Jorge Campillo finished 4th at the American tour’s Myrtle Beach Classic

Jorge Campillo37 years old and number 123 in the world, came out this Sunday with all the enthusiasm in the world to win the title for the first time on the most prestigious golf circuit, the American, but the leader, the American Chris Gotterupreacted immediately to a bad start and made his PGA record debut.

With three birdies and two bogeys, Campillo posted a final round of 70 strokes for a total of 269, seven ahead of the champion, Gotterup, whose card of 67 earned him the trophy, six strokes ahead of his immediate pursuers, his countrymen Alistair Docherty (64) and David Thompson (68).

He Myrtle Beach Classic It makes its debut this season on the tour and shares the week with another PGA tournament, the Wells Fargo Championship, the most important of the week. However, Campillo is about to achieve a very important milestone in his career.

Campillo has played most of his career on the European circuit, as it is currently called DP World Tourand added three titles, the 2019 Hassan Trophyhe 2020 Qatar Masters and the Kenya Open 2023.

For his part, the teenage girl Blades Brownwho made the cut at just 16 years old in his PGA tour debut, completed another round in 70 strokes under (69) and finished in a creditable 26th position in the tournament, 12 strokes behind the champion .

Final classification

4th day

Myrtle Beach Classic (par 71):
262 Chris Gotterup (USA) 66-64-65-67
268 Alistair Docherty (USA) 65-68-71-64
David Thompson (USA) 65-68-67-68
269 ​​Jorge Campillo (ESP) 66-66-67-70
Ryan McCormick (USA) 68-68-69-64
Beau Hossler (USA) 64-69-69-67
​ Kevin Yu (Taiwan) 67-69-66-67
Ryan Fox (NZ) 70-66-66-67
Erik Van Rooyen (RSA) 67-67-65-70
…
​274 Blades Brown (USA/26º) 72-67-66-69