By: Fred Albers, PGA TOUR.COM Correspondent

SAN MARTIN, Calif. -- Jonas Blixt won the tournament with his putting. He had putting rounds of 25-28-27-25, for a tournament-best total of 105. Blixt finished first in strokes gained-putting and was ranked third in SGP coming into the week. He did not have a three-putt all week. Blixt says his Yes! putter is like a “nuclear weapon.”

Fan club: Blixt had a half-dozen fans walk the round with him wearing Swedish yellow ribbons, with “Jonas” written on white T-shirts. They repeatedly shouted out “Yoonas” throughout the round and showered Blixt with champagne following his win. His brother had planned to miss the final round because he had tickets to the 49ers game but opted to support Jonas instead.

Inconsistent: John Mallinger made a wonderful charge on the final nine holes but was too inconsistent to win. He had just two pars on the front nine and one of those was a chip-in. Mallinger battled back to within one shot of the lead but laid up at the drivable par-4 17th and missed a nine-foot putt.

Setup: The par 3s were a handful in the final round. There were three that measured more than 200 yards and the 11th as a meaty 249. The course was much faster on Sunday with greens rejecting approaches that were not struck squarely.

Colorful: You had no problem picking out Blixt in the fairway. He wore bright orange shoes, belt and shirt. It was “hunters orange" and resembled a fly-fishing strike indicator while walking the fairways.

Learning curve: CordeValle is a difficult course to learn. It sits down in a valley and there are several “sideboards” on the green complexes that will funnel a ball to the cup, but it takes time to learn. All putts break toward the valley floor, however that goes against some of the reads players and caddies studied.

Spiked: Tim Petrovic thought he had made it. He thought his 28-foot birdie putt was going into the cup on the 18th hole. Just three feet from the center, the ball caught a spike mark and spun off line, catching the edge of the cup instead of the center. A birdie would have gotten Petrovic into a playoff.

Gutsy: Blixt’s most impressive shot of the day came at 17. His drive went over the green and was sitting on a downhill lie in deep rough. He committed to making a full swing with his sand wedge and the ball floated out of the rough, then ran seven feet below the cup. Blixt made the putt to take the lead. It’s a gutsy play to take a full swing with a sand wedge coming out of the rough to a green that runs downhill and with water looming over the green. Very gutsy.

Attack: Blixt said he had one thought on the golf course: Attack. He came out and did exactly that, hitting it inside of three feet on the first two holes. That aggression also led to bogeys at the third and fourth, but the philosophy served him well all the way through the 18th.

Fred Albers is a course reporter for SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio.  For more information on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio, click here .

By Bill Cooney, PGATOUR.COM Jonas Blixt is one of the best putters on the PGA TOUR and he proved it on Sunday at the Frys.com Open. Blixt used his short game magic en route to a final-round, 3-under 68 for a one-shot victory over a host of challengers at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif. Blixt became the third rookie to win the PGA TOUR this season, joining John Huh (Mayakoba Golf Classic) and Ted Potter Jr. (The Greenbrier Classic). “It’s unbelievable,” Blixt said. "I have no words right now. This is the biggest dream I've ever had." His short game made that dream come true. Blixt, ranked third on the PGA TOUR in strokes gained-putting, played a brilliant flop shot on the 17th hole that came to rest within 7 feet after his drive went over the green on the reachable par 4. The putt had just enough gas to drop in the bottom side of the hole for a birdie 3 to give him the outright lead. On the 18th, Blixt’s approach shot landed hard on the green and came to rest about 40 feet away from the hole on the opposite side of a tricky ridge in the green. A difficult first putt left a terrifying 3-footer left for par. Blixt, wearing a red shirt and matching shoes, lined up the putt with his caddie, took a couple of practice strokes, buried the putt in the center of the hole and let out a huge fist pump. He was then tackled by family and friends in celebration. With the victory, Blixt moved up to 35th on the money list -- climbing closer to qualify for the Masters -- and earned the all-important two-year exemption on the PGA TOUR. He is also the seventh first-time winner this season. Blixt grew up in Sweden playing ice hockey. But he said he never got big enough to compete on the biggest of stages. "Golf kind of suited me well," Blixt said. "Just kept playing golf and tried to make a career out of it." Tim Petrovic (64) and rookie Jason Kokrak (68) tied for second place. Petrovic, attempting to win for the first time since 2005, came into the day ranked 200th on the money list. More than anything, he was worried about getting into next week’s event at the McGladrey Classic. He’s now in -- and he moved up to 132nd on the money list. “I kind of attacked it like I was playing a one-and-done, Monday qualifier,” Petrovic said. “It kept me focused all day and it seemed to work.” Kokrak had his best finish on the TOUR and moved from No. 167 to No. 117 on the money list. He was a graduate from the Web.com Tour last season, where he won twice. Jimmy Walker, Vijay Singh, Alexandre Rocha and third-round leader John Mallinger tied for fourth place, two shots back. Mallinger carded an outward 38 to fall off the pace and couldn't recover. It was still his third top-five finish of the season and moved him up 20 spots to 78th on the money list.

Jonas Blixt turned some short game magic into a final-round 68 for his first PGA TOUR win on Sunday at the Frys.com Open. Blixt become the third PGA TOUR rookie to win this season. Want to congratulate him? Leave him a note in the comments section below and we'll deliver it to him.

By Bill Cooney, PGATOUR.COM Do you think Tim Petrovic was excited about the possibility of winning for the first time on the PGA TOUR since 2005? You bet he was. Settling for second place wasn't so bad, either. Petrovic carded a 7-under 64 to shoot to the top of the leaderboard in the final round of the Frys.com Open at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif., finishing while his nearest challengers had several holes to play. "I’m trying to let the adrenaline come down right now," Petrovic told Golf Channel after his round on Sunday. "I came off, my hands were shaking coming off the last hole I was so pumped up. If I had a cup of coffee right now I’d shoot right out of this chair." Eventually, Jonas Blixt took home the title and Petrovic finished in a second-place tie. That moved Petrovic from No. 200 to No. 132 on the money list -- well within striking distance of the top 125. Petrovic eagled the par-5 ninth hole after his second shot finished 3 feet from the hole. He also birdied Nos. 14 and 15 -- chipping in on the 15th -- bogeyed No. 16 and birdied the 17th. Petrovic said he was just working to finish well at CordeValle and then get into the field at next week's McGladrey Classic -- where he was an alternate. He said he played his final round just like a Monday qualifier. After his final round, Petrovic qualified for next week. "I kind of attacked it like I was playing a one-and-done, Monday qualifier," he said. "It kept me focused all day and it seemed to work."

With a birdie 2 on the seventh hole (his 16th), Jimmy Walker moved to 9 under in his final round and grabbed a share of the lead at 14 under at the Frys.com Open. Walker already has five top 10s this season, but his still searching for his first win on the PGA TOUR. Meanwhile, Tim Petrovic just birdied the par-5 15th to reach 15 under. He is 7 under on his round. Can Walker or Petrovic post a number low enough that will stand up? Follow Walker here. Follow Petrovic here.

Jason Kokrak says his biggest thrill in golf is winning back-to-back state high school championships. That could change by tonight. Kokrak (pronounced COKE-rack) is playing so well that's he's only one shot back of leader Jonas Blixt at the Frys.com Open. Needless to say, a first PGA TOUR victory would go a long way. Kokrak entered this week No. 167 on the money list and a victory would give him among other things, a two-year exemption on TOUR. A second-place tie would bump him to around the top 130. The top 125 money leaders earn TOUR cards for 2013. Kokrak, who states his high school success as his biggest thrill in the media guide, has made 11 of 25 cuts this season. His lone top 25 was a T9 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Follow his round here.

Tim Petrovic is without a doubt playing the best golf of his season at the Frys.com Open. Petrovic, whose lone PGA TOUR win came at the 2005 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, was tied for the lead in the early going of the final round at CordeValle. His best finish this season is a T16 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in February -- his only top 25 in 14 events. But Petrovic is coming off a T14 at the Web.com Tour's WNB Golf Classic last month. With a front-nine, 5-under 30 -- which included an eagle 3 from 3 feet on the ninth hole -- Petrovic jumped to the top of the leaderboard. Petrovic's last top 10 on the PGA TOUR came at the 2010 Memorial presented by Nationwide Insurance. Petrovic entered this week at No. 200 on the money list. You can follow his round here.