GREENSBORO, North Carolina (AP) – Arjun Atwal won the Wyndham Championship by one stroke yesterday, becoming the first Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour in 24 years.

Atwal, who led or shared the lead after each of the first three rounds, shot a 67 in the final round. He finished at 20-under 260 and earned $918,000.

He's the first Indian-born player to win on tour and the first to win both the qualifier and the tournament that follows since Fred Wadsworth at the 1986 Southern Open.

"I told my caddie, 'We've got nothing to lose this week. Just go out there and try and win it,"' Atwal said. "Guys are going to be out there trying to secure their FedEx Cup spots or whatever. We've got nothing. I don't have a card. I don't have anything. Just go out there and free-wheel it, and that's what I did this week."

David Toms (64) was 19 under. John Mallinger and Michael Sim both shot 62s and were joined by John Rollins (65) and Justin Leonard (65) at 18 under.

For a few dizzying moments late in a low-scoring day, seven players shared the lead at 18 under.

Atwal, who carried a three-stroke lead into the final round, was at 19 under for most of the day but bogeyed the par-three 12th a few minutes before Lucas Glover bogeyed 14 and Toms, Rollins and Leonard all birdied number 16.

Atwal reclaimed the lead with a birdie at 14, Leonard birdied 17 and Toms birdied 18 to join them at 19 under. Leonard dropped back a stroke after running into trouble on 18, while Atwal still had three holes to play – giving him more than enough chances to settle things himself.

Atwal made his move on the par-three 16th, plopping his tee shot six feet from the flagstick and sinking his birdie putt to move to 20 under. He followed that with consecutive pars, sinking a seven-foot putt on 18 before dropping his putter and extending his arms upward in jubilation after closing out his first tour victory.

Glover (67) finished at 17 under, and Webb Simpson (63), Chris Riley (64), Scott Piercy (68) and second-round co-leader Brandt Snedeker (69) were one stroke behind him.

Atwal, who has won on the European, Asian and Nationwide tours, certainly has been through plenty during the past few years.

The player perhaps best known for his practice rounds with Tiger Woods is ineligible for the FedEx play-offs and lost his tour card last month because he was too low on the money list when his minor medical exemption ran out. That came after he returned too soon following weightlifting injuries to both shoulders.

Three years ago, a driver trying to race him down an Orlando street died in a crash. Atwal was cleared of any wrongdoing, although the yearlong investigation took an emotional toll.

The Wyndham marked the last chance for players to pick up points for the play-offs that begin next week in New Jersey.

Michael Letzig, who arrived at Sedgefield at number 125 on the points list, finished 14 under to solidify his spot in The Barclays.