SAN ANTONIO (AP) ― Ben Curtis won the Texas Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title since 2006, holding off Matt Every and John Huh in a tense back-nine finish for a two-stroke victory.

Curtis birdied the par-5 18th for an even-par 72 and 9-under total.

It was a redeeming and emotional win for the 2003 British Open winner whose long slump relegated him to status so low that the victory came in only the fourth PGA Tour event that he managed to get into this year.

Curtis calmly hugged his caddie after coolly sinking the clinching 12-footer, but then fought back tears just moments later while being interviewed.

“It’s been a tough couple years just fighting through it,” Curtis said softly and haltingly, after pausing for a few seconds to compose himself.

Every had a 71 and lost a chance at his first tour win with a shaky putter.