RALEIGH, N.C. -- Kevin Johnson defeated Jeff Gallagher in a one-hole playoff to win the Nationwide Tour Rex Hospital Open Sunday at TPC Wakefield Plantation. He posted a four-day total of 18-under-par 266 after rounds of 65, 69, 65 and 67 and collected the $94,500 winner's check from the $525,000 purse.

Campbell University graduate and Raleigh resident David Mathis, who last season earned his PGA Tour card while playing on the Nationwide Tour, was third after a final-round 67 for a 15-under 266. He took home $35,700. He was an alternate for this past weekend's PGA Tour event in Fort Worth, Texas, but no spot opened for him.

Mathis is in his first year playing on the PGA Tour and entered last week's play ranked 119th in the FedEx Cup standings with $194,795 in prize winnings. He made the cut in 10 of his first 13 PGA Tour events in 2009.

The Nationwide Tour, which serves as the proving ground for the PGA Tour, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Each season, the top 25 money winners earn their PGA Tour cards.

Fellow Campbell grad Brad Fritsch concluded his best tournament of the 2009 Nationwide campaign with a 30th-place finish (68-68-67-73—276) at TPC Wakefield that netted him $3,150. Full results are available on-line at www.pgatour.com.