Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, - It was a final round 68 that signaled the win for Camilo Villegas who won his third PGA Tour title last Sunday, with Anthony Kim trailing closely behind.
Villegas finished at 13-under 267, the lowest score since Honda moved to the PGA National in 2008. By all means it looked like an easy win for Villegas, who waltzed through the first round on Thursday and even grabbed a second-round lead on Friday. On Saturday he was on a 11-under par and three shots lead although he encountered a short glitch on a bunker on 10th . Fortunately, he managed to get a stroke back at the 11th hole with a 19-foot birdie. He led at the 14th hole by a stroke and by the 16th hole reclaimed his lead by three shots.
“It’s been a long week, man,” Villegas said. “But, man, it’s been a good one. I just loved every second of it.”
This is his first win since the 2008 Tour championship, a win that made him $1.008 million richer. This victory has also made him one of only four players who is still under 30 with at least three PGA Tour wins.
“Tournaments are four rounds, and I played three pretty good ones,” he said. “I was lucky in one. It’s never as easy as you think. I played great the front nine, then I made a couple hiccups and missed some putts, but I stayed patient.”