A former winner on the PGA Tour is unimpressed by the international leaderboard heading into the final round of the Mexico Open. LEADERBOARD ; 1. United States T. Finau. 64 ; 2. Spain J. Rahm. Byron Nelson mexico open leaderboard Taylor PendrithPendrith ; Ben KohlesKohles ; Alexander NorenNoren ; Matt WallaceWallace ; Byeong-Hun AnAn. Somos la Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana más importante. Avalada por OWGR (Official World Golf Ranking) mtwarrenparkgolf.com.au cropped-LOGO-LA-VILLARICA-CLUB-DE.
He tied Ortiz with a 7-under 64 on Friday to sit tied for the lead going to the weekend. Was pretty stress free for the most part. Knapp had three straight birdies on Nos. He has hit all but three fairways and all but four greens through 36 holes. Even losing strokes around the green and on them, he still finds himself in contention heading to the weekend.
So not going to overthink anything, just want to see a few go in and call it a night. Wallace is a winner, breaking through last year at the Corales Puntacana Championship. Meanwhile, Valimaki is a rookie, earning his card for finishing in the top 10 last year on the DP World Tour season-long points race.
Wallace got there via a 6-under 65, including a 5-under 30 on his final nine holes. After some slow starts to rounds to begin the season, Wallace and his caddie came up with a formula to try to combat that. Then I bogeyed it, so I was 4 over so I had to get it back. That sort of determination and focus really helped. Meanwhile, Valimaki had seven birdies and three bogeys in a 4-under First-round leader Erik van Rooyen, who won the last Tour event in Mexico in the fall, shot 2-under 69 on Friday and sits a shot back of the lead pack.
Tony Finau has had plenty of success at Vidanta Vallarta, finishing runner-up and hoisting the trophy in his two appearances in Mexico. Finau made two eagles on the back nine, including on the closing par-5 18th, to move to 6 under for the tournament, five back of the leaders. Ben Kohles. Jake Knapp. Will Zalatoris. Mexico open leaderboard Austin Eckroat.
Lucas Glover. Harris English. Emiliano Grillo. Sam Burns. Cam Davis. Chris Kirk. Tommy Fleetwood. Hideki Matsuyama. Taylor Moore. Sahith Theegala. Viktor Hovland. Tony Finau. Rory McIlroy. Nick Taylor. Adam Hadwin. Max Homa. Tom Kim. Matt Kuchar. Stephan Jaeger. Matt Fitzpatrick. It was the second hole event in the last three weeks on the Champions Tour due to weather.
Thomas Longbella was declared the winner of the KIA Open after overnight rains made the course unplayable, forcing the event to be shortened to 54 holes. The first four groups started as scheduled on Sunday before the final round was suspended and ultimately cancelled.
Longbella eagled the penultimate hole in the third round as he posted his lowest score of the season which stood up for the one-stroke victory over Gunn Yang. After the sixth and final event in Latin America, the top two golfers in the standings earn conditional status on the Korn Ferry Tour in Adrian Otaegui overcame a five-shot deficit to win the China Open by one stroke.
The event, which returned to the European Tour after a five-year absence, was reduced to 54 holes after thunder and lightning cancelled the third round.