Carlos Ortiz
, a 42-year-old Mexican golfer, managed to win his first
PGA Tour
.
The one from Guadalajara, Jalisco,
won the Vivint Houston Open;
he endured pressure from world number one Dustin Johnson
and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama to take home the trophy.
Ortiz
closed with 267 shots (67-68-67-65), shots (-13)
, by 269 from Matsuyama (70-70-66-63), shots (-11) and Johnson (72-66-66-65 ), shots (-11).
Carlos
took a bag of 7 million
dollars.
In addition to the victory, the Jalisco became the first Mexican to win a PGA Tour since 1978, at that time
Víctor Regalado took the Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open, four years earlier, he
also won the Pleasant Valley Classic.
Ortiz: "There are many Mexicans supporting me, it was incredible to do it in front of them"
Once he finished his work, the Mexican could not hide his happiness:
“It feels good and it's nice to do it in Houston.
There are many Latinos, Mexicans supporting me
and it was incredible to do it in front of them.
It is a very difficult field.
It was tough on the fairways, I did my thing, hit the fairways, putt well and didn't miss a lot of shots.
The putt was good too, "he told Golf Channel.
The birdie putt that gave Ortiz the victory and the celebration in tears
There's nothing like your first.
😊
Soak it in, @CarlosOrtizGolf.
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- PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 8, 2020
.