LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct 10 (AFP) - Australia's Andre Stolz won his first career PGA Tour tournament on Sunday firing a bogey-free five-under-par 67 to capture the four million dollar million Michelin Championship.
Stolz picked up 720,000 dollars and earned a two-year exemption in just his 21st start on the tour.
His total of 21-under 266 was one shot ahead of Americans Tag Ridings, Harrison Frazar and Tom Lehman.
Stolz's best finish this season was a tie for 34th at the HP Classic of New Orleans and he came in ranked 217th on the money list with 88,373 dollars - nowhere near the top 125, who receive one-year exemptions.
Ridings began the final round tied for 54th but shot a tournament-record bogey-free 11-under 61 to get within one stroke of a playoff with Stolz.
Frazar, who began his 2004 campaign with a second at the Sony Open in Hawaii, also shot a 67 despite a bogey on the 10th hole.
Lehman was gunning for his first win since the 2000 Phoenix Open.
But after chipping within three feet of the pin on the 17th, he missed a par putt and dropped to 19-under.
He birdied 18 and joined Frazar and Ridings in second place.
Dicky Pride and Carl Pettersson, of Sweden, finished two shots back at 19-under 268.
Pride's tee shot at the 18th ended up near some rocks off the left side of the fairway, leading him to slam his cap to the turf in anger.
Lee Janzen, Danny Ellis, Tim Petrovic and David Frost, of South Africa, were three shots off the pace at 18-under.
Frost fired a 10-under 62, which included an eagle at the third hole.