SAN ANTONIO — Charley Hoffman is known as a golfer who has all the shots, can putt with the best of his peers and knocks on the door of winning a lot but seldom makes his way through the transom.
He is usually the player to set the pace and fade, and his final-round performance through the years has been a burr in Hoffman’s saddle.
Hoffman, who was a member of UNLV’s 1198 national championship team, took a huge step in erasing that reputation on Sunday when he rolled in a 10-foot putt on the final hole to post a 3-under-par 69 in the final round and outlast Patrick Reed for a one-stroke victory at the Valero Texas Open, which was played under warm and windy conditions on the relentless Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio.