South Africa’s Garrick Higgo held on to win the PGA Tour’s Punta Cana Championship on Sunday by a stroke, profiting from a dramatic, late meltdown from American Joel Dahmen.
Dahmen, who went into Sunday’s closing spherical with a 3 stroke lead, bogeyed the final three holes, together with lacking from 3 ft on the par-3 seventeenth.
The 37-year-old, whose solitary PGA Tour win got here at Punta Cana in 2021, ended with a 4-over spherical of 76, the worst of any of the highest 37 finishers,
Wobbled late
That handed victory to Higgo, who performed within the group forward of Dahmen and wobbled when he bogeyed the seventeenth however then made par on the 18th to complete with an even-par 72 and a 14-under whole for the match.
Higgo, a 25-year-old from Johannesburg who had beforehand gained on the PGA Tour on the Palmetto Championship in South Carolina in 2021, was delighted with the shock victory.
“That is unbelievable and for this reason I play the sport. You recognize, the journey, I’m going to undergo a down once more, all people does, I’m going to have ups. I simply actually benefit from the journey,” he stated.
For Dahmen, although, his collapse was onerous to take.
“I feel I’m in a bit little bit of shock, actually,” he stated.
“It’s not the way you win a golf match, I’ll let you know that. I don’t should win it. Bogeying the final three is inexcusable.
“This one might take some time to recover from,” he admitted.
“It’s a type of issues, you be taught extra in defeat, sadly. This one’s going to sting for some time.”
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