Chrysler Championship

Carl Pettersson steadied his nerves and his swing down the stretch last year, saving par with a tough chip on the 15th and a clutch putt on the 16th for an even-par 71 to win the Chrysler Championship for his first PGA Tour victory against all Sportsbook odds.Chad Campbell made five birdies on the back nine in a terrific charge, including a 12-foot putt that swirled into the cup on the 18th hole for a 67 that left Pettersson no room for error. Leading by one shot, Pettersson found the middle of the fairway and hit his approach 20 feet by the cup. Trying to nestle the ball close to the hole, he ran it 3 feet by, but made that for par and the $954,000 prize. Pettersson, born in Sweden and raised in North Carolina, had always dreamed of playing and winning on the PGA Tour, and this capped it off. He finished at 9-under 275, but not before an improbable chip on the 15th to save par, a 10-foot par save on the next hole and no mistakes on the last two. "It was a little easier in the dreams," Pettersson said. "It's nice to finish it off the way I did." The consolation prize for Campbell was a trip to The Tour Championship. He showed up at Westin Innisbrook at No. 43 on the money list, but second-place earnings of $572,400 easily pushed him into the top 30. "I'm not happy with second," Campbell said. "But I'm happy the result got me in The Tour Championship." Steve Lowery, who started the final round tied at 9 under with Pettersson, lost his chance to win for the first time in five years on the par-3 eighth hole. From an uphill lie in a front bunker, Lowery caught it clean and sent the ball over the green in the pine straw, with a branch behind his ball. It took him two chips to get to the green, and his triple bogey sent him tumbling out of the lead. Davis Love III also struggled, making three straight bogeys around the turn and taking a triple bogey on the 16th hole when he hit into the water. Love closed with a 76.

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