Jones shot a 66 at TPC San Antonio to finish two shots behind J.J. Spaun, who won his first PGA Tour event – and his first trip to the Masters – by firing a 69 on Sunday.

“Played great today, had a great playing partner, great group, so it's always enjoyable,” Jones said.

In his 147th PGA Tour start, Spaun survived a double-bogey start to his round by recording five birdies with no bogeys to finish at 13-under.

“It's still unbelievable. Like I knew I could win out here on Tour,” Spaun said. “When I first got out here, I was playing really good and then obviously had a setback kind of two years ago. I don't know, it's just, just perseverance, just trying to push through and just stay strong.

“It means the world. You've only dreamed of playing there for most of us,” he added of heading to Augusta. “To think that we're going to be heading there tonight or tomorrow is incredible. I'm really looking forward to it and I can't wait. Hopefully I can have another good week there, too.”

RIGHT: Spaun poses with the trophy and in the winner's cowboy boots as he prepares to head to Augusta for his Masters debut. PHOTO: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images.

Matt Kuchar (69) finish alongside Jones with Canadian Adam Hadwin (67), Beau Hossler (72), Charles Howell III (69) and Troy Merritt (69) tied for fourth at 10-under.

The 31-year-old Spaun's previous best finish on Tour was runner-up in 2018 at the RSM Classic.

Jones missed a three-foot par putt on the 16th, birdied the 17th and missed a 14-foot birdie putt on the final hole.

Kuchar needed a birdie on the final hole and Spaun to make bogey to force a playoff. Spaun found trouble off the tee in the left rough, but Kuchar's second shot went into the water. Spaun reached the green of the par-5 finishing hole in three and his final putt was less than two feet.

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It was a missed opportunity to get back to the Masters for Kuchar and Brandt Snedeker, who shared the lead after the first two holes on Sunday. Between them, they have 26 Masters appearances, seven top-10s and each has a top-3 finish.

Snedeker finished tied for 18th after a 75.

“Played great today, had a great playing partner, great group, so it's always enjoyable.” - Matt Jones.

Spaun took the lead with a birdie after nailing his approach into the 11th to three feet away. Jones' birdie at the 17th cut it to one, but Spaun answered with a birdie at the par-5 14th after getting almost pin high in the greenside bunker. He hit to nine feet and made the putt to go back to two ahead.

Spaun nursed the lead, making a six-footer for par at 15, chipping to five feet away and making the par putt on the 16th and on 17, knocking in par from four feet.

Keegan Bradley, who also shot a final-round 66, finished in a tie for eighth at nine-under with Austria's Matthias Schwab (68), Gary Woodland (70) and third-round co-leader Dylan Fittelli (73).