First victory for a Mexican in the maximum golf circuit in 42 years: Carlos Ortiz is champion within PGA Tour, by winning the Houston Open.
A long birdie, ultimately the flag, ended the long drought. Ortiz could not hold the tears.
The tapatío controlled the pressure of the best player in the world, Dustin Johnson, who competed him during the last 18 holes of the Memorial Park Course. The tricolor withstood the DJ level and took the trophy.
The last national player to be crowned in the PGA Tour It was Victor Regalado, in what is now known as the John Deere Classic, on July 16, 1978, exactly 15,456 days ago.
Needed par. Drained the birdie. @CarlosOrtizGolf left no doubt to seal his first TOUR title. pic.twitter.com/fMXzy3Ey5g
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 8, 2020
The card that Ortiz finished with was 13 strokes under par, one ahead of Johnson, the number one in the ranking, and the Japanese. Hideki Matsuyama.
Ortiz, 29 years old, located at 160th place in the ranking and who lives in Dallas, a few kilometers from where this tournament was played, secured his fourth championship as a professional, but first in the maximum, which is the PGA Tour.
The Houston Open received 2,000 people per day, the first competition of the circuit with an audience, since March 12, before The Players Championship was suspended, due to the pandemic.
The man from Guadalajara has had a long history on the circuit, losing his card and regaining it again, to be crowned and break the drought of Mexican golfers in the PGA Tour. A prize that comes with a million 260 thousand dollars for the bag of also known as Charlie.
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