Stallings flies with the birdies

American Scott Stallings birdied six of the final 11 holes to break clear of a tightly bunched leaderboard and clinch his third PGA Tour title by one shot at the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego on Sunday.

Stallings also held his nerve with clutch putts for par at the 15th and 17th on the challenging South Course at Torrey Pines before two-putting for birdie at the par-five 18th for a four-under-par 68 and a nine-under total of 279.

"It's pretty cool," Stallings, 28, told CBS Sports after mixing seven birdies with three bogeys to earn the winner's check for $1.098 million. "It hasn't quite set in yet but it's nice to kind of hold up coming down the stretch.