Ryan Palmer birdied the 18th hole to win the Ginn sur Mer Classic on Sunday. Palmer made a 10-foot birdie on the finishing hole to finish at seven-under-par 281, one stroke ahead of a group of five players.

Palmer entered the event 143rd on the money list but won't have to worry about that for a while. His victory Sunday earned him the $828,000 first prize and a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.

It looked like Palmer was coming apart near the middle of his round. He called a penalty on himself and made bogey at number 10 and then double-bogeyed number 11 after pulling his shot into the water.

Michael Letzig entered the day with the lead but came to the 18th hole needing a birdie to tie Palmer for the lead. Letzig had a wedge in his hand from 79 yards, but he hit it short and it rolled back to 35 feet and he failed to make birdie.

Letzig finished tied for second with George McNeill, Nicholas Thompson, Ken Duke and Vaughn Taylor.