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The South Korean-born American rattled off four
birdies in his first eight holes, then after Finau pulled within
two shots, Na sank two more birdies, including one at the last,
to shoot a four-under-par 66 at the Fort Worth layout where he
has often had low rounds but never won.
"When I was standing on the first tee, I looked at that wall (of
champions) and in my head I engraved my name on it," Na told
reporters after the victory, his third on the PGA Tour.
His winning score of 13-under 267 included a near-course record
62 on Friday as he joined Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer,
Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino as winners at Colonial.
"I knew before my career was over I was definitely going to win
out here, if not multiple times," Na said.
"It's nice to get one, and who knows, maybe I'll win a couple
more times before my career is over here."
Finau (68) needed a birdie at the last to finish at nine-under
with Andrew Putnam (66) and Taiwan's Pan Cheng-tsung (69) tied
for third at eight-under.
Jonas Blixt rebounded from a disappointing third round to take
fifth on seven-under as the Swede shot 68.
Hometown favorite Jordan Spieth went in the opposite direction
as his putting deserted him, leading to a two-over 72 that left
him eight strokes behind Na.
The former champion missed a 12-footer for birdie at the first
hole and then bogeyed the second as his tee shot went into a
fairway bunker.
He did not make a birdie until the last hole.
"I just misread a number of putts today just by half a cup,"
said Spieth, who was off target on the lengthy putts he had made
in the first three rounds.
Defending champion Justin Rose finished at five-over with a 70.
(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing by
Greg Stutchbury)
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