I eat little in this sport, but this weekend the Mexican golfer made history on the PGA Golf Tour. It’s about Carlos Ortiz, who became the first champion Mexican on the PGA Tour in 42 years. The tapatío became champion in the Vivint Houston Open and he also won his pass to the Augusta Masters 2021.
Ortiz threw a 267-stroke card to finish -13 under par and left Dustin Johnson, world number one golfer, who finished on -11, and Hideki Matsuyama, who also finished with -11 hits.
“It feels good and it’s nice to do it in Houston. There are many Latinos, Mexicans supporting me and it was incredible to do it in front of them. It is a very difficult field. It was tough on the fairways, I did my thing, hit the fairways, putt well and didn’t miss a lot of shots. The ‘putt’ was good too “, he told Golf Channel at the end of your round.
“Eddy and and we worked hard and I’m happy with the way I played,” Ortiz said after acknowledging the support of Eduardo Castiello, his longtime caddy and who is also from Guadalajara.
Ortiz had a great weekend and stayed on top of the board during each of the rounds. On Thursday he finished with 67 strokes, on Friday in round two he made 68, on Saturday 65 and this Sunday he finished with 65 strokes, five below par.
With this triumph, Ortiz entered the history of the golf MexicanSince Victor Regalado won the Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open in 1978, no Aztec element has been able to win in the maximum tour of the golf professional.
Regalado had previously won the 1974 Pleasant Valley Classic, and in 1970 César Sanudo won the Azalea Open Invitational.
