Rookie Snedeker wins at Forest Oaks

American Brandt Snedeker became the first rookie to win on the PGA Tour this season when he compiled a brilliant final round to win the Wachovia Championship by two strokes on Sunday.

Snedeker, who started the day five strokes behind, gathered 10 birdies in a nine-under-par 63 at Forest Oaks. He took the outright lead for good with a 30-foot birdie at the par-three 17th and parred the last before enduring an anxious wait to find out if his score was good enough.