Hilton Head — Taiwan’s Pan Cheng-tsung held steady when it counted and won his first PGA Tour tournament with a one-stroke victory over Matt Kuchar as world No1 Dustin Johnson stumbled badly on the back nine at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina on Sunday. Pan, who goes by the initials CT, collected a birdie and two pars on his last three holes to shoot a four-under par 67 and end a tense final round at 12-under 272. Kuchar, finishing ahead of Pan, used a birdie at the last to also shoot 67 and waited as Pan, ranked 113 in the world, held steady at the end. Patrick Cantlay (69), Scott Piercy (69) and Ireland’s Shane Lowry (70) tied for third at 10-under. “It’s something when I was younger I always dreamed of. Watched Tiger [Woods] playing growing up,” the 27-year-old Pan said. “That’s why I came to the US, that’s why I went to college to go through all the necessary steps to be here. I am very, very happy that I finally did it.” Pan took the lead with a nine-foot birdie, his fifth o...
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