Rafael Campos shot a final-round 3-under 68 to place the ending touches on his first PGA Tour victory Sunday on the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southampton, Bermuda.
In his eightieth begin, the Puerto Rico native grabbed his third ever top-five end by carding an eagle, 4 birdies and three bogeys.
Campos got here into the day tied for the lead having shot the bottom spherical of his profession (62) on Saturday. He began gradual with a bogey on No. 4 and was 1-over stepping as much as the drive on No. 6, which is when he made his transfer.
A 3-shot birdie on the par-4 gave him momentum, which he parlayed into an eagle on the par-5 seventh.
Shaking off one other bogey on No. 9, Campos rapidly sank back-to-back birdies on the following two holes, placing him at 3-under with seven holes to play.
Saturday’s different co-leader, Andrew Novak. had an analogous gradual begin, and whereas he utilized some strain with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 7 and eight, a bogey on 11 put him at even-par 71 for the day, three strokes behind Campos.
Justin Decrease, who entered the day a stroke again, fell off the tempo, carding bogeys on 14 and 15 to fall to 1 over, taking him out of the operating as he completed the spherical with a 72.
From there, Campos did precisely what he must do, shaking off his remaining bogey on 14 to sink a birdie on 17, establishing a two-stroke lead on Novak going into the ultimate gap.
Any hopes of a playoff had been rapidly dashed, as Novak’s first shot sailed into the tough and his second went into the bunker. He ended up with a bogey on the par-4 No. 18.
Campos calmly hit for par to stitch up his first profession win on the identical week his spouse gave delivery to the couple’s daughter.
–Subject Degree Media