Russell Henley claimed the biggest title of his career by winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Henley produced a remarkable turnaround down the stretch to beat two-time major champion Collin Morikawa by one shot at Bay Hill.
The 35-year-old from Georgia was three shots behind playing partner Morikawa standing on the 14th tee.
But there would be a two-shot swing at the short par three, and Henley then chipped in from the rough at 16 for eagle to snatch the lead.
“Hats off to Collin, he played great, super-steady, but sometimes golf is just mean like that,” Henley told CBS after a two-under-par 70 proved enough to land him a fifth PGA Tour victory.
“I was so nervous, so unbelievably nervous. Look, I can’t breathe right now. It’s so hard and so difficult around this place.
“I got a good break there (on 16), I holed another one there yesterday on the first hole from the bunker and had a couple of hole-outs off the green this week.
“I just tried to stay really tough. I’ve watched Tiger (Woods) make a lot of putts on this green. I’ve watched Rory (McIlroy), Fran (Francesco Molinari) and Bryson (DeChambeau) make winning putts here, and it’s cool to know I did it too.”
Morikawa finished with a 72, with Canada’s Corey Connors a shot further back in third and Michael Kim fourth.
Keegan Bradley’s final-day 64 earned him a tie for fifth with Austrian Sepp Straka, with the United States Ryder Cup captain becoming the first player to shoot 29 on nine holes at Bay Hill.
Shane Lowry ended seventh after a final-day 70, Justin Rose was tied eighth and Tommy Fleetwood, Robert McIntyre, Aaron Rai and Scottie Scheffler finished in a share of 11th.
McIlroy, seven shots back at the start of the day, failed to mount a challenge as a disappointing 72 left him tied 15th.
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