Not exactly the most thrilling finish to a PGA tournament, but Paul Casey did what he needed to do to seal the deal in his first PGA Tour win.  The brutal stretch of finishing holes proved to be too much for sentimental favorite Fred Couples.   Showing his usual grace and a healthy dose of realism, Couples admitted that he just did not have what it took to get the job done this week.

Casey’s two fives (the card can call them bogeys, he was still 20% under the field) on 18, one in regulation and one in the first extra hole against J.B. Holmes were enough to bring him the trophy.  Gritty sand saves down the stretch kept the wheels from falling off for Casey.  Meanwhile, 2 1/2 hours were just too long for the already antsy Holmes to think about a second tee shot over the lake at 18.  After Holmes rinsed his drive on the first playoff hole, all Casey had to do was keep from hurting himself, and he managed to do just that.  It’s not exactly 20-footer-for-birdie-and-the-win type drama, but Casey now has exactly one more PGA tour win than you and me.  Hope you were flipping back and forth between Houston and the Kraft, because that’s where all the drama was.