In a surprising finish, Kyle Thompson collapsed after a third-round lead by turning in a fourth-round 74 and leaving the door open for James Driscoll to breeze into his first Nationwide Tour win. The University of Virginia grad shot a final round 68 and held on to a four-shot lead to win the Virginia Beach Open this weekend.
Driscoll and Brandt Snedeker entered the fourth round at nine-under, two strokes behind Thompson. Driscoll fired off two birdies in the first five holes, then answered a bogey on the seventh hole with an eagle on the par five eighth hole to leave him three-under at the turn, and one stroke ahead of Thompson.
Driscoll bogeyed the tenth, but followed with two birdies to stretch his lead to two strokes going into the eighteenth hole. Thomspon double-bogeyed the hole, sealing Driscoll’s four-stroke win, and leaving Thompson in a three-way tie for second.