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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dongchan Kim = Victor Hoblan (Norway) won the PGA Tour Worldwide Technology Championship (total prize money of $7.2 million).
On the 8th (Korean time) at El Chameleon Golf Club (par 71, 7 points and 17 yards) in Riviera Maya, Mexico, on the 8th (Korean time), Hoblan hit a 4-under par 67 with 6 birdies and 2 bogeys in the fourth round of the tournament.
With a final total of 23-under 261, Hoblan beat Carlos Ortis (Mexico) of the home course by four strokes to win the championship. The prize money for winning this competition is $1,296 million (about 1.53 billion won).
Hoblan won his first PGA Tour win at the Puerto Rico Open in February last year, and also won the Mayakoba Classic in December last year.
This competition was held under the name of the Mayakoba Classic until last year, and Hoblan achieved two consecutive victories in this competition.
Born in 1997, Hoblan won the European Tour BMW International Open in June of this year.
Hoblan, who started the final round with a two-stroke lead, cruised by reducing three strokes in the first half, and Taylor Guchi (USA), who was in second place until the third round, lost one stroke in the first half, widening the gap.
Regarding Hoblan, who won by one stroke with his last hole birdie at last year’s Mayakoba Classic, the Associated Press said, “There was no need for that today. For the last two hours, only the fight for second place took place.”
With this win, Hoblanc will move from 17th in the world rankings to 10th this week.
Hoblan won the PGA Tour, starting with Im Seong-jae (23) at the Shreiners Children’s Open in October, Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) of the CJ Cup, Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) of the Jojo Championship, and Lucas Herbert (Australia) of the Bermuda Championship. A series of ‘non-American winners’ followed.
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The runner-up Ortiz putts about 9m on the last 18th hole (par 4) and took second place alone, one stroke ahead of third-placed Justin Thomas (USA).
Had this not been done, Ortiz would have been awarded a joint second prize of $64,800 instead of $784,800 for the sole second place. 144,000 dollars, or 170 million Korean won, it was a putt.
Danny Lee (New Zealand), who finished runners-up at the Bermuda Championship last week, tied for 7th with a 15-under 269 shot and continued a good trend recently.
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