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• • C T Pan from Chinese Taipei earns 

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  HILTON HEAD, South Carolina – A year ago, C T Pan had a great chance to win the Wyndham Championship.
  Pan stood on the 18th tee that Sunday, tied with Brandt Snedeker, only to watch forlornly as his drive sailed right, hitting the cart path and bouncing out of bounds. Pan ended up making double bogey while Snedeker rolled in a birdie putt and picked up the ninth win of his career.
  Pan, a 27-year-old from Chinese Taipei, got another opportunity to realise his life’s dream of a US PGA Tour victory on Sunday at the RBC Heritage, and this time Pan didn’t let the opportunity slip away.
  On an afternoon of attrition at Harbour Town, Pan held steady down the stretch, grabbing the lead with a birdie at the 16th hole, then gutting out pars on the final two holes. His 67 left Pan at 12 under, one stroke ahead of Matt Kuchar, the FedExCup leader who finished two groups ahead and applied pressure when he birdied the 72nd hole.
  

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  And as he sat in the media center wearing the RBC Heritage’s trademark tartan jacket, Pan later acknowledged that the near-miss at Sedgefield last year played a big role in Sunday’s victory.
  “It definitely changed my perception on the last couple of holes down the stretch of what I should do,” he said. “The last three holes I would say I played really well here, a lot of good shots just because I told myself I need to focus on the details, the little things, and just stay in present. …
  “And that's something I didn't do at Wyndham.”
  The little things, like studying the final-round pin placements on Saturday night so he’d be comfortable with the shots he’d need to hit. Pan wanted to make it through the first four holes in even par, which he did, then fire at the pins from Nos. 5-13, which he also did, playing those holes in 4 under.
  

  “And that’s how I snuck on the leaderboard,” said Pan, who moves to No. 26 in the FedExCup standings with the win. 
  Pan also made a point of getting to the course by 9 a.m. Sunday – four-and-a-half hours before his tee time – to work out the kinks after an adventurous third-round 69 that includes six birdies, four bogeys, an eagle and a double bogey.
  “Yesterday, my wife is not happy with my round,” Pan said with a smile. “It was too colorful for her.”
  Michelle Pan, who had made a short-lived appearance as her husband’s caddy in Greensboro, wasn’t on hand to share in his joy at Harbour Town on Sunday, though. She was in Houston serving as the host of the at the C.T. Pan Junior Championship at The Clubs of Kingwood.
  Pan, who honed the skills that earned him a scholarship to the University of Washington on the AJGA  circuit from 2007-2010, had planned to be there, too. But he hadn’t finished higher than 42nd in his nine previous starts, and Michelle urged her husband to play in Hilton Head instead.
  “Just listen to your wife and you will have a good life,” Pan said.
• “And I’m just happy I executed my strategy very well there.”