Australian golfer Mathew Goggin has won the Web.com Tour’s season-opening Panama Claro Championship – claiming the title for a second time.

The 40-year-old Tasmanian took a big step toward reclaiming a US PGA Tour card when he shot a three-under-par final round of 67 for a four-stroke victory on the secondary tour.

Goggin finished at 11-under 269 at Panama Golf Club in hot, windy conditions.

He earned $US112,500 ($A145,000) for his fifth victory on the tour and first since 2011 who he also won in Panama.

Harold Varner III was second after a 71.

Dicky Pride (65) and Shane Bertsch (70) tied for third at six-under.

“It just reminds you that you can still play a bit,” Goggin said. “I played so poorly last year and you start wondering, at 40, what do I need to change or what do I need to do more of?” Goggin also was second in the event in 2013. He birdied holes 1, 7 and 17 in his bogey-free round.

“There’s no explanation for it,” Goggin said.

“You just get a bit of confidence. You get a course you like and these conditions really suit me, but you’ve still got to take advantage of those because there are going to be a lot of weeks where guys that carry it 320 off the tee get a massive advantage. So when you get an opportunity like this you have to take advantage of it.”

Varner was a stroke ahead of Goggin at the turn, but dropped back with bogeys on 10, 12, 14 and 16.

“When I got on 10 tee I knew what was at stake,” Varner said. “You’ve just got to accept it. It is what it is. It’s just like any person that goes to war, they don’t complain. They go to work.”

China’s Li Haotong, the third-round leader, had a 76 to finish 11th at 3-under. The 19-year-old Li was making his first tour start after earning a card as PGA Tour China’s money leader.