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This PGA Tour player would’ve won $40K on the Kentucky Derby, if he could have found a place to bet

While the story may seem funny now, Lucky Strike went off at 80-1, making it one of the most improbable winners in the history of the event.

PGA Tour pro Jhonattan Vegas has lived in Texas for years, playing his college golf at the University of Texas under legendary coach John Fields.

But the 37-year-old’s Venezuelan roots run deep. Vegas was born and raised in the inland city of Maturín. He learned the game on a makeshift nine-hole course built for employees of the oil company for whom his father worked. He won the country’s Junior and Amateur titles and showed enough promise to compete in the World Junior Golf Championships in San Diego, tying for sixth at Torrey Pines.

Vegas also became the first player from his country to compete in the Presidents Cup, and in 2021 he was the country’s golf representative in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished 16th.

So when he sees something that reminds him of home, as he did during the recent Kentucky Derby, Vegas is quick to take notice.

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When Vegas was coming off the course at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm as part of the Wells Fargo Championship, he watched the opening to the Derby and noticed that jockey Sonny Leon was riding Lucky Strike. Leon is a native of Aragua, Venezuela, and Vegas’ first inclination was to wager on his countryman.

“It was funny,” Vegas said on Thursday after his round at The Memorial. “We were in D.C. And I finished my Saturday round and I’m sitting around waiting for the Kentucky Derby. I see it’s a Venezuelan jockey. There’s usually one or two. There’s a Venezuela jockey — let’s bet $500 on it, right? It’s Venezuelan.

“I thought my friend would have a way to bet online, but he didn’t. Just purely … we didn’t know the odds were that big when the guy won. It was a funny story. Incredible.”

While the story may seem funny now, Lucky Strike went off at 80-1, making it one of the most improbable winners in the history of the storied event.

That means Vegas would have pocketed $40,000 had he found a way to place the bet.

“That would have been good,” Vegas said with a laugh on Thursday.

All was not lost that week, however. Through some chilly, windy weather Vegas stayed strong during the final two rounds and finished the event at 1 under, which was good enough to tie for 15th place.

His paycheck for the four-day event was $141,750.

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Matt Kuchar among sleeper picks for the 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson

In a star-studded field, can an underdog steal the title?

We’re just days away from the start of the PGA Championship, the year’s second major, but there’s business to take care of first outside Dallas, Texas. The PGA Tour is headed to TPC Craig Ranch for the AT&T Byron Nelson, just the second time the course will host the event.

Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, didn’t have to travel far this week and will make his first solo start since winning the Masters (tied for 18th with Ryan Palmer at the Zurich Classic).

Big names in the field include Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele, Will Zalatoris, Jordan Spieth, and Brooks Koepka.

However, there are several other names to keep an eye on this week at TPC Craig Ranch.

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Our favorite Martin, Ben, leads Corales Puntacana Championship by two shots heading into Sunday’s final round

Ben Martin leads by two heading into the final round of the PGA Tour’s opposite-field event in The Dominican Republic.

Ben Martin hasn’t won a PGA Tour title in nearly eight years. Could the dry spell be nearly over?

Martin shot 2-under 70 at Corales Golf Club in The Dominican Republic and holds a two-stroke lead over rookie Chad Ramey heading into the final round of the Corales Puntacana Championship.

Martin, 34, is playing out of the past champion category these days for his lone victory at the 2014 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. It was good enough to get him in the field at this week’s opposite-field event for those Tour members that didn’t qualify for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Ranked 565th in the world, Martin, who made only one start in 2019 with a back injury and has struggled to regain his previous form ever since, carded five birdies and three bogeys during Saturday’s round. He noted it had been a long time since he’d played in the final group and he felt the nerves early.

“I need to look at my Whoop and see what my heart rate was on the first hole, I bet it was up there a little bit, but I think after that I kind of settled in and played nice(ly),” he said. “Felt fine the rest of the round.”

Ben Martin of the United States lines up a putt on the 17th green during the third round of the Corales Puntacana Championship at the Corales Golf Course on March 26, 2022, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Ramey, 29, has recorded three top-20 finishes in his rookie campaign, including a T-5 at the Puerto Rico Open earlier this month, another opposite-field event. He also got a taste of weekend pressure after opening 63-65 and contending in Las Vegas before a closing 72.

Ramey is well positioned to make a run at being the latest first-time winner on the PGA Tour. After three birdies on the front side of his third round, Ramey made three bogeys on the inward nine, including a dropped shot at 18, but continued his domination of the par 5s with a birdie at 12 and an eagle at the par-5 14th, holing his third from 146 yards.

“It was just a perfect wedge,” he said. “Couldn’t have asked for a better shot, landed two short I believe and hopped on in.”

It added up to 3-under 69 and a spot alongside Martin in the final group on Sunday. Asked to describe the game plan for Sunday, Ramey said he wasn’t going to change a thing.

“Obviously I’m doing something right, so I’m just going to stick to my game plan and just see what happens,” he said.

Venezuela’s Jhonnatan Vegas made the biggest move on Moving Day, posting 7-under 65, and now sits three strokes back, alone in third place. The bogey-free round for Vegas, who last won in 2018, included an eagle at the par-5 seventh.

“I had a really perfect number, just tried to hit a perfect fade into a right-to-left wind and I just cut it absolutely perfect(ly),” Vegas said.

Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela plays his shot from the third tee during the third round of the Corales Puntacana Championship at the Corales Golf Course on March 26, 2022, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Photo by Marianna Massey/Getty Images)

For Martin, everything this week has felt pretty close to perfect. Playing here for the third time, he brought his wife and two daughters along – neither of whom were born the last time he won – and his mother came down to lend a hand.

“They were supposed to fly home tomorrow, but they already changed their flight to Monday,” Martin said. “After my first round Ann Pearce, my little girl, she ran out on 18. I was like, well, it’s only round one, you’re supposed to do that in the fourth round, but maybe that was some sort of foreshadowing.”

Added Martin: “This is really the reason I think I enjoy playing professional golf, like being around the lead on the weekend with a chance to win, you have a little nerves, but I think that’s why we all like to test ourselves and see where we are, so it will be a fun day tomorrow.”

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A year after his debut PGA Tour win, Sam Burns shoots to top of the leaderboard at Valspar Championship

From the parking lot to the golf course, the defending champion is feeling right at home this week.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Sam Burns arrived at Innisbrook Resort, home of this week’s Valspar Championship, late Monday night and noticed his face on everything from banners to billboards to hotel keys. The defending champion’s mug is seemingly everywhere, and he even got a custom paint job on his parking spot.

“I don’t know who did it but they did a fantastic job with the eye of the Tiger there and then the state of Louisiana for the L in LSU,” he said. “Really well thought out, they did a great job.”

They may be able to re-use the same signs next year if Burns keeps burning up the Copperhead Course. The 25-year-old Louisiana native made birdie on his final two holes to shoot 7-under 64 and tie for the opening-round lead with Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas, former Valspar champion Adam Hadwin, who birdied four of his final five holes, and rookie David Lipsky.

Burns birdied half the holes, recording four deuces on the scorecard, including stuffing his tee shot at both the par-3 13th and 17th holes to 2 feet, and three of the four par 5s.

Vegas went out early and fired 7-under 64, which included a 4-iron to 6-feet that set up eagle at the first hole, his 10th of the day. Vegas made an early exit from the Players Championship last week despite playing in the good wave that didn’t have to battle with the worst of the weather.

“But I still screwed up 17,” said Vegas of his second-round 78 at TPC Sawgrass.

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He switched to an old set of Mizuno MP-4 irons and found the Copperhead Course more to his liking. Vegas, who hasn’t notched a single top-10 finish this season, gained nearly two strokes on the field with his iron play and more than 3 ½ with his putter.

“Exactly what I needed after last week. Game was there. I took advantage of the great conditions this morning,” Vegas said. “Absolutely a perfect day out here. So, yeah, lucky to have shot a nice 64.”

On a sunny day with mild winds and soft greens from recent storms, the field painted the scoreboard red with birdies galore. Eighty-nine players in the field, including amateur Jackson Suber of Ole Miss, broke par.

“While I was in the scoring tent, everyone is like, that was the craziest 7-under we’ve ever seen,” Lipsky said. “I just sort of did everything that you’re supposed to do, and then when that happens you play well.”

Danny Lee, Scott Stallings and Richy Werenski were among a group a stroke back of the leaders after 6-under 65s.

“I always like this place,” Lee said. “I wish I can play like this every day. But it’s nice to play under normal conditions again, the last two weeks have been brutally tough and mentally and physically.”

Justin Thomas is among the players who arrived weary from a long start-stop week that stretched into Monday at the Players. He said he slept nearly 10 hours ahead of his Thursday afternoon tee time.

“I woke up and played like a zombie,” said Thomas, who couldn’t buy a putt early on and was even par through his first 10 holes. “I was rolling it exactly where I wanted to and just burning the edge and lipping out some of them.”

His caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, advised him to stay patient.

“If we can just get this lid to come off, some of them might start going in,” Thomas said.

He did just that in a big way. Thomas lofted a high-cut 3-wood from 252 yards at the par-5 14th that stopped 64 feet beyond the hole and then drained the putt. It was the third-longest made putt of his PGA Tour career.

“Clearly you’ve been hitting it too close to the hole today,” playing competitor Kevin Kisner teased.

Thomas’s ball-striking was on point. He led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the green and SG: Tee to Green, but ranked 114th in putting, losing more than a stroke to the field despite making the bomb at 14. Thomas knocked a 9-iron inside 2 feet at No. 16 for another birdie to play the three-hole stretch starting at 14 in 4 under and signed for 66.

“The greens are very difficult to read, they are very subtle,” Thomas said. “They are always going to be a little bit more chewed up in the afternoon, so, we’ll get some fresh ones tomorrow morning and maybe we’ll fill it up.”

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No St. Patrick’s Day luck of the Irish for Brooks Koepka, just a ‘stress-free’ 67 to start the Valspar Championship

“I thought the first five holes were actually pretty bad luck,” Koepka said.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – When his tee shot splashed into the water last Saturday at the iconic par-3 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass for the second time in three hours, Brooks Koepka could only laugh.

“Bad luck,” he said.

Gary Player famously said it’s better to be lucky than good. But on St. Patrick’s Day, Koepka said good fortune still wasn’t by his side despite having Northern Irishman Ricky Elliott on the bag.

“I thought the first five holes were actually pretty bad luck,” Koepka said.

Nonetheless, the 31-year-old four-time major champion jumped out to a solid start, shooting a bogey-free 4-under 67 at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course.

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Koepka was one of several players that were blown away by gusting winds last Saturday at the Players Championship. On Monday, Koepka went out to hit balls and the wind was blowing 15 miles per hour.

“It felt dead calm,” he said.

On Thursday, red figures were prominent as the wind laid down and soft conditions from rain earlier in the week took some of the bite out of the Copperhead Course.

“I thought I played really solid and didn’t do much wrong,” Koepka said. “Stress-free. Three more of those, I should be right there.”

For Koepka, it’s better to be good than lucky. He was in good company at 67 with the likes of fellow major winners Dustin Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen and Stewart Cink.

They are all chasing Jhonattan Vegas, who has headcovers adorned with the flag of his native Venezuela. Vegas fired 7-under 64, which included a 4-iron to 6-feet that set up eagle at the first hole, his 10th of the day. Vegas made an early exit from the Players despite playing in the good wave that didn’t have to battle the worst of the weather.

“But I still screwed up 17,” said Vegas of his second-round 78 at TPC Sawgrass.

He switched back to an old set of Mizuno MP-4 irons and found the Copperhead Course more to his liking. Vegas, who hasn’t recorded a single top-10 finish this season, gained more than two strokes on the field with his iron play and more than 3 ½ with his putter.

“Exactly what I needed after last week. Game was there. I took advantage of the great conditions this morning,” Vegas said. “Absolutely a perfect day out here. So, yeah, lucky to have shot a nice 64.”

Luck of the Venezuelan, indeed.

Vegas was a stroke better than Danny Lee, who birdied four of the first five holes en route to shooting 6-under 65. Lee Hodges started even better than Lee, making birdie on his first five holes (Nos. 10-14) to become the first player since the ShotLink era (since 2003) to birdie the first five holes of a round at the Valspar Championship. Greyson Sigg tied Vegas at 7-under until he made a triple bogey at the last hole. But Lee summed up the general sentiment of the field on a day when there was a run of red figures.

“I always like this place. Tee to green it just suits my eye very well,” Lee said. “I wish I can play like this every day. But it’s nice to play under normal conditions again, the last two weeks have been brutally tough and mentally and physically.”

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Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson highlight loaded field of confirmed players for 2022 Saudi International

Some of the biggest names in golf are bound for Saudi Arabia in 2022.

Back in October, Golfweek reported that eight players asked for the PGA Tour’s permission to play in the controversial Saudi International.

On Monday when the tournament released a list of confirmed players for the 2022 on Feb. 3-6 at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, all eight appeared on the list alongside a few other notable names.

Two-time winner Dustin Johnson, 2020 champion Graeme McDowell, Abraham Ancer, Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Na and Jason Kokrak will be joined by Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, Adri Arnaus, Rafael Cabrera Bello, Paul Casey, Jason Dufner, Shane Lowry, Joaquin Niemann, Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter, Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas and Bubba Watson in Saudi Arabia in 2022.

The PGA Tour previously said it would deny waivers for its members to take part in the Saudi International. In past years the Tour granted releases to its members for the first three Saudi Internationals when it was a European Tour event. Last summer the PGA and European tours announced a strategic alliance, which removed the event from the European Tour schedule and was widely interpreted as a joint effort to stymie any rival tours.

In its first year as part of the Asian Tour schedule, the 2022 Saudi International features the strongest field in the history of the tour.  The Saudis previously made a $100 million investment in the Asian Tour.

“History will reflect upon how developments like the Saudi International and Golf Saudi’s partnership with the Asian Tour helped see in a new era in the professional game,” said Cho Minn Thant, CEO of the Asian Tour, via a media statement. “With the right guidance, it’ll be the sport that benefits most, with more top athletes from across a wider geographical spectrum present at the very top level and more interest from a more diverse and committed group of stakeholders.”

Since the inaugural Saudi International in 2019, the tournament has been widely criticized as part of the government’s effort to “sportswash” its human rights abuses, same as LIV Golf Investments, the new golf venture backed by the Public Investment Fund which operates on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia.

“Whilst this is a product of many factors, there is no denying the massive impact the best players in the world can have on creating multi-generational interest in the sport. This is why we place such importance on securing the strongest field possible, each and every year,” said Majed Al-Sorour, CEO and Deputy Chairman of Golf Saudi and the Saudi Golf Federation, via a media statement. “While we do not allow ourselves to be distracted from our long-term objectives by any external voices, we have been encouraged by strengthening discussions around the importance of fresh competition and innovation in the professional game.

“We are strong advocates for this, as we see it as the only way to achieve golf’s true global potential and realize the game’s considerable untapped value. All we will say is it is better for the sport if the competition remains healthy and respectful, as opposed to hostile, as all parties look at new ways to benefit this great game.”

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Twenty years after fleeing Venezuela and landing in Houston, Jhonattan Vegas could win on Sunday in his adopted hometown

What a story it would be if Vegas was hoisting the trophy on Sunday, 20 years after he left Venezuela.

Jhonattan Vegas has a chance to win on Sunday in his adopted hometown of Houston. The 37-year-old native of Venezuela shot 2-under 68 in the third round of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open and trails leader Scottie Scheffler by one stroke.

What a story it would be if Vegas was hoisting the trophy on Sunday — 20 years after he left Venezuela at age 17 knowing all of 10 words of English. Victor Hugo, the President of his country, treated golf as if it was a frivolous pursuit of the upper crust and started closing golf courses throughout the country. Vegas was a toddler swinging a broomstick when he first showed promise for golf. He broke a window, but soon graduated to a makeshift nine-hole course built for employees of the oil company for whom his father worked. He won his country’s Junior and Amateur titles and showed enough promise to compete in the World Junior Golf Championships in San Diego, tying for sixth at Torrey Pines.

Vegas refused to let politics stand in his way of chasing his dream of becoming a professional golfer. Even if that meant leaving his family and living with former Venezuela national coach Franci Betancourt, his wife and several other young talented golfers encountering similar resistance.

“Let me tell you, it’s not easy to leave home, especially at a young age,” Vegas told Golfweek several years ago.

He learned English well enough to pass his TOEFL exam and his game progressed under the watchful eye of Betancourt and instructor Kevin Kirk, the 2019 PGA Teacher of the Year, at nearby Cypresswood Golf Course. Vegas validated all that raw promise by Monday-qualifying for a spot in the Houston Open in 2003 at age 18.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open: Scores | Yardage book | Photos

“Oh my God, probably the biggest memory I have as a Tour player, I remember just walking into that locker room and seeing all the guys there,” he said. “I remember Vijay, Freddie, Phil. I mean, you name it, they were playing that week. As an 18-year-old just to be there and kind of feeling that, seeing those guys and kind of feeling that energy of a lot of those guys playing on Tour and they were at their best, it just really made me super excited about golf.”

It also grabbed the attention of University of Texas men’s golf coach John Fields and lead to a college scholarship. Vegas made it through the first stage of 2008 PGA Tour Q-School in Houston en route to becoming the first Venezuelan member of the PGA Tour, and still calls Southeast Texas home.

“I feel like a Houstonian, for sure,” Vegas said. “The city has embraced me ever since I came from Venezuela. It would be amazing to kind of share like a home title with everyone here in Houston. Like I said, it will be up there with if not the biggest win for me.”

Vegas has made 11 starts in Houston and never recorded a top-10 finish in this event, but he’s found Memorial Park more to his liking than the tournament’s former home (Golf Club of Houston), leading the field in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (3.387) and posting three rounds in the 60s so far. Vegas has won three times on Tour, the last being the 2017 RBC Canadian Open, and finished second three times during the 2020-21 season. On Saturday, he birdied three of the first four holes and shared the lead at one point before making bogeys at Nos. 14 and 16, where his second shot to the par-5 never had a chance of clearing the water.

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“I was trying to hit a hard 4-iron, obviously hit it heavy into the water. Disappointing,” he said. “I hit it in the water yesterday, hit it in the water today. It’s just not a comfortable hole for me and just got to try to put it behind the best way you can and move on.”

But he bounced back with a birdie at 17, wedging to 15 feet and holing the putt to get back to 7-under 203 and part of a five-way tie for second. Vegas said he’ll enjoy sleeping in his own bed and playing in a city that has been so good to him.

“It’s been fun playing in front of the home crowd,” he said. “Having the crowd and having the support has just been amazing.”

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Cameron Champ wins 3M Open for third PGA Tour title

The win is the third of the 26-year-old Champ’s career.

Louis Oosthuizen lipped out with a shot from just inside 100 yards on his final hole that would have tied Cameron Champ and given the South African a share of the 3M Open lead in the clubhouse at 14 under.

Instead Oosthuizen had to settle for the clubhouse lead one back at 13 under, putting the pressure on Champ to finish strong. The 26-year-old made birdie on No. 15 to take a two-shot advantage but hit a wayward drive left that found the thick rough on the final hole. After two lay ups to get back in the fairway, Champ spun his approach shot to a couple feet and signed for a 5-under 66 on Sunday at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, to earn his third win on the PGA Tour. Champ previously won the 2019 Safeway Open and 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship.

The Houston resident had struggled in recent events. Before a T-11 at the John Deere Classic two weeks ago, Champ had missed the cut or withdrawn in his previous five starts. The former Texas A&M Aggie is now the fourth player 27 yeard old or younger to win a Tour event in each of the last three years, joining Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa and Bryson DeChambeau.

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You have to go low to get high on the leaderboard at 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities

The TPC Twin Cities speedway is running like the Indy 500 as players maximize the RPMs in search of red numbers.

BLAINE, Minn. – Par is not always your friend.

Not at the 3M Open at the TPC Twin Cities speedway, which is running like the Indy 500 as players maximize the RPMs in search of red numbers to keep up with all others. With scoring conditions on the optimal side – manageable wind, course a touch on the soft side, generous fairways, getable pins and plenty of wedges in hand for approach shots – a long stretch of pars tests the patience and does little to boost the scorecard.

Shoot even-par 71 here and you’re getting lapped.

“You only have one option. You know you’re going to have to shoot a good round or else you’re going to get left behind,” said Bo Hoag, who followed up his opening-round 67 with a 66 on Friday. “There’s no real guessing game. Just got to be pretty aggressive with the scoring clubs in your hands and try to make some birdies out there.

“Played a good round yesterday and it’s nice to get back out and put another one with it. Sometimes it’s easy to kind of back off and just maybe play a little more conservatively when you get off to a good start, but I kind of kept the pedal down today and gave myself a lot of birdie opportunities.”

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Hoag, who shot four rounds in the 60s in last week’s Barbasol Championship to end up in a tie for 11th, stands at 9 under through 36 holes and shares the clubhouse lead with Chez Reavie (67), Roger Sloan (69) and Jhonattan Vegas (69). Rickie Fowler and Troy Merritt, who each shot 64 in the first round, are at 8 under through six holes.

The cut currently is hovering at 2 under.

“It’s hard, it’s really hard, but at the end of the day, and especially coming off a good round, you’ve just got to try to piece another good round together,” Vegas said of needing to go low to keep up with the pace car. “Obviously, the conditions are not super easy, you still have to hit really good shots around this place.”

For the most part, Vegas did just that. The two-time PGA Tour winner reached 11 under before his errant approach from 193 yards using a 6-iron on his final hole wound up in native area and he needed to take a penalty drop and made double.

“Should have hit a cut to hold it into the wind and decided to hit it straight and kind of came across and hit it long left and I was completely dead from there,” Vegas said. “It’s golf, sometimes you’ve got to put those behind and focus on what’s coming. I played solidly. I can’t really complain too much.”

Sloan wasn’t complaining too much after making his only bogey of the week on the par-5 18th when his second shot wound up in the water. In fact, by his way of thinking, it could prove beneficial.

“Tough to end with a bogey, but at the same time it was nice to get that bogey out of the way. We don’t have to think about being bogey-free anymore, so it sets us up for a good week,” he said. “I didn’t really think about it until my caddie and I were walking off the green. He just said, ‘Well, we don’t have to worry about going bogey free anymore,’ and it kind of loosens you up a little bit. So, maybe donating a shot back there at the last could help us play a little bit more freely on the weekend.”

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Just weeks after his father’s death, Branden Grace finishes eagle-birdie to win Puerto Rico Open

Branden Grace made an eagle and a birdie in his final two holes to win the Puerto Rico Open for his second PGA Tour victory.

Branden Grace sure has a flair for the dramatic.

Back in 2016, Grace won his first PGA Tour event with a final-round 66 at the RBC Heritage. On Sunday afternoon, he did the same, holing-out for eagle on the par-4 17th and then making birdie from the sand on the par-5 18th to reach 19 under and claim the trophy at the 2021 Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Jhonattan Vegas made birdie on the par-5 18th to reach 18 under, briefly tying Grace for the lead and ultimately finishing second. Rafael Campos, who was born in San Juan and now resides in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, fell short once again in his home country, earning a third top-10 finish at the tournament.

Puerto Rico Open: Leaderboard

Campos and Grayson Murray finished T-3 at 16 under, while Brice Garnett and Andrew Putnam round out the top five at 15 under.

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