Rafael Campos is a PGA Tour winner when he least expected it. The 36-year-old from Puerto Rico was on the verge of losing his full card. His wife was due to give birth to their first child. Time was running out on the season. She gave birth to a girl six days ago. And then Campos delivered his best golf of the year.
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Rafael Campos felt like he was living a fairy tale Sunday when he went from being on the verge of losing his PGA Tour card to winning the Bermuda Championship, just six days after his wife gave birth to their first child in time to let him play.on the par-5 seventh hole during a surge that carried him to a 3-under 68 for a three-shot victory, joining the late Chi Chi Rodriguez as the only players from Puerto Rico to win on the PGA Tour.
Coming off five straight missed cuts — Campos missed eight in a row earlier in the season — he made it to Bermuda in time and no longer felt the stress of being on outside of the top 125. Campos had said on Saturday the joy of their first child brought perspective and peace.“It’s been an unbelievable week — best week of my life,” he said. “Such a bad year, and to have things go my way — everything together at once — I’m just so happy. I’m grateful to call myself a PGA Tour champion.
That changed when Campos worked the wind flawlessly, setting up a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 6 and the eagle on the next hole. And it changed for Lower, who four-putted for double bogey on the par-3 eighth and never quite recovered.
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