BANGKOK, Thailand — Former prime novice Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra shot a final-round 69 and gained the LIV Golf Invitational-Bangkok by three strokes over Patrick Reed on Sunday.
Lopez-Chacarra had a three-round, 19-under complete of 197 after the storm-delayed end on the newly opened Stonehill Golf Membership course north of Bangkok.
Reed shot a closing 67 whereas Paul Casey (65), Richard Bland (68) and Sihwan Kim (68) had been tied for third, 4 pictures behind Lopez-Chacarra.
Ex-Oklahoma State participant Lopez-Chacarra, who turned skilled to play on the LIV sequence, led after the second spherical and was amongst three who led after the primary.
The 2-time first-team All-American was No. 2 within the World Newbie Golf Rating earlier than he signed a three-year contract with the Saudi-backed LIV tour.
Lopez-Chacarra opened with a birdie however had back-to-back bogeys on his fourth and fifth holes to drag the sector again to him. However these had been his solely bogeys of the match.
“Clearly I believe I performed nice golf. I hit the ball nice all week. I had two bogeys in 54 holes and my purpose was to have zero,” he stated. “However the course is in nice situation so you may go low, but in addition I believe I performed actually good. Extra birdies than bogeys. That can make it.”
The tour heads to Saudi Arabia for subsequent week’s LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah.
