Campos glories in his first PGA win after 80 attempts
Rafael Campos shot a final-round three-under 68 to put the finishing touches on his first PGA Tour victory at the PGA Tour’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Making his 80th start, the Puerto Rican grabbed his third ever top-five finish by carding an eagle, four birdies and three bogeys in Southampton, Bermuda.
Campos came into the day tied for the lead having shot the lowest round of his career (62) on Saturday. He started slow with a bogey at the fourth and was one-over stepping up to the drive on the sixth, which is when he made his move.
A three-shot birdie on the par-four hole gave him momentum, which he built into an into an eagle on the par-five seventh.
Shaking off another bogey at the ninth, Campos quickly sank back-to-back birdies on the next two holes, putting him at three-under with seven holes to play.
Saturday’s other co-leader, Andrew Novak. had a similar slow start, and while he applied some pressure with back-to-back birdies on the seventh and eighth holes, a bogey on 11 put him at even-par 71 for the day, three strokes behind Campos.
Justin Lower, who entered the day a stroke back, fell off the pace, carding bogeys at the 14th and 15th to fall to one over, taking him out of the running as he finished the round with a 72.
From there, Campos did exactly what he needed to do, shaking off his final bogey on the 14th to sink a birdie on 17, setting up a two-stroke lead on Novak going into the final hole.
Any hopes of a playoff were quickly dashed, as Novak’s first shot sailed into the rough and his second went into the bunker. He ended up with a bogey on the par-four 18th.
Campos calmly hit for par to sew up his first career win on the same week his wife gave birth to the couple’s daughter.
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