J.P. Hayes captured his second PGA Tour title with a four-stroke victory over Robert Gamez in the John Deere Classic.

Hayes shot a final round 67 to finish on an impressive 22 under par for the tournament.

After beginning the final round tied for the lead with Gamez at 18 under, Hayes birdied the first two holes to take control.

He went on to add birdies at the 11th and 17th, completing a bogey-free round for his first tournament win since the 1998 Buick Classic.

Poor start

Hayes picked up a cheque for $540,000 for his efforts.

Gamez started his final round poorly with a bogey at the second to fall three shots behind Hayes and he never recovered after that.

Kirk Triplett closed with a 66 to finish third at 17 under.

Pat Perez and Mike Heinen both mounted brief challenges to the lead but both fell back with Perez finishing on 16 under and Heinen another shot back alongside Briny Baird and Chris Riley.

Final round scores from the John Deere Classic. (US unless stated)

262 J.P. Hayes 67 61 67 67
266 Robert Gamez 65 64 66 71
267 Kirk Triplett 68 67 66 66
268 Pat Perez 68 65 69 66
269 Briny Baird 67 64 68 70, Mike Heinen 63 69 66 71, Chris Riley 69 64 66 70
270 Peter Jacobsen 66 67 69 68, J.L. Lewis 67 69 66 68
271 Andrew Magee 70 67 70 64, Notah Begay III 69 65 72 65, John Rollins 69 66 70 66, Paul Goydos 69 67 69 66, David Gossett 65 69 67 70
272 Bob May 72 66 70 64, Dicky Pride 71 66 69 66, Caul Paulson 69 64 72 67, Joel Edwards 69 69 66 68, Joe Durant 67 66 71 68, John Senden (Australia) 68 68 68 68, Bob Burns 69 64 68 71
273 Charles Howell III 71 65 70 67, Greg Kraft 71 65 68 69, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 67 66 68 72, Fred Funk 64 64 73 72