Billy Horschel overcame two weather delays and playing partner D.A. Points on Sunday to win the 2013 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with a total score of 20-under 268. It was Horschel’s 61st PGA Tour event and his first victory.

Horschel tied the course record on Sunday for a round with 64 to have the day’s lowest round. He took control of the event Sunday after stringing six consecutive birdies from the seventh thru 12th holes.

On the Par-4 15th hole, he missed a 10-foot par-putt, and with the bogey fell into a tie with Points at 18-under. But he would regain the lead on the next hole.

Horschel drove the ball just over the bunker on the right side of the fairway, and had just 109 yards to the hole. He then hit a sensational approach shot within five feet of the hole. He would sink the birdie-putt to lead at 19-under.

But the deciding hole was the Par-5 585 yards 18th and final hole.

Horschel would find the left side rough with his drive, and Point would hit the fairway on the right side. On the second shot, Horschel, knowing Points was the one who needed the birdie, went safe and laid up leaving the ball 132 yards away.

Points tried to go for the green with his second shot, but he found the front center green side bunker, 30 yards from the hole. With his third, Horschel would hit the green, leaving the ball 26 feet below the hole.

Points would then counter with a magnificent sand shot that left the ball just five feet from the hole. The pressure was on Horschel to sink the birdie-putt or we could see extra holes for the second consecutive week on the PGA Tour.

But Horschel was clutch as he slammed the door shut on the big challenge by Points, ramming home the 26-foot birdie putt. Points would make the birdie-putt, but the fate was sealed.

Horschel earned $1.188 million of the $6.6 million purse, and turned the tables on Points who beat him by one shot at the Shell Houston Open a month ago.

After knocking on victory's door three times in the past month, Horschel entered the Zurich Classic as one of the hottest players on the PGA Tour.

He finished tied for second at the Shell Houston Open, tied for third at the Valeron Texas Open and tied for ninth in last week's RBC Heritage. The Zurich Classic was the 23rd consecutive event in which he made the cut.

Hosrchel is now the fifth first-time winner at TPC Louisiana, joining Tim Petrovic (2005), Nick Watney (2007), Andres Romero (2008) and Jason Dufner (2012)

Points was near the top of the leaderboard throughout the whole tournament. He had a bogey-free second round and another one today, but was just outplayed for the win by the red-hot Horschel.

Kyle Stanley started the day one shot behind Lucas Glover and fired a bogey-free 67. Good round, but not good enough to match Horschel or Points. He finished in solo third at 17-under.

Glover shot a one-under 71 to finish tied for fourth with Bobby Gates at 15-under 273. He just couldn’t replicate today the ball striking game that took him to the lead after 54 holes.

Ricky Barnes, who tied the course record on Thursday to lead after the opening round, finished his roller coaster rounds (64-76-66-74) on the low and finished at eight-under tied for 42nd.

Tianlang Guan, the 14-year-old sensation from China who made his second consecutive cut this week, shot a 2-over 74 to finish last at 4-over 292.

Other notables finishes: Nicolas Colsaerts T-8th, 13-under, Justin Rose, Bubba Watson, Nick Watney and Ernie Els T-15th 12-under, Rickie Fowler T-32nd nine-under.

The PGA Tour’s next tournament is the Wells Fargo Championship from the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC starting May 2nd.

The prep for The Players drew plenty of notable big names. Here are some of the ones already confirmed: Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler, Nick Watney, Zach Johnson and Nicolas Colsaerts.

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