Ram is happy to hug his son Kepa.Jon Lam (Spain) started the men’s golf world No. 1 retake.
Ram hit 2 under par 69 in the final round of the PGA Tour Mexico Open (total prize money of $7.3 million) held at Vidanta Vallarta (par 71) in Baarta, Mexico on the 2nd (Korean time) for a total of 17 He won with an under-par 267.
Ram, who overcame Brandon Wu (USA)’s pursuit by one stroke, was the first of the season to win his 7th career victory.
After winning the U.S. Open in June of last year, Ram had no relationship with the championship for nearly a year.
Ram, who took the championship trophy a month following dropping to second place following giving up his world No. 1 spot to Scotty Schaeffler (USA) in March due to a drought of championships, laid the foundation for reclaiming the world No.
Ram added joy as he achieved the Wire-to-Wire championship without ever giving up the lead from the first round.
Lam, who took the lead by two strokes in the final round, once allowed Wu and Tony Pinau (USA) to lead jointly, but kept the lead until the end, which he regained with a 3m birdie on the 14th hole (par 5).
Woo and Pinau both shot an 8-under 63 and tied for second place by one stroke (16-under 268). Kurt Kitayama (USA), who cut three strokes, also joined the joint second place group.
Kang Sung-hoon (35) was tied for 51st (5-under par 279).
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