WGC Mexico Championship final leaderboard https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2019/wgc-mexico-championship/en/leaderboard.html
On February 3rd, Dustin Johnson posed with the trophy he won at the Saudi International. .On February 24 he posed with the one he won in Mexico.
He is as good as there is in the men's pro game right now as he sits at #2 in the world this morning after dominating the WGC Mexico Championship shooting a final round 66 and winning by 5 shots at -21 over Rory McIlroy and a world class field.
He made only 1 bogey and 1 double and played all the other 70 holes in -24.! It is his 6th WGC title and at 34 was his 20th PGA Tour Championship and he will be awarded a life time membership as of 2022 with that accomplishment.
Rory did all he could, opened with a 63 and closed with -4 67 -16 birdieing 6 of his last 8 holes. He has been in the top five in all his four outings this year. Now 29, happily married he spent some time this week talking about how his new total focus from now on will be the 4 majors, the WGC's and the Ryder Cup. He announced he won't be playing in the Irish Open for the first time in years in order to concentrate on winning this year's Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the highlight of his season.
Rounding out the top 5 were Paul Casey continuing his fine play, rejuvenated Ian Poulter and Kiradech Aphibarnrat all at -11.
PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open final leaderboard https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2019/puerto-rico-open/leaderboard.html
Meanwhile at the windy Puerto Rico Open, Roger Sloan shot a final round 67 to end up T2 , his best ever finish on the PGA Tour and very timely considering he missed his last 2 cuts. He went out with 4 birdies 32, came back in with 3 more and 2 bogey's, 35.
His -12 total was 3 behind winner, American Martin Trainer getting his first PGA Tour title.
As I mentioned on Thursday this field was a real mixed bag of fringe players, has beens, young guns and guys rising through the ranks from around the world.
Trainer for example, was a winner on the Web.com but never on this tour, now has a million dollars (before tax!!), a 2 year exemption beginning at the Honda Classic next week. He hit the jackpot.
Daniel Berger, the 2015 Rookie of the Year has been recovering from a wrist/hand injury, and he T2 on his way back. Former tour regulars like Boo Weekly T35, Tim Herron T42, Trevor Immelman T59, Ken Duke T62 all showed up for another shot at catching lightning in a bottle
David Hearn had a solid week T25th, 68 73 70 71 -6.
It's off to the Florida swing for the next 3 weeks for the regulars, starting with the Honda Classic this weekend. Many of these old guys will return home, or to the Web.com, waiting for their next invite, or padding their bank accounts until they turn 50 for the Champions Tour, or like Boo, going fishing or hunting with his buddies.
Bryan Angus
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