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Cameron Champ overcomes a physical drop in the middle of the round to win the 3M Open

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26/07/2021

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Cameron Champ, with a sensational last round of 66 shots for 15 under par, he has achieved victory in the 3M Open, tournament of the PGA Tour that has been played this week in the TPC Twin Cities of Blaine, in Minnesota. The golfer from Sacramento, 26, has recovered the two disadvantages with which he started on Sunday with respect to his compatriot Cameron Tringale to add his third triumph in the circuit.

For the Californian, this last day has had two very different parts: in the first 14 holes he played an extraordinary golf, with four birdies, without errors and kicking marvelously to take the lead ahead of Louis Oosthuizen, Jhonattan vegas Y Charl Schwartzel, his three main rivals for the victory, who finished tied for second place at two strokes. But in 15 he began to feel bad, showing symptoms of being dizzy, possibly due to the heat and humidity of this week in the tournament, which made him fear for his continuity.

Champ He endured these moments of weakness as best he could, saved the par in the 15th and, despite not hitting his goal of catching the green of one from the 16th tee, he ended up taking a fantastic birdie recovering from the bunker that allowed him to reach the final two holes with a comfortable two-stroke lead. A margin that ended up being decisive to achieve victory.

In par three of 17, the organization facilitated Cameron an isotonic drink that helped him recover from the slump. He made the pair without problems and, although in the 18th he made a serious error with the driver from the tee, sending the ball far to the left, into an area of ​​high grass, he had no problems playing with intelligence and sealing the title with a fantastic approach from more than 115 meters to leave the pair done.

With your triumph, Cameron Champ becomes the 24th player since 1990 to win three tournaments of the PGA Tour before turning 27 years old. Of the previous 23, 18 were later majors winners, a most significant precedent. Also, that of Sacramento se a a Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm Y Bryson DeChambeau as the players under the age of 27 who have won the most tournaments on the US tour in the last three years.

To the new champion of the 3M Open It did not hurt him to admit that he had been away from his best level for some time (four missed cuts and a withdrawal in his last five tournaments), but that after playing in Detroit at the beginning of the month, in the Rocket Mortgage Classic, he had to rethink his situation: “I had to take a step back and really realize who I want to be, not so much on the field but outside … I had to find a way to balance golf and life.” Something that seems to have begun to achieve.

Sergio said goodbye recovering positions

Sergio Garca signed a very good final round in the 3M Open, of 67 strokes, to climb no less than 18 positions in the classification and close his participation in the 25th place tied, rescuing points towards his goal of winning a place in the European team of the Ryder Cup without having to resort to being one of the captain’s personal choices.

Rafa Cabrera Bellomeanwhile, he got stuck again at the weekend. After the rounds of 69 and 68 strokes of the first two competition days in the TPC Twin Cities, the canary threw 71 shots yesterday and 74 today for a total of 282, two under par, which makes him fall to 58 place tied and lose a position in the FedEx Cup where it’s already 167. You need a great result in one of the two remaining regular tournaments to keep the card.

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