james hahn. nick: he never looked. kept his eyes down. : it's hahn, james hahn, the winner here. peter kostis, let's have a chat with the winner. peter: thank you. up until now you were known for his gangnam style dance at 16, now you're known as a tour winner. >> thank you very much. this is amazing. i have a little girl coming in three weeks. and yeah, this is unbelievable. i never would have thought i would have won this golf tournament. there's so many great players here. dustin sergio, jordan, i mean, just to be here competing with these guys is an honor. peter: you never know what happens when you hang in there and you hung in there congratulations. jim: amazing odyssey it's been for james hahn. never lost sight of the dream. he and his wife stephanie as he said, three weeks away from welcoming a little girl into the world. it's a whole new world for him. after holing this putt to take the title. at the northern trust open. for sir nick fallow and the whole cbs golf family, we will see you next at augusta and the masters. congratulat

dustin johnson paul casey and james hahn. jim: one of the best finishing holes in golf, the 18th at riviera, now it's the first playoff hole and should it extend beyond this point, they'll go to the 10th. that diabolical little par 46789 there's rick waddell from northern trust. >> rick is going to assist us here chairman and c.e.o. of northern trust. we're going to play 18, 10, 14, and 18 in the playoff. paul you finished first you draw. then dustin you draw, then james you draw. paul. two, one dustin you'll lead off. jim: no need to go to the -- need to go to the hat, james. >> all right gentlemen. jim: the biggest hitter in the bunch will go first. the 21st ranked player in the world. already with eight career wins. david: he doesn't dislike it. norte he should. nick: kind of sets the standard. jim: it does. next will be casey. he's not in the masters. a win here would send him to augusta. he's 85th in the world. peter: his immediate goal, get inside the top 50, qualify for the championships and augusta. jim: another good

dustin johnson paul casey and james hahn. jim: one of the best finishing holes in golf, the 18th at riviera, now it's the first playoff hole and should it extend beyond this point, they'll go to the 10th. that diabolical little par 46789 there's rick waddell from northern trust. >> rick is going to assist us here chairman and c.e.o. of northern trust. we're going to play 18, 10, 14, and 18 in the playoff. paul you finished first you draw. then dustin you draw, then james you draw. paul. two, one dustin you'll lead off. jim: no need to go to the -- need to go to the hat, james. >> all right gentlemen. jim: the biggest hitter in the bunch will go first. the 21st ranked player in the world. already with eight career wins. david: he doesn't dislike it. norte he should. nick: kind of sets the standard. jim: it does. next will be casey. he's not in the masters. a win here would send him to augusta. he's 85th in the world. peter: his immediate goal, get inside the top 50, qualify for the championships and augusta. jim: another good

so many friends and relatives give us a call. >> reporter: hahn and his wife spoke to us from their home in alameda. their son james was bosch in south korea. he was raised and went to school in alameda. today hahn tweeted thanks to all my alameda peeps who have helped me get to where i am now, especially eric stone who has mentored me. still works at the golf complex. mike is one of the instructors. >> james is a great guy. very humble. very sweet. comes from a great family. >> reporter: also watching yesterday was his former golf coach at cal. steve desmone. >> the only thing i can compare it to was the 2004 ncaa championship. whether it's phone, e-mails it's absolutely crazy. it's almost like we won the rose bowl. >> reporter: his former coach says hahn always had great talent but like anything had to really work at it. in the meantime he took on odd jobs, like selling shoes at nordstrom. his parents always supported him even then. >> whatever he is doing, okay, do it, try your best. >> reporter: with little money in his pockets hahn finally decided to put in the time to be a great golfer, and he proved that yes

james hahn. curry responded congrats on that. awesome to watch you. that beer on the podium tasted extra good. hahn won at the country club. he used to be a shoe salesman. only a few years ago he was struggling so much he had depleted his life savings to just over $200. was seriously considering give up golf. >> james come through like that in the clutch and knowing how hard he's worked and how he's struggled with the game early and seeing him come through like that, it was just a great moment, and going to live for a long time. >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, we have just finished interviewing hahn's father. you will hear his reaction to his son's big win. and james and his wife are expecting a baby girl soon. thinking about names? riviera, you win at the riviera country club? >> i think that's adorable. >>> christian is checking on what's coming our way. >> it's chilly up here. this is far from the riviera. i'll tell you that. we do have sunny skies and brisk and breezy conditions. we'll take a look live at the golden gate bridge. these are our

so james hahn 2015 northern champion the first cal bear to win a pga tour event and he is headed to the masters. and a little more about hahn congratulations to him. raised in alameda. he and his wife are expecting a baby girl in three weeks. and when you consider he is ranked 297 in the world and had to work at nordstroms to make ends meet. >>> and temperatures tomorrow mid 60s. windy. dry weather. >> all right. thanks a lot. thanks for choosing nbc bay area news. see you at 11:00. have a good one. in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. >>> you're watching an nbc bay area news special. bay area proud. >> homecoming to 14 king. >> from homecoming king to king to giving back. a senior with down syndrome uses special skills to help fellow classmates. >> i need to make my mark. >> an east bay man spin a web of good with a new identity. >

a great day for james hahn. he is in the hunt here and needs this for birdie on eight.t and would end up in a three-man play off. hahn this 25 footer is for birdie. he has it and he is pumped for good reason. johnson, he needs another put to extend the play off. hahn is a 2015 northern trust champion and headed to the masters. congratulations to him. and daytona 500, what a race this was. the yellow flag is out and under caution, logano cruises to his first victory and becomes the second youngest driver to win it. the warriors next play on tuesday in washington for the second game of that six game road trip. the big question is will curry's ankle be strong enough for him to return to the court? the team likes his energy and enthusiasm. >> gone and apparently forgotten. >> it happens often but how do you forget these two? honestly? you know? it's pretty amazing. >> how about workweek weather? >> windy tonight. highs tomorrow in the 60s and as the winds back off, tuesday morning lots of 30s and 40s around the bay area. >> big change. thank you so much for joining us. >> h

. >> a long and rewarding road on the golf tour for james hahn.d of regulation in los angeles. all three players still in it. second extra hole. number 10. johnson sets the tone with that approach. made the shot. put the pressure on hahn and he responded. shot a final round 69 to get into the playoffs. number 14 on the course, applies the pressure. birdie. up to johnson to match or it is over. johnson now for birdie. sliding past the hole. hahn who at one point gave up golf had his first pg&e win. and that will do it for this sunday night sports wrap. see you tonight at 10:00 p.m. and i remember the miracle on ice also. >> thank you. >> the old guys. >>> coming up tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news, back to work and back off the job at the port of oakland. the cost of the latest work stoppage two days after they seem to come up with a agreement. more on that tonight at 10:00 p.m. thank you for making ktvu your source for news. thank you for making ktvu channel 2 news your choice for news. we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and you can follow u

. >> overnight james hahn went from ranking 2 97 in the world to 86. >> yes. golfer used to be a shoe sales man only few years ago he had as the as 200 dollars to his name. >> stay with us. what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward teenage one has arrived!!!! don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus for a limited time, get a free security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast.com/xfinityhome. is. >> if we were tell you alameda native 33 years oldest just on top of the world today after claiming his first pga tour victory idea. he tweeted this picture of the inside of his glove. it says be great. he says wrote this in his glove before he teed off yesterday. an idea he got from the warrior seth curry. >> lee ann caught up with his parents and college golf coach today. >> james was try

. >> until yesterday james hahn was known more for his dance moves than his golf game. >> after the rounda playoff? what's going on? he's like yeah, it's dustin johnson, paul casey and some other by. >> his cue factor is a little higher after picking up his first tour win. even stephen curry gave him a shout-out on twitter. not bad for a guy selling shoes at nordstrom in walnut creek in 2006. >> i was pretty good at it. >> but his golf game wasn't. his low point came during a tournament in edmonton on the canadian tour. >> i'm sitting there in my room. i'm like i got to borrow money to pay for my caddy fee. it was a little embarrassing. i was knowing to borrow money from my parents to get a flight home. and i'm sitting there on the computer going on craigslist and i start looking for jobs. >> reporter: fortunately hahn stuck with it. yesterday's win at riviera earned him $1.2 million. >> is it almost mind-boggling? >> you know how many diapers i can buy? >> reporter: despite the win golf will take a back seat for the next month. the hahns are expecting their first child and right now his

james hahn a screen time winner on the pga tour. wedding bells are ringing for michael phelps.ole johnson miss california in 2010. >> big congrats to mychal phelps. to college after winning seven straight temple stumbled against 21st first smu them looked to bounce back against tulsa and get their 20th win on the season. first half the owls drive to the basket and get out of here. he saves the rock. starts the fast break and markell curtis finishes witness easy dunk. temple falls for the second game in a row 55-39. >>> lasalle in overtime against st. louis. the he gets the rock in the corner right here. and he hits the tray ball. st. louis is a five-point lead at that point and it was their largest in the entire game. the explorers fall skate-64. they're now 15-12 on the season. >>> despite that loss the explorers are starting to play consistent basketball. that's largely because of the play of jordan price. auburn transfer has already become the leader and go to player for a resurgent lasalle team. >> price for three. >> jordan price starting to put the explorers on his back.

. >> the winner, the greatest guy in the world, his name is james hahn. was my partner last year. he was your partner last year at at&t pebble beach. >> yeah. he went to berkeley. got in advertising for years and years. and then he was selling shoes in nordstrom. and he said he had 300 bucks and said i'm going to give it one more shot at the pga tour. and he won the l.a. open yesterday. >> wow. >> congratulations to him. >> i brought that up because from now on it's going to be and the green jacket goes to for the winner. there's going to be no win per. >> i figured out why you're obsessed with this. >> the winners and losers. >> the first thing you did on television was winners and losers. >> andrew found out that in 2010 they rehearsed -- >> they went back to it. but then they didn't do it during the show. >> they chickened out. >> even el-erian wrote in and said in greece right now they're saying and the agreement goes to. they're not saying either side is actually -- because they're afraid to say someone won. >> that's a good point. there's your winners and losers. >> there ar