Russell Henley dominates to win World Wide Technology Championship

Russell Henley made his first bogey of the week in the course of the ultimate spherical of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. That was about all that went unsuitable for him.

Henley began the day with a six-stroke lead and by no means misplaced it, capturing a final-round 70 for a four-stroke win over Brian Harman on Sunday. It’s the fourth PGA Tour win for the Georgia native, however the first because the 2017 Houston Open.

It’s additionally the primary time in his final 5 tries Henley has efficiently transformed a 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour. Solely two out of 25 gamers within the final 15 seasons had been unsuccessful at changing 54-hole leads of six strokes or extra. However Henley had little hassle.

He led a record-scoring tempo at El Camaleon Golf Course, and his ultimate rating of 23 below tied the event scoring file set by Viktor Hovland final 12 months.

The one little bit of adversity Henley confronted all week got here on the fifth gap Sunday. After enjoying bogey-free by the primary three rounds, Henley pulled his second on the reachable par-5 left into the penalty space. After the drop, he was unable to stand up and down for the primary time all week.

His response to his first bogey of the week and his lead dropping to simply three? Three straight birdies to revive his six-shot lead.

In a bid to reclaim World No. 1, Scottie Scheffler posted a nine-under 62 shortly after the leaders teed off and held on to solo second at 18 below till Harman lastly handed him with a birdie on 13. He wanted a solo second or win to overhaul Rory McIlroy because the world’s top-ranked golfer after McIlroy’s win two weeks in the past on the CJ Cup.

Henley coasted on the again 9, making eight pars and yet another bogey on the sixteenth gap when the win was already locked up.

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is 2020 graduate of Penn State College, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf crew and nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Earlier than becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but in addition producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He could be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.