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Former Racer Patrick Newcomb Wins Again On PGA Tour Latinoamerica
7/25/2021 8:05:00 PM | Men's Golf
The Murray State Hall of Famer scores his second win on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica with a victory in Tulum, Mexico
Newcomb, from Benton, Kentucky, and a two-time Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013, got the job done when he defeated Oscar Fraustro on the second hole of a sudden death playoff at PGA Riviera Maya.
Newcomb started the day two shots off the lead of Andrew Alligood, but passed him with a final round 68 to get into a playoff with Mexico City's Oscar Fraustro, who also carded a 68. Playing the par-4 18th hole to start the playoff, each player made a par. On the second time playing the 18th, Newcomb was the winner with another par-4 score, after Fraustro made bogey-5. Newcomb's score line for the four days of play was 72-71-72-68=283 to get his third top-10 finish of the season. He was ranked 14th in the order of merit on the tour before the event in Mexico.
The victory marks Newcomb's second on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica. He won for the first time in 2017 at the Cape Breton Open in Nova Scotia.
Patrick Newcomb 🇺🇸 hizo par contra bogey de @oscarfraustro 🇲🇽 en el segundo hoyo extra para ganar el #BupaChampionship.@ThreeWiggle99 made par on the second hole of a sudden death playoff to win over @oscarfraustro, who recorded a bogey. pic.twitter.com/6tvEDuMpcc
— PGATOURLA (@PGATOURLA) July 25, 2021
El estadounidense @ThreeWiggle99 venció en el segundo hoyo de desempate a @oscarfraustro 🇲🇽 para quedarse con el 🏆 del #BupaChampionship.
— PGATOURLA (@PGATOURLA) July 26, 2021
Su segunda victoria en el #pgatourla le permitió terminar sexto del Listado de Puntos.
Notas Finales 👇https://t.co/X3vAw6X77c
El último trofeo 🏆 de la temporada en manos de Patrick Newcomb.
— PGATOURLA (@PGATOURLA) July 26, 2021
The last trophy of the season belonged to @ThreeWiggle99.#BupaChampionship presentado por Volvo en @pgarivieramaya. #pgatourla pic.twitter.com/tvEpdERJZf
