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."