Sporting a new mustache that would do "Family Guy" news anchor Tom Tucker proud, Johnson Wagner emerged from the pack with back-to-back birdies at the turn Sunday to capture the $5.5 million Sony Open in Hawaii.

His four-day total of 13-under 267 left him two shots clear of Carl Pettersson (67—269), Sean O’Hair (67—269), Harrison Frazar (67—269) and Charles Howell III (69— 269).

"I saw that 11 under was leading on the eighth green," Wagner said. "I figured maybe if I could make a birdie on nine, I would be tied for the lead. And luckily I birdied nine and 10 and just quit looking at the leaderboard for a bit.

"I tried to look at it at the right times, but not get too focused on it."

Wagner didn’t make a bogey on the back nine all week, opening at No. 10 on Thursday, going 5 under on his front nine.

"And when I started planning my interview sitting in here for the 59 I was going to shoot, I then made four bogeys in a row or something on the front nine and kind of brought me back down to earth a little bit," Wagner said.

As for the mustache, he grew a beard over Thanksgiving and shaved everything but the mustache, much to his wife’s chagrin. PGA Tour buddies Pettersson and George McNeill liked it so much when they saw him a few weeks later, they talked him into keeping it at least through Hawaii.

And now?

"This is potentially a 10-year mustache," Wagner said. "I think it’s going to be around for a while. I’m going to try to make it as long as I can."

Key Hole 15: Par 4,398 Yards

One of the few birdie holes on the back nine, the 398-yard par 4 was the 15th-easiest Sunday with a scoring average of 3.900. There were 17 birdies, 45 pars, six bogeys and two double bogeys in the final round.

Eventual champion Johnson Wagner sank a birdie putt on that hole, the last one for him as he parred the final three coming in to win by two strokes at 13-under 267. Of the top five finishers, three of them birdied the 15th on the final day.

Top-ranked golfers struggle

Waialae brought Webb Simpson, the seventh-ranked player in the world, down to earth this week. Simpson closed with a 68 to finish at 4-under 276. He tied for 38th with seven other golfers, including world No. 5 Steve Stricker.

Stricker closed with a 74. Earlier in the week, he said he was feeling fatigued after his win on Maui at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Stricker had his streak of seven consecutive rounds in the 60s to open 2012 come to an end.

For Simpson, it is only the second time in nine starts he has finished outside the top 10, and the second time in 16 starts he was out of the top 25. He tied for third the week before at Hyundai.

Simpson came into Sony with a streak of 12 consecutive rounds in the 60s and made it 13 with a 66 Thursday. The streak ended with a 72 Friday.

Three of the top five finishers at the Sony started the season on Maui, including winner Johnson Wagner. It is the ninth time in 14 years that the Sony champ began his year the week before in the winners-only field.

Champions Tour starts Friday

Hawaii is home to the PGA Tour’s first event of the season (Hyundai Tournament of Champions) and its first full-field event (Sony Open). This week it is home to the first stop on the Champions Tour.

The $1.8 million Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai tees off Friday on Hawaii island. John Cook will defend his title in a field of 41 winners from the past two years and major champions from the past five.

The only Sony entrant playing at Hualalai is Corey Pavin, who tied for 38th Sunday. Pavin won at Waialae Country Club in 1986 and ’87. He was sixth on Hawaii island last year and 13th in 2010, and goes in with a streak of 64 bogey-free holes at Hualalai.

Pavin was not the only 52-year-old in the Sony field. Tom Pernice is also splitting time on both tours. He finished 46th at Sony but is not in the Mitsubishi field. Duffy Waldorf, who is eligible for the senior tour in August, was 29th at Sony.

World Golf Hall of Famers Ben Crenshaw, Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Bernhard Langer, Larry Nelson, Nick Price, Curtis Strange, Lanny Wadkins and Tom Watson will all play at Hualalai.

O’Hair run comes up short

Sean O’Hair had a chance for outright second had his eagle putt at the last not died. As it was, his birdie left him in a tie for second at 11-under 269 with Carl Pettersson, Harrison Frazar and Charles Howell III, who has tied for second twice here.

O’Hair played last week on Maui, finishing 17th, and is off to a good start in 2012.

"I figured just some good, solid patient golf and just play the proper shot," O’Hair said of putting himself in a position to win. "Don’t really force anything. I felt like my game was good enough to give it a run and I did just that."