Francesco Molinari ranked 17th with 274 (68 66 70 70, -10) shots in the Butterfield Championship, which took place on the Port Royal Golf Course (par 71), in Southampton in the Bermuda Islands.
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The Puerto Rican Rafael Campos signed the first title on the PGA Tour in 80 starts with a final round of 68 (-3, one eagle, four birdies, three bogeys), for a score of 265 (70 65 62 68, -19), overtaking Andrew Novak, with whom he shared the lead after 54 holes and then second with 268 (-16). In third place with 269 (-15) Mark Hubbard and the Belgian Adrien Dumont de Chassart and in fifth with 270 (-14) Vince Whaley, Sam Ryder and Justin Lower. Only 47th with 279 (-5) the Colombian Camilo Villegas, defending champion.
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Campos, 36 years old from San Juan, is the second Puerto Rican after Chi Chi Rodriguez (eight successes between 1963 and 1979) to win on the PGA Tour where he returned to place among the top 30 of the money list in the Korn Ferry Tour of 2023. A surprise success for him, because he came from 13 cuts suffered in the last 15 participations, which earned him a check for 1,242,000 dollars on a prize pool of 6,900,000 dollars.
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Francesco Molinari recovered six positions in the last round with a 70 (-1, four birdies, three bogeys) and next week he will participate in The RSM Classic (November 21-24, St. Simons Island, Georgia). It is the final event of the FedExCup Fall, a series of eight tournaments scheduled to follow the TOUR Championship, and will be of utmost importance because at the end of it the top 125 players in the FedEx Cup standings will receive the card for 2025, while those who finish 126th through 150th will have full status on the Korn Ferry Tour and a conditional card for the main circuit.
The rules of golf are relatively complicated compared to other sports because they are played outdoors, close to nature and animals. Respecting the rules is a basic element in the game of golf, which, almost always based on self-control and the free conscience of the players, often sees distorted results, sometimes consciously, but often unconsciously or through carelessness, due to the non-observance by many players of the rules of the game. In addition to the rules, golf adheres to a code of conduct, known as etiquette, which generally means playing the game with due respect for the golf course and other players. Etiquette is an essential component of this sport.
