Wetterich gets first tour win

Trevor Immelman finished runner-up for the second straight week.
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Brett Wetterich went from frustration to elation -- with a twinge of sadness -- in the final round of the Byron Nelson Championship.
When the final putt dropped for his first PGA Tour victory, Wetterich pumped his arms into the air and smiled. He was also fighting back tears.
"I was really happy for myself, but I was thinking about my brother," said Wetterich, whose older brother died three years ago. "It was a good feeling. I wish he was here to see it. But hopefully he was smiling down on me."
Wetterich's closing 2-under 68, which included a frustrating front nine, put him at 12-under 268. That was a stroke better than Trevor Immelman, a runner-up again after losing in a playoff to Jim Furyk at the Wachovia Championship last week.
"I'm playing the best golf of my life," Immelman said. "I'm 26 years old, and I'm going to have hundreds of golf tournaments to play still. It's just a case of trying to build on these last few achievements."
Nearly matched career total
The $1.116 million winner's check for the 32-year-old Wetterich nearly matched the $1.3 million he had won in 80 PGA Tour starts since 1998. He's the fifth first-time tour winner this season after top-10 finishes in New Orleans and Houston.
The initials "MTW" are on his bag in honor of his older brother, Mark, killed in a car accident in Chicago when he was hit by a drunken driver while going home from work.
"I think about him a lot," Wetterich said. "It was kind of special just thinking about him coming up" the 18th fairway.
Omar Uresti (68) and Adam Scott (71) finished two strokes back at 10 under, and Chad Campbell (69) followed at 9 under. Shigeki Maruyama, the 2002 Nelson champion, had four birdies the last six holes in a round of 66 that got him in a tie for sixth at 8 under with Luke Donald (68).
Couldn't hold lead
Scott held the 54-hole lead in three other PGA Tour events, and won each time. That included two years ago when at 23 the Australian became the youngest winner at The Players Championship.
"I had been playing good," Scott said. "It's a shame I didn't play well today -- or yesterday for that matter on the back nine."
Uresti made the most of the sponsor exemption that allowed him to play only his sixth tourney this year, matching his best career finish (1997 Bay Hill Invitational) and winning $359,600.
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