Davis Love III broke through for his first victory in more than two years by winning the Children's Miracle Network Classic on Sunday night.
Love last won in 2006 at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro and waited until the final event of the 2008 season to put it all together.
He closed by shooting 64-64 over the weekend and finished at 25-under-par 263.
Love needed every one of his eight birdies today to hold off Tommy Gainey by one stroke. Gainey also closed with an eight-under 64, but it was not enough.
Scott Verplank and Steve Marino finished tied for third at 20 under after they each signed for a 71.
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Children's Miracle Network Classic presented by Wal-Mart, Disney's Magnolia & Disney's Palm Course, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States of America
(USA unless stated, par 72):
263 Davis Love III 66 69 64 64
264 Tommy Gainey 68 66 66 64
268 Steve Marino 65 66 66 71, Scott Verplank 64 64 69 71
269 Joe Durant 68 68 68 65
270 Scott Sterling 70 63 66 71, Troy Matteson 63 68 69 70, Kevin Streelman 64 69 69 68
272 Michael Allen 70 67 68 67
273 Bob Estes 70 63 71 69, Chris Stroud 70 68 66 69, Robert Garrigus 65 67 68 73, Tim Petrovic 67 67 68 71, Tag Ridings 66 66 71 70, Cameron Beckman 68 68 67 70
274 Ryan Palmer 71 65 69 69, Harrison Frazar 67 68 71 68, Kevin Stadler 67 71 68 68, Jason Day (Aus) 72 66 70 66, Jason Gore 66 67 69 72
275 Jeff Overton 67 68 71 69, Steve Flesch 67 68 73 67, Jimmy Walker 64 72 71 68, Martin Laird (Sco) 68 66 70 71
276 Michael Bradley 70 67 70 69, J.B. Holmes 71 68 69 68, Bo Van Pelt 68 66 68 74, Ken Duke 66 67 69 74, Rich Beem 65 70 69 72, Tim Clark (Rsa) 69 66 69 72, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 71 66 67 72, Charles Howell III 68 68 68 72
277 Nick Watney 69 70 71 67, Lee Janzen 69 67 72 69, Woody Austin 68 68 69 72, Tom Pernice Jnr. 66 67 72 72, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 68 66 72 71, Matthew Jones (Aus) 70 64 72 71, John Rollins 68 69 72 68, Robert Allenby (Aus) 66 72 70 69, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 68 73 68, Stephen Ames (Can) 68 68 69 72
278 J J Henry 67 69 72 70, Vaughn Taylor 68 71 67 72, Ted Purdy 69 68 68 73, Stewart Cink 66 70 71 71
279 John Riegger 68 69 74 68
280 Bob Sowards 69 68 70 73, Robert Gamez 65 67 70 78, Omar Uresti 67 72 70 71, Marc Turnesa 71 68 72 69
281 Patrick Sheehan 68 71 73 69, Jerry Kelly 71 68 73 69, Tom Scherrer 69 68 73 71, Chris DiMarco 68 71 73 69, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 67 71 77 66, Bob Tway 73 62 75 71, Boo Weekley 68 71 71 71, Carlos Franco (Par) 69 67 75 70
282 Erik Compton 70 68 72 72, Heath Slocum 71 67 73 71
283 Will MacKenzie 68 69 73 73, Zach Johnson 66 72 74 71
284 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 68 76 70
285 Dudley Hart 70 69 74 72, Y. E Yang (Kor) 68 68 75 74
286 Todd Demsey 67 70 75 74, Frank Lickliter II 74 65 76 71
287 Kirk Triplett 65 70 76 76
298 Jeff Maggert 73 66 79 80
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