Scott Brown proved a case study in patient aggression Friday as he battled a tough golf course and strong winds to claim the eGolf Professional Tour's Bushnell Championship at Little River Golf Club.

With winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour and an approaching rainstorm threatening, Scott, a native of North Augusta, S.C., lived on pars during most of the round, then threw caution to the winds to make three birdies on the back nine -- including holes 17 and 18 -- to edge Ryan Carter by a stroke and take the $30,000 first-place check, shooting 68-68-70--208.

Players rotated between Little River and Seven Lakes Country Club for the first two rounds before players surviving the 36-hole cut finished up at the Dan Maples-designed Little River layout.

A former All-American at USC-Aiken, the 25-year-old Brown trailed second-round leader Kenny Coakley of Bluffton, S.C., by a stroke. He opened with eight pars, then made a bogey on the difficult par-4 ninth hole to trail Andy Bare of nearby West End and Carter, of Hacienda Heights, Calif., by two shots at the turn.

"I had hit some good putts early on that didn't go in and I just told myself to stay patient," Brown said. "Then I made birdie on No. 11 (a dogleg par-5) and that got me going. I knew the numbers weren't going to be too low today."

Bare, who began the final found two shots off the lead, ran into trouble with bogeys on 10 and 11, battled back with birdie on 14, but could only par out from there.

A three-time winner on the Tour, including twice last year, the 28-year-old Bare shot 69-70-71--210. He tied for third with Blaine Peffley of Lebanon, Pa., and won $11,333.

"I've struggled a little over the winter," he said, "but I think my game is shaping up now. The course was playing hard today with the wind and everything and the pin positions were tough."

The patient Brown got aggressive by going for the green on the dogleg par-5 17th in two. He sailed a 4-iron over the trees to the hidden green to within 20 feet and two-putted for birdie.

Then he locked it up with a wedge to six feet on 18 for another birdie that enabled him to avoid a playoff.

"My heart was pounding out of my chest," Brown said.

David Sanchez of Pinehurst tied for 34th with 218 and won $1,725.