On February 21, Beijing time, the PGA Tour Gaines Invitational Tournament, easted by Tiger Tiger Woods, ended at the Riviera Country Club in California. This week's squad is extremely strong, with all the top 10 players in the world rankings playing. Junior Joaquin Nieman from Chile delivered a 9-bird-1 bogey 63 (-8) in the first round, and after equalizing the best start record of the tournament, vietnamers in the second and third rounds, respectively, delivered 63 and 68, setting new records for the lowest strokes in the 36th and 54th holes.
Joaquin Nieman (Photo: PGA TOUR)
He started the final round with a 3-stroke lead, and finally he delivered a par 71 to win his second PGA Tour title with a total of -19, a 2-stroke advantage, and at 23 years and 3 months, he was also the second youngest champion of the tournament.
Tiger presents Neman with the award (Photo: PGA TOUR)
Sadly, Joaquin Nieman's four-round total was just one stroke away from the 72-hole record of 264 (-20) set by Lenny Waldkins in 1985.
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Colin Morikawa finished with a 65 (-6) shot of 5-bird-1 eagle and 1 bogey in the final round, finishing with a total of 267 in four rounds (67-67-68-65), a 17-under-par finish, and tied for second place with Cameron Young. Adam Scott and Victor Hovland are tied for fourth overall with a score of 14. Justin Thomas finished sixth alone with a total score of 13. Pan Zhengqun was ninth alone, and Wheat was tied for tenth.
Tiger Woods continued to appear at the pre-match press conference, where he was in a car accident a year after the game. He re-emphasized that he is still recovering and is currently training for walking and long poles, but he has promised to return to the PGA TOUR, but not to participate in the full schedule.