the austrian Sepp Straka managed to win the Honda Classic title last night of golf on the last day of the tournament by signing a card of 66 strokes (-4) and adding a total of 270, with 10 under par for the course in Florida (USA). The 50th edition of The Honda Classic golf kept the excitement of the champion until the last moment. The final round began with the American Daniel Berger in the lead with a five shot advantage.but his worst performance of the week, with four bogeys and another double for only two birdies, dropped him to fourth place.
Straka took advantage of this circumstance, maintained the good level of play shown in the previous rounds and finished the fourth tour in 66 hits despite failing holes 1 and 8, a fact that supplied by pocketing six birdies that gave him victory in the rain at the PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens.
The one from Austria, who climbed to 14th place in the FedExCup, He won his first professional title today and with it, the ticket for the Augusta Marsters to be held in April. The Irishman was close to achieving it Shane Lowry, one shot off the lead, who completed the last 18 holes without errors and with birdies at 1, 4 and 11. In third position, with eight under par and two behind the winner, finished the American Kurt Kitayama, who started the first round achieving the provisional lead against the odds and who, although he failed to win, was able to stay at the top of the table.
The Honda Classic, which celebrates its golden anniversary this year, distributed this year eight million dollars in prizes, of which almost a million and a half went to the champion. The first edition was held in 1972 under the name of Jackie Gleason’s Inverrary Classic, in 1981 it was renamed American Motors Corporation (AMC) and in 1982 it took the name it retains to this day, The Honda Classic.
