
-19 M Wallace (Eng); -18 N Hoejgaard (Den); -17 S Stevens (US), T Duncan (US); -16 A Ekroat (US; -15 W Clark (US) |
Chosen: -12 H Corridor (Eng); -1 R Knox (Sco) |
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England’s Matt Wallace received the Corales Puntacana Championship by a shot after birdies on 4 of his final six holes.
A six-under final-round 66 gave Wallace his first PGA Tour victory and first win in almost 5 years.
Wallace, in search of a Ryder Cup debut this yr, made 4 straight birdies from the thirteenth gap to complete 19 below for the match in Dominican Republic.
Runner-up Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark missed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th that might have pressured a play-off.
Wallace is a four-time match winner on the European Tour, the latest of these victories coming in Denmark in September 2018.
That win was anticipated to safe a Ryder Cup debut in Paris for Wallace, however he was missed by captain Thomas Bjorn.
The win in Dominican Republic strikes him as much as twenty second within the World standings of European qualification in addition to bringing his title additional to the eye of captain Luke Donald, who has six wild-card picks.
“Very glad,” Wallace mentioned. “Down these previous few holes I knew I might do it. I performed nice all week. Simply got here out on prime, so very fortunate. That is cool.”