Ted Purdy celebrated his first PGA Tour victory at the 2005 Eds Byron Nelson Championship.
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Ted Purdy, ranked 173rd overall had never finished higher than Tiger Woods in any event since college won the event while Tiger missed the CUT for the first time this year and first in seven seasons. Purdy was in awe of Vijay Singh and the rest of the world's best players and saw his personal best results on tour as failures. All of that changed on Sunday afternoon with a near perfect day of golf. Purdy had a birdie putt on every hole, closed with a 5-under 65 and winning the Byron Nelson Championship with a one shot lead over Sean O'Hair.
All the hype for this tounament was over the Big Five playing together for only the third time this year but it was the 31-year-old Purdy who after two runner-up finishes last year on the PGA Tour came away with the victory..
O'Hair also played very well, the 22-year-old rookie started the day ahead by one, was within one shot of the lead until he hit into a bunker at No. 14 where he failed to save par.
O'Hair made a bit of a run, when he birdied two of the last three holes for a 68 and earned $669,600 and a second place finish.
Purdy built a solid three shot lead with a two putt birdie on the 16th hole. Though he made a valiant attempt the three shot lead proved to be too much for O'Hair to make up. Purdy's 65 matched the lowest final round by a winner at the Byron Nelson Championship since it moved to Las Colinas in 1986.
Vijay Singh finished well, tied for third, earning over $5 million for the third straight year on tour.
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