WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Virginia — Swede Jonas Blixt took advantage of a last-day collapse by overnight leader Johnson Wagner to win his second PGA Tour title by two shots here Sunday. Four strokes off the pace heading into a weather-interrupted final round that ended in fading light, Blixt fired a three-under-par 67 in rain-softened conditions on The Greenbrier's Old White Course. The 29-year-old Swede held his nerve over a pressure-packed closing stretch, mixing four birdies with two bogeys over the last 10 holes to post a 13-under total of 267. American Wagner, two ahead overnight in his bid for a fourth PGA Tour victory, dropped three shots after the turn as he struggled for accuracy off the tee on the way to a 73 and a four-way tie for second place. Also finishing at 11-under were Wagner's compatriot and playing partner Jimmy Walker (71), and Australians Steven Bowditch (68) and Matt Jones (68). Blixt, who had missed eight cuts in 16 starts on the 2013 PGA Tour before this week with a best finish of joint 11th at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in May, choked back the tears as he reflected on his come-from-behind win. “This year has been kind of a bad year for me so to pull it off, I can't believe it,” the emotional Swede, who earned an automatic place at next year's Masters with his triumph, told Golf Channel. “I am really happy. Just to be able to play Augusta (National) ... so many dreams come true. “It's just one week and the whole year kind of turns around,” added Blixt, who clinched his maiden PGA Tour title by one shot at last year's Frys.com Open. The final round was interrupted by a weather delay of just over three hours as thunder rumbled and lightning cracked overhead and a Monday finish appeared to be on the cards when the action finally resumed in the late afternoon. Weekley and Bjorn book British Open tickets American Boo Weekley and Dane Thomas Bjorn are among 10 players to book their places in next week's 142nd British Open at Muirfield through the FedExCup and Race to Dubai standings. The Royal & Ancient organizers said in a news release Monday that five Race to Dubai money-list exemptions had been secured by Bjorn, South African Richard Sterne, Australian Brett Rumford, Finn Mikko Ilonen and Briton Marc Warren. The 42-year-old Bjorn will be playing in his 16th British Open. He has twice finished tied second, at St Andrews in 2000 and at Sandwich three years later. The Dane was also a double European Tour runner-up last month, at the BMW International in Germany and the Austrian Open. Former Ryder Cup player Weekley, Billy Horschel, Russell Henley, Jimmy Walker and Harris English have booked their tickets for the third major championship of the season through the US PGA Tour's FedExCup points table. Weekley ended a five-year drought by winning the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Texas in May. He finished tied 13th at the British Open in 2009. Swede Jonas Blixt, winner of the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia on Sunday, is among eight players to get into golf's oldest major through the world rankings. The other seven are fellow Swede Fredrik Jacobson, British pair Chris Wood and Martin Laird, Americans Ken Duke and Kyle Stanley, Marc Leishman of Australia and Graham DeLaet of Canada. The British Open begins on July 18. — Reuters
