Richard S. Johnson knows there was one shot that gave him the confidence to win his first tournament on the PGA Tour.

"It all started out with that first day. I made that hole-in-one and all of a sudden I felt like I could make some birdies. I haven't had that feeling for a while," said Johnson, who had struggled the last few years on tour.

Johnson birdied three of his last four holes Sunday to shoot 6-under par 64 and win the U.S. Bank Championship by a stroke over Ken Duke. He finished 16 under par on the 6,759-yard Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Milwaukee to win the $720,000 first prize.

Johnson, the sixth golfer from Sweden to win on tour and seventh first-time winner this season, had to go through qualifying school last fall to get his tour card back and he had only made the cut in three of ten events this season before coming here.

His ace linked him with Tiger Woods, who was the last player to make a hole in one there in his professional debut in 1996.

Johnson got the birdies when he needed them the most, first sinking a birdie putt of about 12 feet on the par-4 17th-hole to break away from a tie with Duke at 14-under. He then birdied the par-5 18th from less than 2 feet.

The birdie putt came after Johnson hit a great second shot to reach the green.

"I hit a three wood just straight at the pin and it rolled up to 20 feet and I two-putted for birdie," he said.

That final birdie was vital to his victory because Duke, playing in his threesome, also birdied the final hole.

Duke, who shot a 5-under 65, birdied the hole even though his second shot landed in a greenside bunker. It was a disappointing finish because Duke has never won a tournament, but he felt good that he stayed with Johnson to the end.

"I holed a couple of putts on him early, but he holed a couple back on me," Duke said. "I had a great week. Shoot 5 under on Sunday and just get beat by one. You got to take your hat off to him."

Dean Wilson (65), Chad Campbell (65) and Chris Riley (66) tied for third at 13-under.

Kenny Perry closed brilliantly with a 64 to get to 12-under and finish tied for sixth. He had been criticized for skipping the British Open to play here after winning three of his last five tournaments including last week's John Deere Classic.

Perry had chosen to play in Milwaukee because he felt he had the best chance of picking up points so he can make this year's Ryder Cup team, which is played in his native Kentucky. He said his finish vindicated that decision.

"I accomplished my goal," Perry said. "I wanted to top 10 it. I told my people, I told my friends. I said, If I can just go there and have a good top 10, I've accomplished my mission.' "

Oh wins LPGA playoff: Second-year LPGA golfer Ji Young Oh won her first tournament, sinking a 6-inch putt for par to win the State Farm Classic at Springfield, Ill., in a playoff over rookie Yani Tseng.

A day after the tournament lost its marquee player, Michelle Wie, to disqualification, the sudden-death playoff injected life into what had been an ordinary final round.

Oh and Tseng finished regulation at 18-under par.

Tseng, the leader coming into Sunday, chipped her third shot over the green and into the rough, then pitched her ball to about 6 feet from the cup.

But Oh's third shot, from just inside the rough, left her with the tap-in that gave her the win.

Eaks cruises to Champions title: R.W. Eaks was the runaway winner in the Champions Tour 3M Championship at Blaine, Minn., posting the lowest score in the tournament's 16-year history.

Eaks shot a 7-under 65 in the final round to finish with a 54-hole total of 193, four shots better than Ed Dougherty's finish in 2000. Gary Hallberg and Bernhard Langer tied for second at 17-under 199 for the tournament.