SCOTTSDALE (Arizona), Feb 6: JB Holmes made his first PGA Tour victory a convincing one here Sunday as he fired a final-round 66 to win the FBR Open by seven strokes.

Holmes finished the 5.2 million-dollar tournament with a 21-under total of 263, with Steve Lowery, Colombian Camilo Villegas, Scott Verplank, Ryan Palmer and JJ Henry.

Holmes, who turned pro last year, and earned his tour card for this season by earning medalist honors at the tour qualifying school, won 936,000 dollars.

Holmes had a one-stroke lead going into the final round and fended off a challenge by Ryan Palmer, who managed to pull into a tie several times before Holmes pulled away over the final nine holes.

Final round scores:

263 - JB Holmes 68-64-65-66

270 - JJ Henry 67-61-70-72, Steve Lowery 65-68-70-67, Ryan Palmer 68-66-64-72, Scott Verplank 69-66-67-68, Camilo Villegas 68-67-66-69

271 - Jonathan Byrd 70-65-68-68, Justin Leonard 69-66-65-71, Phil Mickelson 69-66-70-66

272 - Arron Oberholser 67-69-69-67, Dean Wilson 69-66-66-71

273 - Henrik Bjornstad (DEN) 67-69-68-69, Joe Ogilvie 67-70-67-69, Kenny Perry 72-65-67-69

274 - Stewart Cink 69-69-68-68, Chris DiMarco 69-70-68-67, Scott Piercy 68-69-68-69, John Rollins 68-71-68-67

276 - Trevor Immelman 69-69-69-69, Geoff Ogilvy 67-72-67-70, Rory Sabbatini 69-69-64-74, Vijay Singh 71-68-69-68

277 - Daniel Chopra (SWE) 73-65-70-69, Brian Davis (GBR) 69-68-69-71, Carlos Franco (PAR) 70-70-69-68

278 - Nathan Green 69-70-69-70, Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 70-68-71-69, Thomas Levet 67-72-66-73, Jesper Parnevik 70-69-67-72, Justin Rose 69-68-71-70

279 - Rod Pampling 68-73-69-69

280 - Bernhard Langer 71-68-69-72, John Senden 69-72-68-71

281 - Alex Cejka 65-73-72-71

282 - Robert Allenby 70-67-73-72

283 - Shigeki Maruyama 70-71-74-68

284 - Hidemichi Tanaka 69-70-74-71.—AFP