Tanglewood Country Club in Milton, Fla., might not be as finely manicured as Harbour Town Golf Links, and it might not be as tight anymore, either, after hurricane winds knocked down some trees a few years back.

But as Boo Weekley has demonstrated in each of the past two Verizon Heritages, the course he grew up playing -- his folks have a house along the sixth fairway -- is a terrific training ground for success on Hilton Head Island's Pete Dye masterpiece.

With his low ball trajectory and ability to bend irons, it's no surprise Weekley held on Sunday to capture his second Heritage title in as many tries.

What is surprising is that on a day in which he didn't play his best golf, no one chased him down. Final-round comebacks, after all, are as familiar at Harbour Town as narrow fairways and postage stamp greens.

In the chase Sunday were players of great pedigree, such as Jim Furyk, 2006 champion Aaron Baddeley, two-time winner Stewart Cink and five-time tartan-wearer Davis Love III. But as much as Boo might have been waiting for them, the roars never came from ahead, and there would be no victory from behind this time around.

"I tried to go out there and just stick to the same game plan -- hit fairways, hit it on the green and try to give myself some birdies." Weekley said of playing in the lead all day. "I just went out there and played golf."

Although admittedly armed with his "C and D game," Weekley avoided costly mistakes throughout his even-par round. Fighting the pulls on the practice tee, Weekley reversed course and had "the rights" all day. But by the end of the day, what he ultimately had was the right stuff.

"This golf is a crazy game," Weekley said. "That's why I only want to do it for so long and get out of it."

Unfortunately for playing partner Anthony Kim and the rest of the Sunday hunting pack, Boo is still playing the game -- and for the moment, no one is playing it better at Harbour Town. He started the final round with a three-shot lead, and it never got smaller. Not even after posting an even-par 36 on the front side did Weekley seem in any real danger of losing his grip. And never has this good ole boy from Milton been more popular with the galleries of Harbour Town, which helped carry the defending champion around with cheers of "BOO, BOO."

Sunday, however, was not textbook Boo at Harbour Town. Unlike the 65 he posted on Saturday and even less like the 64 on Friday that put him into contention to defend his title, Sunday's round was a grind from start to finish. Weekley posted birdies on the second and fifth, the two easy par-5s on Harbour Town's front, but erased those with bogeys on the par-4 third and the difficult 470-yard par-4 eighth. The back nine was much like the front, as Weekley countered bogies on 13, 16 and 18 with key birdies on the 10th, 14th and 15th. Boo chipped in to birdie the 10th and putted one in from off the green on 14, essentially closing out the tournament with those two shots.

"I finally did something right," Weekley said of his chip in on 10. "I was happy when it went in. It kind of got me pumped."

Maneuvering around Harbour Town like a player with a multi-stroke lead, Boo showed the calm and patience of a PGA Tour veteran, even though his 'A' game was left behind on Saturday's round.

"I learned how to control my emotions a little bit (out there today)," Weekley said. "It goes to show, I kind of proved to myself you don't always have to have your 'A' game to win."

It certainly didn't hurt that few others on the course with Boo had their 'A' game with them. Kim, who clearly had the best chance to hunt down his playing partner at Sunday's open, struggled with an opening-nine 38, anchored -- quite literally -- with a double bogey from one of those diabolical greenside bunkers. Kim, a player most are expecting great things from, rebounded on the back nine with a 2-under 33, but the damage from the front nine was too much.

"I didn't think it was over until No. 16 when I missed that 12-footer (for par)," Kim said.

He might have been the only one.

Out ahead of Weekley and Kim, the roars that have been so familiar in the past never came. Jim Furyk fired a 3-under 33 on the front side to make the turn at 12 under, three back of Weekley at the time, but got it stuck in neutral around the back and finished at 11 under. Stewart Cink also shot a 33 on the front to get to 11 under, but slid considerably on the back nine, in part done in by a 5 on the par-3 14th. Only Kim, who showed strong resolve following his difficult opening nine, got as low as 13-under par on the back nine before finishing in that tie for second at 12 under with Baddeley.

In fact, Baddeley, Furyk and Charles Howell III (70), were the only players from the final five groups to shoot under-par rounds. Undoubtedly, the pressure of a final round on the PGA Tour coupled with the typical late day winds around Harbour Town made for a difficult afternoon for many in the late pairings.

"It was more that the wind was swirling," Baddeley said. "It kept changing directions all the time. That's what made it hard to get it close."

So as others faded, Weekley kept his emotions and his game intact. As a reward, Boo joins Love III and the late Payne Stewart as the only back-to-back winners of the Heritage, an accomplishment he credits to others.

"It's the people that surround this tournament," Weekley said. "This tournament will always have a special place in my heart."

After two years of "booing" Weekley on, the feeling, I'm sure, is mutual.