Sea Island, GA – Chris Kirk, who played on the eGolf Tour in 2009 before advancing to the Web.com Tour and eventually the PGA TOUR, collected the second win of his TOUR career on Sunday afternoon at the McGladrey Classic. The former University of Georgia star held off a Sunday charge from Tim Clark to post a final-round 66 and a 14-under 266 total – good for a one-shot victory over Clark and playing partner Briny Baird.

Kirk, who earned the prestigious Ben Hogan Award during his senior year at Georgia, entered the final round at Sea Island’s famed Seaside Course with a share of the 54-hole lead alongside Baird at 10-under par.

Through 14 holes in Sunday’s final round, it was actually Baird who held the lead, as the longtime PGA TOUR member opened with four birdies and 10 pars to reach 14-under for the week.

Kirk had birdied four of his first 12 holes, but a bogey on the par-4 14th coupled with a Baird birdie to offer up a two-shot swing, in turn making the former Bulldog great the hunter as opposed to the hunted.

The par-5 15th turned out to be a key hole, as Baird three-putted for par from 40 feet after missing a 4-foot birdie try, while Kirk converted a 20-foot par save after hitting his second shot into a greenside hazard and following it up with a poor chip shot.

The unlikely halve gave way to a birdie by Kirk two holes later at the par-3 17th. Suddenly tied for the lead at 14-under par, the final twosome headed to the tee of the par-4 finishing hole, one shot clear of South Africa’s Tim Clark, who was in the clubhouse at 13-under 267 after closing the week with an 8-under 62.

Scott Brown

After fighting his swing throughout much of the day, Baird – who entered the event with 364 PGA TOUR starts and not a single win – tried to hit a 4-iron from a left-side fairway bunker, but topped the approach shot, eventually watching the ball roll 90 yards down the fairway and into a water hazard.

The 72nd-hole blunder left Kirk to play conservatively on his second, which he did, wrapping up a final-hole par and a closing 66 – good for his second career win on the PGA TOUR.

"To come here to Sea Island, which is a place that I love and cherish so much, and Davis's tournament, it just an unbelievable thing," Kirk said. "Davis was kind of my guy when I was 12 and 13, really starting to play golf. He was my favorite player, and he's turned from being my idol to sort of a mentor and good friend. So I'm a very lucky person to be in that situation, and to win his tournament really means a lot to me."

The win, Kirk’s first since the 2011 Viking Classic, brought not only a $990,000 payday to Kirk, but also an invitation to The Masters Tournament next April. The Viking Classic victory, an event then contested opposite of the Open Championship, was not a recognized win by the Masters Tournament Committee. In turn, it will mark Kirk’s first career start in his home state’s major championship.

Kirk, who turned professional in the summer of 2007, made six starts on the eGolf Tour in 2009. The now-28-year-old lost in a playoff to fellow PGA TOUR member Tom Gillis at the Pine Needles Classic and added two more top-25 finishes en route to finishing 59th on the season-ending money list.

Five-time eGolf Tour winner and 2009 leading money winner Scott Brown finished T4 with rounds of 66-68-68-66—268 – two shots back of Kirk.

The 2013 Puerto Rico Open winner has now recorded two top-5 finishes in the 2013-14 wraparound season of the PGA TOUR. Brown used a final-round 64 at the Frys.com Open last month to post a T3 finish – his first top-10 since the win in Puerto Rico.

Brown, a former star at USC Aiken, began his stint on the eGolf Tour in 2006, posting two top-10 finishes in just six starts. The following year, he erupted to the tune of two wins and seven total top-5 finishes, collecting $55,578 to finish third on the season-ending money list – trailing only Matt Cannon and fellow PGA TOUR member William McGirt.

Brian Harman

A winless 2008 campaign on the eGolf Tour brought Brown to 2009, where he cemented himself as arguably the best developmental tour player in the country. Brown dominated the eGolf Tour, winning three times en route to claiming the tour’s money title with a record-setting $142,362 in earnings. That season propelled him to two consecutive years on the Web.Com Tour, where an eighth-place finish on the 2011 money list solidified his spot on the PGA TOUR.

Former eGolf Tour player Matt Every finished T7 at 10-under 270, while past eGolf Tour winners Brian Harman and Jason Kokrak each notched T10 finishes at 8-under 272.

Harman, who lives at Sea Island, posted rounds of 67-68-70-67—272 en route to his second top-10 finish of the early season, dating back to a T7 at the Frys.com Open.

Harman entered the professional ranks in the fall of 2009 with a list of accolades following a stellar campaign as one of the world’s top amateurs. As a two-time member of the U.S. Walker Cup team in both 2005 and 2009, much was expected of the four-year Bulldog “All American” when he joined the eGolf Tour in 2010, and Harman more than held up his end of the deal.

Over his two-year stretch on the eGolf Tour, Harman notched seven top-3 finishes, including his first professional win at The Manor Classic in September of 2010. With over $144,000 in earnings between the two seasons, he ventured off to PGA TOUR Q-School in the fall of 2011, and successfully earned his spot on golf’s biggest stage. The left-handed Savannah, GA native has earned over $2.3 million in three years on TOUR.

Kokrak, who has four career eGolf Tour wins and was the tour’s leading money winner in 2010, recorded rounds of 69-65-69-69—272 for his first top-10 since a T9 at The Barclays in August.

Jason Kokrak

The long-hitting former Xavier star used an eagle on the par-4 fifth and three birdies in his first 11 holes on Sunday to reach 10-under par, but recorded just two bogeys and five pars to close en route to his final-round 69.

Kokrak’s tenure on the eGolf Tour was well documented, with four wins combined between 2010 and 2011, and over $115,000 in earnings in 2010 to secure the tour’s money title. During his magical run that season, he earned eight top-10 finishes in just 11 starts, with wins at the Cabarrus Classic in March and the Bushnell Championship in June.

Other eGolf Tour players to make the cut at Sea Island include Brendon de Jonge (T16), Brendon Todd (T16), Kevin Kisner (T20), Scott Langley (T22), Cameron Tringale (T27), Kevin Chappell (T32), Russell Knox (T32), Brice Garnett (T36), Ted Potter (T36), Will Claxton (T40), Eric Axley (T48), Martin Flores (T55) and Blake Adams (T55). For full-field results from the McGladrey Classic on PGATOUR.com, please click here.