SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- J.B. Holmes seemed headed for a stinging collapse. He had blown a four-stroke lead in the final round of the FBR Open and fallen one shot back with one hole to play.
Yet in the nick of time, the young Kentuckian persevered and beat one of the game's best. Holmes made consecutive birdies on the 18th hole Sunday - one to force a playoff with Phil Mickelson and the other to beat him. "That's pretty impressive golf," Mickelson said. Holmes knew that he had not yet lived up to promise of his 2006 rookie season, when he won the FBR in just his fourth PGA tournament. He hadn't won one since. "I just had a little trouble adjusting to all the traveling out here," Holmes said, "and I just got married in November, so I'm more settled in life and happier right now.
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