England’s Matt Wallace gained his first PGA Tour title with a powerful victory within the Corales Puntacana Championship.
Wallace carded a remaining spherical of 66 within the Dominican Republic to complete on 19 beneath par, a shot forward of Denmark’s Nicolai Hojgaard.
The 32-year-old Londoner, who completed seventh within the Valspar Championship final week, obtained off to a poor begin with a bogey on the second, however responded fantastically with birdies on the third, fourth and seventh.
Wallace then made 4 birdies in a row from the thirteenth to maneuver right into a two-shot lead earlier than Hojgaard closed the hole with a birdie on the par-three seventeenth, however the 22-year-old was unable to choose up one other shot on the final to power a play-off.
Wallace, who hit the headlines for stepping into an argument along with his caddie Sam Bernard throughout the Valspar Championship final week, stated: “Everyone knows I’m a feisty character but that got me through that today.
“I was calm, I was determined. I kind of felt like I had it in me all week. I really felt like I was playing some really good stuff and I felt like I was going to be up there at the end of the week no matter what.
“I didn’t get off to the start I wanted today but kept at it and Sam was brilliant, so positive, and the way I finished was exactly how I feel like I can play golf.
“That was awesome down the final few holes and I’m really proud of myself.
“I knew I was playing some good stuff, I just had to let it come out because that’s the hardest bit sometimes – you stop yourself from playing good golf.
“I’m proud of how I dealt with that and the bogey today, I birdied the third hole straight away after the bogey and the back nine was brilliant.”