Horned Frogs alums were watching and … give that man a mulligan!

Broadcast moment of the week

"She was up for everything. We had such a great week. There's so much to do here in Dallas. Went to two Rangers games, went to Six Flags, went to a water park, movies. She and I had a special week." – Phil Mickelson on CBS, describing his "Date Week" with daughter Sophia at the Byron Nelson.

"I feel totally inadequate. I had my daughter here and took her for a pizza. What kind of dad am I?" – Nick Faldo, forlorn, responding to Mickelson's interview.

Gotta love Phil. Not only is he a four-time major champion and newly-minted Hall of Famer, he's also early leader for Cool Dad of the Year.

Where do we go from here?

Not far, boys. The Tour goes across the Metroplex from the Byron Nelson to Fort Worth's Colonial Invitational, an old-school shot-maker's course that shares, along with Riviera in L.A.., the moniker "Hogan's Alley." Hogan was so good, he had two alleys.

No Tiger, Phil or Rory at Colonial, but who cares? Dufner, Fowler, Kuchar and Mahan – the new American golf mafia – are all signed up to play. Believe it or not, that makes it a good field. Everybody's getting theirs.

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T.J.'s Take:Watson still hasn't played since winning the Masters, but is an early commitment for next week's Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. He held on to the No. 1 spot once again this week.

T.J.'s Take: Mickelson was just about at his best on Sunday afternoon at the Byron Nelson Championship. Just how good was Lefty? He shot a 4-under 66 despite bogeys on each of his last two holes to finish in a tie for seventh. It was Mickelson's fifth top-10 in 12 starts this season and he stayed at No. 2 this week.

T.J.'s Take: Umm... How about Jason Dufner these last four weeks? He picked off his first Tour win in New Orleans, took the next week off to get married, had a not-so-surprisingly, come-back-down-to-Earth tie for 68th at The Players and then bounced back this past week with a victory at the Byron Nelson Championship to join Hunter Mahan as the only other multiple winner on the PGA Tour this season. His latest victory, which was sealed with an outstanding birdie putt from about 20 feet on the 72nd hole to avoid a playoff, all but assures Dufner a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Dufner was joined by runner-up Dicky Pride as the only two players in the field with all four rounds in the 60s. The guy is red-hot right now and -- clearly -- life couldn't be better for him. Dufner jumped from No. 6 to No. 3 in the standings with his latest victory.

T.J.'s Take: One week after the biggest victory of his professional career at The Players, Kuchar turned in a respectable tie for 15th at the Byron Nelson Championship. Kuchar was actually just one shot out of the lead after 36 holes, but a 2-over 72 in the third round did him in. He dropped one spot in this week's standings from No. 3 to No. 4.

T.J.'s Take: Mahan did not play in the Byron Nelson Championship and slipped one spot to No. 5.

T.J.'s Take: This was a big week for Bradley, as it marked his first PGA Tour title defense. The final result will show a tie for 24th for Bradley, but if it weren't for the 11th hole at TPC Las Colinas, we could be talking a much higher finish. That tiny, 323-yard driveable par 4 caused Bradley a headache the size of Texas on the weekend. He made triple-bogey 7 there on Saturday and Sunday. Ouch. That's six shots surrendered to par on just one hole and the primary culprit for two over-par weekend rounds (1-over 71 and a 2-over 72, respectively). It's also a little ironic that Dufner -- who Bradley defeated in a playoff at the PGA Championship last August -- won at a tournament where Bradley was the defending champ. Is that a sign of things to come for Dufner this August when the PGA Championship is played at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course? Wouldn't that be something? Bradley slipped one spot to No. 6 this week.

T.J.'s Take: Following a playoff victory at the Wells Fargo Championship and a tie for second at The Players in back-to-back weeks, Fowler took a hard-earned, well-deserved week off. He remained at No. 7 in the latest standings.

T.J.'s Take: Stricker did not play at the Byron Nelson Championship, but held on to his No. 8 position in this week's standings.

T.J.'s Take: Woods did not play in Dallas, but stayed at No. 9 this week. He'll be back in action next week at the Memorial.

T.J.'s Take: Haas did not play in the Byron Nelson Championship, but remained at No. 10 in the standings.

T.J.'s Take: Snedeker stayed at No. 11 despite not playing in the Byron Nelson Championship. It wasn't a week off for Snedeker, however. He played in the Volvo Match Play Championship over in Spain, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual champion Nicolas Colsaerts. It was a strange trip for Snedeker. On the way to Spain, his plane made an emergency landing in the Azores to get medical attention for another passenger, who suffered a heart attack in flight. After that, Snedeker's clubs didn't make it to Spain until the middle of his first-round match against Thomas Bjorn. Using a mix-and-match set, Snedeker still won the match. It was all quite the ordeal, but at the end of the week, a respectable showing.

T.J.'s Take: For the first time in a month, the white-hot Curtis (three top-5 finishes in his last four starts) took a week off. He stayed at No. 12 this week.

T.J.'s Take: Johnson did not play in Dallas and held on to his No. 13 position.

T.J.'s Take: With rounds of 71-72, Wagner missed the cut by one shot at 3-over 143. That's three missed cuts in five starts for Wagner, who stayed at No. 14 this week.

T.J.'s Take: Stanley did not play in the Byron Nelson Championship. He stayed at No. 15 in this week's standings.

T.J.'s Take: Wilson did not play in Dallas and remained at No. 16.

T.J.'s Take: Na did not play last week. He stayed at No. 17 in the standings.

T.J.'s Take: Garrigus made the biggest move in this week's standings, jumping from No. 22 to No. 18 thanks to tie for ninth in the Byron Nelson Championship. Garrigus came up huge in the final round, firing a 4-under 66 to soar 19 spots up the leaderboard. It was a great way for Garrigus to bounce back from a disappointing missed cut at The Players.

T.J.'s Take: Van Pelt did not play in Dallas and dropped one spot to No. 19 this week.

T.J.'s Take: Furyk did not play in the Byron Nelson Championship. He slipped one spot in this week's standings to No. 20.

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This week's HP Byron Nelson Championship at TPC Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, certainly showed us what a roller coaster ride golf can be at times. As in life, golf has its highs and lows and that was clearly on display in the Lone Star State. The stage was set for the weekend rounds as the blustery cross winds kicked up and seemed to level off the field, making for some extremely difficult scoring conditions. It was a tournament that lacked the proverbial, "star power," (aside from Phil Mickelson who collapsed late with bogeys on his final two holes) but there was a lesson to be learned from the weekend's champion Jason Dufner.

When working with my students I like to develop a game for them that plays to all of their strengths as an individual and as an athlete. The next step is to develop a method that allows those strengths to surface during times of pressure and stress on the golf course. There are so many outside factors around these professionals during their round that can force their mind to stray from the objective at hand. Whether it is a previous bad shot, bad break, bad bogey, wind, rain or whatever, there is always temptation for the mind to wander. In these circumstances where tension is high, your mind can put your body in a situation out of its normal golfing element which brings in a high probability for a swing flaw. It is in these times, that as a teacher I like to stress a pre-shot routine to return the player's mind to the current shot and situation.

Maybe one of the more famous pre-shot routines on display this weekend was that of Dufner's with his excessive club waggle. Before each shot Dufner employs the same strategy with the same club waggle. He has done this so many times over his career that it has become engrained in his muscle memory, so even when his mind loses focus and puts his body in an unfamiliar, "golf circumstance," the pre-shot routine will put his body back into a circumstance that his body will recognize. His muscle memory will now know it's time to employ his normal golf swing and hit a golf shot.

Regardless of what is happening around him, once that routine has started up, Dufner's mind is trained to instruct his body to make the golf swing that he has practiced hundreds of times a day for years. We saw last week with Kevin Na what can happen when you deviate from routine and put your mind and body in a situation that it is not accustomed to. Dufner's game is by no means flashy and isn't exactly the most entertaining to watch, but it is his devotion to routine that keeps him with steady, consistent results.

As viewers, we should all learn from Dufner. It becomes tedious at times and difficult to devote yourself to (trust me I know), but even when hitting balls during a practice session at the range, players should practice their pre-shot routine before each shot to train your mind and body to make the same swing even when circumstances become a bit dicey. A pre-shot routine could be as simple as starting behind the ball and walking into the set-up each time or as unique as Jason Dufner's club waggle. In some cases, a pre-shot routine is the same number of practice swings before hitting a shot. Whatever the routine may be, it needs to be done each time before each shot so when your mind inevitably strays, the pre-shot routine will surface the swing that is engrained in your muscle memory.

Work on your pre-shot routine regularly and soon enough you will be the one whose game is sure and steady while others waver and fall from the grace of a well-played golf round.

It isn't always flashy and highly entertaining, and sometimes even labeled as boring; but if it comes to success in the game of golf and two PGA Tour victories in three weeks, Jason Dufner will take boring all day long.

Andrew Farreais the PGA Head Professional atNewport National Golf Clubin Middletown, R.I.

IRVING, Texas – Thanks to his second win of the season, Jason Dufner takes over the top spot in the FedExCup standings.

Dufner, who birdied the 18th hole on Sunday to win the HP Byron Nelson Championship, is 40 points ahead of Hunter Mahan, the only other two-time winner on the PGA TOUR this season.

Watch: Pride birdies the 17th

Dicky Pride birdied the par-3 17th during Sunday's final round.

By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM

IRVING, Texas — Dicky Pride didn’t break his PGA TOUR victory drought of 17 years, 9 months and 19 days. Had he done so, he would have set a TOUR record.

Instead, after Jason Dufner drained a 25-foot, 5-inch birdie putt on the 72nd hole to edge Pride by one stroke Sunday at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, the 42-year-old Alabama native will have to settle for the second-best finish in his 380-event career.

That’s the good news.

The bad news is what could have happened, but didn’t.

"I hit shots I’m not happy with, but I’m going to continue to build on it," said the 42-year-old Pride. "Trying to take the positives and build on it."

But, he added with a chuckle, "I’m going to take 30 minutes, go break something because of a couple of shots I hit, and go from there."

Pride didn’t hit many bad shots on Sunday. He was a bogey-free 2 under through 11 holes and was in and out of the lead throughout the day. But then he bogeyed the 12 and 14th holes, forcing him to scramble the rest of the way.

"I mutilated the 14th hole," he said. "Hit a terrible rescue, had to chip out. Got basically lucky that wedge didn’t go in the water."

But then he reeled off three consecutive birdies and to move to 10 under. When J.J. Henry double bogeyed the 17th, Pride suddenly was in position to win or at least make a playoff.

His tee shot at the 18th, though, found the water when his right foot slipped during the shot.

"I tried to get it back to the right, but apparently my hand-eye coordination is not that good," Pride said. "It was an honest effort. Very proud of the fact that I regrouped myself, dropped a ball and gave myself a putt."

When Pride rolled in his 22-foot, 7-inch putt on the 18th green to save par, it looked like he was headed for a playoff. But then Dufner drilled home the winning putt a few minutes later on the similar line.

"I had a great putt, went in," he said. "Jason had a great putt and it went in, and the HP Byron Nelson Championship has a wonderful champion they should be proud of."

As for Pride, well, Sunday’s second-place finish was his third top-10 of the season and moves him up 74 spots in the FedExCup standings to 43rd. After a career in which he’s battled serious health issues and contemplated retirement from the TOUR — "I’ve looked at not playing golf for a living," he said — he’s now enjoying a renaissance.

The fact that his mother Sandra made a surprise visit to watch him play Sunday made it even more fun.

"I like where my game is," he said. "The whole idea is to put myself in position as many times as I can, and I have done a solid job about that."

Watch: Henry's long birdie putt

J.J. Henry drained a 32-foot birdie putt at the 15th on Sunday.

By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM

IRVING, Texas — J.J. Henry couldn’t have asked for much more. An ace at the par-3 fifth that put him in the lead. A string of pars in the middle of his round. A couple of birdies down the stretch.

The local favorite, a resident of Fort Worth, had his cheering section and was closing in on his second PGA TOUR win. Until disaster struck.

He airmailed a 7-iron over the green at the par-3 17th, then three-putted from 27 feet. Having stood on the 17th tee with a one-shot lead, Henry was now behind, and would eventually finish in a four-way tie for third, two strokes behind Jason Dufner.

"Obviously it’s disappointing," Henry said. "I played great all day, and to be honest thought I had a great shot on 17. I hit the line exactly where I tried to, and it carried about 6 or 7 yards too far.

"It’s disappointing but that’s golf. You take the good with the bad."

When it was good for Henry on Sunday, well, it was very good. He used a wedge at the fifth hole to record his second hole-in-one of the year and third in his career.  (Click to watch)

"It just kind of landed downwind past the hole and trickle, trickle, and we saw it disappear and everyone went nuts," Henry said. "It was a great start to the day."

But not a great finish.

"It’s tough to be that close and to have it within your grasp with two holes left to play," Henry said. "But you know, we will take the positives and go and hopefully carry it over next week at Colonial."

Jason Dufner picked up the second victory of this season — and his career — Sunday at TPC Four Seasons. With this victory, Dufner:

• Collects 500 FedExCup points and moves from No. 12 to No. 1 in the latest standings.

• Has won his first two TOUR events and gotten married in the last four weeks.

• Earns his 20th career top-10 finish and extends his fully-exempt status through the 2015 season.

• Becomes first 54-hole leader/co-leader to go on to win the HP Byron Nelson Championship since Adam Scott (2008).

• Has held or shared the lead after 10 of his last 32 rounds on TOUR dating back to his share of the lead after the first round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship.

• Joins Hunter Mahan as the TOUR’s only two-time winners this season and extends his consecutive cuts made streak to 12.

This victory is Dufner’s 2nd in 166 career TOUR starts. Here are Dufner’s two victories:

2012 Zurich Classic of New Orleans; HP Byron Nelson Championship

J.J. Henry took the lead early Sunday with an ace, but couldn't close out a win.

By Fred Albers, PGATOUR.COM Correspondent

IRVING, Texas — J.J. Henry rode the seesaw of emotion on Sunday at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. The highlight was on the fifth hole when a 9-iron from 153 yards found the cup for a hole-in-one. The lowlight came on the final two holes when he went double bogey-bogey to finish third despite holding a one-shot lead on the 17th tee. He was visibly shaken after the round, receiving consolation from friends.

Classy ending: When Jason Dufner rolled home his winning birdie putt on the 18th hole, Dicky Pride had an immediate reaction and it did not consist of hanging his head or slumping his shoulders. Pride clapped. Having lost his chance to win the tournament, Pride clapped for a full 30 seconds for Dufner and then walked over to congratulate Dufner’s wife. Pride should be proud of his week and comportment.

High-five:  Jonas Blixt introduced himself to the golf world on Sunday. His third-place finish gives him back-to-back top 10s, allowing the PGA TOUR rookie to likely keep his card for 2013. Blixt could not contain his enthusiasm on the 16th hole, when after making birdie to move to 10 under, he ran up the hill and handed out high-fives to fans.  

Full circle: On Thursday, Marc Leishman hit a 264-yard 2-iron and made eagle at the par-5 16th hole. On Sunday, Leishman hit the same 2-iron from 255 yards and had a putt for eagle. Alas, it did not quite come full circle as Leishman missed the putt and made birdie, going on to finish tied for third.

Foot slip: Pride stood on the 18th hole tied for the lead and hit his tee ball into the water after his foot slipped. Pride could feel it slide as he began the downswing and tried to save the shot by flipping his hand, but the damage was done. His ball started at the water, tried to fade but did not clear the pond. Pride still made par but it could have been a possible birdie if his foot had not slipped.

Par 3: Jason Dufner hit so many quality shots during his victory but one could be overlooked. After Henry aced the fifth, the whole golf course erupted in cheers. It would have been easy to be distracted but Dufner was nonplussed, calmly waiting for the applause to diminish before hitting his own 9-iron to within six feet and making the putt. Dufner won the tournament with a birdie on the 72nd hole but stayed in the tournament with that birdie at the fifth.

18th hole: You can’t blame Jason Day if he’s not a fan of the redesigned 18th hole. He played the 428-yard par-4 in 5 over for the week. He double-bogeyed the hole on Thursday and vowed to never hit driver off that tee again. True to his word, Day hit iron off the tee and still struggled, hitting it into the water again in the final round. Day finished tied for ninth at 5 under and was 5 over on that final hole.

Fred Albers is a course reporter for SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio and inside the ropes this week at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. For more information on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio, click here.

GREER, S.C. -- Australia's Nick Flanagan tapped in a short par putt on the third playoff hole to defeat countryman Cameron Percy and win the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation for the second time.

Flanagan and Percy tied at 15-under 271 in the event that matches Nationwide Tour pros with amateurs in a once-a-year better-ball format over three different courses.

The two Aussies were forced into the Tour's first playoff of the year when fortunes turned for each on the final hole of regulation. Percy was leading at 16-under but missed a 10-foot par putt to fall back to 15 under and open the door for Flanagan, who was making only his second start of 2012 campaign.

Flanagan, down by one in the group immediately behind, hooked his second shot at the uphill, 491-yard 18th. The ball hit a television cameraman and caromed back onto the green, nearly clipping the cup before settling 15 feet from the hole.

"Sometimes it's better to be lucky rather than good, obviously. You've got to take every break you can get out here," said Flanagan, who also captured this event in 2007. "The birdie putt was pretty much straight-away and I had a pretty good read. As soon as I hit it I felt like it was going in. It bobbled on the way but it had enough speed to get there."

First-round leader Darron Stiles finished one shot out of the overtime session when he three-putted the final green about 45 minutes prior to Percy's missed putt. He settled for a tie for third with rookie Robert Streb, who missed a potential playoff-joining birdie putt from 35 feet while Percy looked on.

Sam Saunders, Aaron Watkins and Canada's Brad Fritsch shared fifth place, two shots back.

Flanagan and Percy, who has yet to win on Tour, headed back to the same closing hole for the tournament's third playoff in four years. Both hit tee shots into the left rough on the first extra hole and wound up missing par putts to send it back to the tee.

The second time, the hole was halved with two-putt pars.

"It's a tough finish when you're hitting 5-irons and 6-irons into the hole," said Flanagan, who fired a 3-under 68 at the Thornblade Club. "It's just a matter of endurance and getting it somewhere near the green and making a par."

Percy's tee shot on the third extra hole went into the trees to the left after hitting a cart path, while Flanagan was in the middle of the fairway.

"I just hit a bad tee shot on that last one," said Percy. "I tried to hit it too hard. When it hit the path I was in all kinds of trouble."

Percy, who now calls Raleigh home 11 months of the year, had to chip back into the fairway. His third sailed over tha back edge of the green. Shortly thereafter, the 27-year-old Flanagan blasted out of a greenside bunker to within 15 inches for par.

Percy chipped well past the hole then missed the bogey putt coming back. Flanagan needed only to tap in for the win, something a long time in the making.

"It's pretty amazing. I didn't feel like I was playing that well coming into the week," said Flanagan, who missed the cut at the Chile Classic in his only start this year. "I decided to come out and try to just get the ball in the hole, which I haven't done for a long time. I've still got a lot of work to do to get all the way back to where I was, but to win this week feels like I'm a heck of a lot closer,"

Flanagan collected a first-place check for $108,000 and vaulted all the way to No. 11 on the money list with two-thirds of the season yet to go. The 25 leading money winners at the end of the year will move onto the PGA TOUR in 2013.

In 2007, Flanagan won three times and earned a 'battlefield promotion' to the Tour. The following year he made only 16 cuts in 29 starts and failed to keep his card.

"I got out there and didn't feel very comfortable. The atmosphere is different and then I started struggling," said Flanagan. "I was battling week to week the whole time. When you're playing bad every week it's hard to get motivated to play sometimes. At times I didn't feel like I fit in. If I can get back there again I think I'll be able to adapt a little easier."

Fourth-Round Notes

• Sunday's weather: Sunny. Wind E-NE 6-12 mph. High of 82.

• The team of professional Fabian Gomez and amateur Brian Todd finished a whopping 46-under par to win the team competition by 12 strokes.

• The team of pro Martin Piller and actor Andrew Buckley won the Pro-Am celebrity portion of the event with a 30-under par score.

• Nick Flanagan becomes the 11th player in Tour history to win the same event twice. The last to do it was South Carolina grad Kyle Thompson when he won The Rex Hospital Open in 2011, adding it to his title in 2007. The Tour's next stop is The Rex Hospital Open in Raleigh, NC, in one week.

• Saturday's playoff was the fifth in tournament history and the third in the past four years. In 2009, Australia's Michael Sim defeated Fabian Gomez of Argentina and South Africa's Garth Mulroy topped South Korea's Sunghoon Kang last year.

• Runner-up Cameron Percy jumped from No. 19 to No. 6 on the money list.

• Darron Stiles (T3) vaulted seven spots to No. 17 on the money list while Robert Streb (T3) jumped nine spots to No. 14.

• Sam Saunders' T5 finish is a career best. Saunders, who played college golf at nearby Clemson University, had only one top-10 finish on the Nationwide Tour -- a T10 at the 2011 Panama Claro Championship. The 24-year old grandson of legendary player Arnold Palmer moved up from No. 91 to No. 46 on the money list with his effort this week.

• Among the highlights this week was Tony Finau's double-eagle at the 531-yard, 5th hole at Thornblade Club on Thursday. Finau used a 5-iron from 216 yards for his second shot. It was the second double-eagle of the year on the Nationwide Tour -- Luke List, Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship/R3 -- and also the second in tournament history (Travis Perkins, 2001, Keowee Vineyards/R2). Finau is in his rookie season on Tour and this was his first start of the year. He shot scores of 71-72-68-75 -- 286 and finished 65th.

• Clemson grad Brent Delahoussaye -- who won the Thornblade Club Men's Championship in 1999 while just a junior in high school -- tied for 12th this week.

• Scoring averages for the week:

• The Nationwide Tour will take next week off before resuming the 2012 schedule at The Rex Hospital Open at TPC Wakefield Plantation in Raleigh, N.C. May 28 -- June 3.