BLAINE, Minn. – Jhonattan Vegas received for the primary time in practically seven years, holing a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th gap for a 1-under 70 and a one-shot victory over Max Greyserman on the 3M Open on Sunday.
Vegas completed at 17-under 267 on the windy TPC Twin Cities. It’s his fourth PGA Tour victory and first for the 39-year-old from Venezuela since he received his second straight Canadian Open in 2017. He completed second within the 2021 occasion.
“We’re simply attempting to have a fantastic week and clearly a fantastic week became a win. I’m out of my head proper now, so it’s unimaginable,” Vegas mentioned with the trophy a few ft away.
After a greater than 11-minute wait on the tee field on the 598-yard, par-5 closing gap, Vegas hit a super drive. One other prolonged delay adopted, and he pulled his 7-iron method to the far left nook of the inexperienced, leaving a 96-foot putt.
Vegas, who didn’t three-putt all week, had good tempo on his lengthy eagle attempt to arrange his brief winner.
“I didn’t actually assume a lot concerning the size of it. It was simply one other putt, proper? On the finish of the day you need to attempt to determine it out. I do know we putted rather well, these lengthy putts I’ve been hitting them fairly stable,” he mentioned.
Enjoying on a serious medical extension after being restricted to seven begins final season due to proper elbow and shoulder surgical procedures, Vegas continues to be experiencing problems.
“I felt (the shoulder) instantly on the primary gap,” he mentioned. “It was a nightmare, however fortunately stayed calm and I used to be in a position to play fairly stable and never make large errors.”
The victory helped ease any ache.
“Nothing feels higher than this,” he mentioned.
Greyserman, a 29-year-old PGA Tour rookie, made a cost with an 8-under 63, together with a 30 on the again 9 that was capped by a spectacular birdie on the 18th.
After lacking his drive to the left, he hit a tough draw with a 4-iron by a trio of bushes from 260 yards. The ball landed on the inexperienced, 79 ft from the outlet, and he two-putted for birdie and his lowest spherical of the 12 months.
“Usually I take into consideration, ‘Oh, you need to play somewhat bit to the fats facet of the pin if there’s hassle or not.’ At that time within the event you’ve simply received to go for it, so I simply went for it,” Greyserman mentioned.
Moments later, Vegas birdied the fifteenth gap for the fourth time this week to match Greyserman at 16 beneath.
Maverick McNealy (70) and Matt Kuchar (71) completed third, two photographs again. Kuchar was on the lookout for his first win for the reason that 2019 Sony Open in Hawaii; McNealy stays winless.
“I hadn’t had this chance shortly and to be within the final group Sunday to have the lead for a second there was an thrilling day. Definitely want I might have executed extra,” Kuchar mentioned.
Taylor Pendrith (67), the chief after two rounds, completed fifth at 14 beneath, one shot higher than Kurt Kitayama (66), Patrick Fishburn (70) and Sahith Theegala (70).
Vegas and Greyserman moved into the highest 70 within the FedEx Cup standings and into place for the PGA Tour playoffs, which start in three weeks.
Greyserman began the week 88th within the standings. Vegas was 149th, six spots forward of Kuchar, the one participant to qualify for the playoffs yearly since they started in 2007. The 46-year-old Kuchar moved up 44 spots to No. 111.
