Brian Harman handled the wind and the chill Sunday with a pair of key birdies on the back nine Sunday in the Valero Texas Open, closing with a 3-over 75 for a three-shot victory in San Antonio, his first title since the 2023 British Open.

Harman began the final round with a three-shot lead and it soon became a tight battle with Andrew Novak, who was going for his first PGA Tour victory and a spot in the Masters.

Harman never lost the lead, though it dropped to one shot with a bogey on No. 6 and a double bogey on the ninth hole when he had to take a penalty drop after a pulled tee shot and still could only advance it to the fairway.

But he holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the 12th hole to give him some breathing room, and he got up-and-down from a bunker on the par-5 14th and his lead was back to three shots.

He followed that with a pair of bogeys, but left the mistakes at the end to Novak.

Novak, two shots behind with two to play, bogeyed the 17th with a bad chip and the par-5 18th with a bad drive. He shot 76 and fell into a tie for third with Maverick McNealy (72).

PGA Tour Champions

Angel Cabrera won on the PGA Tour Champions tour 20 months after he was released after spending two years in an Argentine prison for gender violence. He made a late birdie for a 1-under 71 to win the inaugural James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational in Boca Raton, Fla.

Cabrera, a former Masters and U.S. Open champ, was imprisoned for threats and harassment against two of his ex-girlfriends. He was released on parole in August 2023 and cleared to return to the PGA Tour Champions later that year.

He returns to the Masters next week — former champions have lifetime exemptions — and the 55-year-old Argentine will arrive with his first win in more than 10 years.

The win means Cabrera is now fully exempt on the 50-and-older circuit through 2026.

LPGA Tour

Madelene Sagstrom ended more than a five-year LPGA Tour victory drought, overcoming the loss of a four-hole lead at difficult Shadow Creek in a 1-up victory over Lauren Coughlin in the T-Mobile Match Play final in North Las Vegas, Nev.

Sagstrom took the lead for good with a par at the par-5 16th hole. Coughlin made a double bogey on the hole.

Perhaps it was a fitting when the world’s top-ranked players fell one after another at the picturesque but demanding course that a ranked 67th player claimed the $300,000 winner’s share. The Swede’s other win came in 2020 at the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio.

The final match reached the 18th green for the first time the 5-year-old event.

LIV Golf League

Marc Leishman played bogey-free on the Blue Monster for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot victory over Charl Schwartzel in LIV Golf Doral, his first victory on the Saudi-funded circuit.

U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, who led going into the final round, made bogey on the par-5 opening hole, had two double bogeys and shot 75 to finish fifth.

Leishman picked up three of his birdies on the par 5s and closed with eight straight pars to finish at 6-under 210. Schwartzel shot 66, with Sergio Garcia (71) finishing third.