February 25-28
Grand Reserve Country Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
$3,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Back in the winner's circle. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/SIx888NqYs
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 28, 2021
Branden Grace, who started his round one shot behind the leaders, made three birdies and stayed bogey-free, one of only two players in the top-10 to manage it on a windy day, before tying for the lead with an eagle at the 17th. He then birdied the 18th for his long-awaited second PGA Tour victory following the 2016 RBC Heritage.
It was an emotional day for Grace, who lost his father to Covid-19 in January
“I thought about him a hell of a lot out there. The last tee shot, I was really struggling. I knew he was watching over me. I knew he was guiding me.”
CLUTCH! 😱@BrandenGrace holes out for eagle on 17 to take the lead @PuertoRicoOpen.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/b6wPYSBrbJ
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 28, 2021
“It’s been a very tough couple of years and a tough couple of months and it’s just nice to – obviously, with all the support back home with my wife and my son and my family and everybody back home. And all that we have been through, there’s some light at the end of the tunnel.”
With this win Grace is now eligible for the 2021 PLAYERS Championship, the PGA Championship, invitational events such as the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament, the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions, and is exempt through 2022-23.
Jhonattan Vegas, who shot a course-record 62 in his last appearance in Puerto Rico, closed with a 65 to take second place at 18-under.
“I shot 5-under on the front nine, which was exactly what I needed to do, and I birdied 10 and 12, which was absolutely perfect,” said Vegas. “Overall, it was a solid day. I wish I had played the final four holes a little bit better. That’s where it is.”
54-hole leader Rafael Campos and Grayson Murray each shot 70 and tied for third at 16-under.
Making his home country proud. 🇵🇷@RafaCamposGolf notches his third top 10 finish @PuertoRicoOpen. pic.twitter.com/eMOxAWjlwI
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 28, 2021
It was the third top-10 result, and his highest finish, for local favourite Campos.
“I really felt comfortable,” said Campos. “I really liked it. It was unfortunate, the key on this course is try to get off to a good start… I just didn’t do it. I haven’t been in this position this far into the tournament, but I felt extremely comfortable.”
“I can seal the deal. I know I can. It just didn’t happen today. I didn’t have my best game out here, but I still managed to give myself a real opportunity of winning the tournament. I think it’s just getting myself more opportunities and it will happen eventually.”
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
Branden Grace | -19 |
67 |
68 |
68 |
66 |
269 |
2 |
Jhonattan Vegas | -18 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
65 |
270 |
T3 |
Rafael Campos | -16 |
66 |
69 |
67 |
70 |
272 |
T3 |
Grayson Murray | -16 |
71 |
66 |
65 |
70 |
272 |
T5 |
Brice Garnett | -15 |
67 |
71 |
70 |
65 |
273 |
T5 |
Andrew Putnam | -15 |
67 |
70 |
67 |
69 |
273 |
T7 |
Rob Oppenheim | -14 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
67 |
274 |
T7 |
Cameron Percy | -14 |
67 |
69 |
67 |
71 |
274 |
T7 |
Ted Potter, Jr. | -14 |
69 |
69 |
67 |
69 |
274 |
T7 |
Brandon Wu | -14 |
66 |
67 |
71 |
70 |
274 |
T11 |
Ryan Brehm | -13 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
67 |
275 |
T11 |
Emiliano Grillo | -13 |
71 |
68 |
71 |
65 |
275 |
T13 |
Lee Hodges | -12 |
66 |
72 |
69 |
69 |
276 |
T13 |
Wes Roach | -12 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
67 |
276 |
T15 |
Fabián Gómez | -11 |
66 |
71 |
71 |
69 |
277 |
T15 |
Joohyung Kim | -11 |
71 |
66 |
73 |
67 |
277 |
T15 |
Nelson Ledesma | -11 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
73 |
277 |
T15 |
Thomas Pieters | -11 |
69 |
67 |
71 |
70 |
277 |
T15 |
Chase Seiffert | -11 |
68 |
70 |
72 |
67 |
277 |
T15 |
Bo Van Pelt | -11 |
71 |
72 |
67 |
67 |
277 |
T15 |
Vincent Whaley | -11 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
68 |
277 |
T22 |
Greg Chalmers | -10 |
66 |
68 |
76 |
68 |
278 |
T22 |
Seamus Power | -10 |
69 |
70 |
67 |
72 |
278 |
T22 |
Roger Sloan | -10 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
68 |
278 |
T22 |
Josh Teater | -10 |
67 |
73 |
68 |
70 |
278 |
T22 |
D.J. Trahan | -10 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
67 |
278 |
T27 |
William Gordon | -9 |
73 |
70 |
69 |
67 |
279 |
T27 |
Adam Schenk | -9 |
69 |
70 |
73 |
67 |
279 |
T27 |
Tim Wilkinson | -9 |
69 |
68 |
74 |
68 |
279 |
T30 |
Aaron Baddeley | -8 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
280 |
T30 |
Bill Haas | -8 |
70 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
280 |
T30 |
Patrick Rodgers | -8 |
73 |
68 |
73 |
66 |
280 |
T30 |
Andres Romero | -8 |
72 |
68 |
72 |
68 |
280 |
T30 |
Xinjun Zhang | -8 |
70 |
72 |
69 |
69 |
280 |
T35 |
Byeong Hun An | -7 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
71 |
281 |
T35 |
Charlie Beljan | -7 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
281 |
T35 |
Ian Poulter | -7 |
71 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
281 |
T35 |
Justin Suh | -7 |
73 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
281 |
T39 |
Bronson Burgoon | -6 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
282 |
T39 |
Jonathan Byrd | -6 |
72 |
68 |
72 |
70 |
282 |
T39 |
Roberto Castro | -6 |
69 |
73 |
71 |
69 |
282 |
T39 |
Lucas Glover | -6 |
68 |
69 |
73 |
72 |
282 |
T39 |
Anirban Lahiri | -6 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
282 |
T39 |
Bryson Nimmer | -6 |
72 |
71 |
70 |
69 |
282 |
T39 |
Davis Riley | -6 |
70 |
72 |
69 |
71 |
282 |
T39 |
Sam Ryder | -6 |
73 |
70 |
68 |
71 |
282 |
T39 |
Vaughn Taylor | -6 |
71 |
72 |
71 |
68 |
282 |
T39 |
Peter Uihlein | -6 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
73 |
282 |
T49 |
Jason Bohn | -5 |
68 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
283 |
T49 |
Joseph Bramlett | -5 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
67 |
283 |
T49 |
Satoshi Kodaira | -5 |
70 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
283 |
T49 |
Kristoffer Ventura | -5 |
70 |
71 |
73 |
69 |
283 |
T53 |
Ryan Blaum | -4 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
72 |
284 |
T53 |
Scott Brown | -4 |
71 |
68 |
73 |
72 |
284 |
T53 |
David Lingmerth | -4 |
68 |
70 |
72 |
74 |
284 |
T53 |
Taylor Pendrith | -4 |
66 |
73 |
72 |
73 |
284 |
T53 |
Dalton Ward | -4 |
67 |
71 |
74 |
72 |
284 |
T58 |
Paul Barjon | -3 |
72 |
69 |
73 |
71 |
285 |
T58 |
Edward Figueroa | -3 |
73 |
70 |
69 |
73 |
285 |
T58 |
Michael Gellerman | -3 |
71 |
72 |
71 |
71 |
285 |
T58 |
Padraig Harrington | -3 |
70 |
72 |
73 |
70 |
285 |
T58 |
Stephan Jaeger | -3 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
285 |
T63 |
Mark Anderson | -2 |
67 |
72 |
75 |
72 |
286 |
T63 |
Michael Gligic | -2 |
72 |
70 |
74 |
70 |
286 |
T63 |
Dylan Meyer | -2 |
69 |
74 |
71 |
72 |
286 |
T66 |
Will Cannon | -1 |
73 |
68 |
74 |
72 |
287 |
T66 |
Zack Sucher | -1 |
72 |
71 |
74 |
70 |
287 |
T68 |
Tommy Gainey | E |
65 |
76 |
74 |
73 |
288 |
T68 |
Richard Johnson | E |
71 |
72 |
72 |
73 |
288 |
T68 |
George McNeill | E |
75 |
67 |
75 |
71 |
288 |
T68 |
Marcelo Rozo | E |
72 |
71 |
74 |
71 |
288 |
T68 |
J.J. Spaun | E |
68 |
74 |
73 |
73 |
288 |
73 |
Ben Martin | 1 |
73 |
70 |
75 |
71 |
289 |
74 |
Michael Kim | 2 |
68 |
75 |
76 |
71 |
290 |
75 |
John Senden | 3 |
70 |
72 |
76 |
73 |
291 |
CUT |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | E |
73 |
71 |
144 |
||
CUT |
Robert Garrigus | E |
66 |
78 |
144 |
||
CUT |
Mark Hensby | E |
75 |
69 |
144 |
||
CUT |
Ian Holt | E |
73 |
71 |
144 |
||
CUT |
Chris Nido (a) | E |
74 |
70 |
144 |
||
CUT |
Mito Pereira | E |
70 |
74 |
144 |
||
CUT |
D.A. Points | E |
71 |
73 |
144 |
||
CUT |
Sangmoon Bae | 1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Ricky Barnes | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Daniel Chopra | 1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Derek Ernst | 1 |
76 |
69 |
145 |
||
CUT |
David Hearn | 1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Frank Lickliter II | 1 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Ted Purdy | 1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Ollie Schniederjans | 1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Shawn Stefani | 1 |
78 |
67 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Johnson Wagner | 1 |
69 |
76 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Eric Axley | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Sebastian Cappelen | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Rhein Gibson | 2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
||
CUT |
J.J. Henry | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Tom Lewis | 2 |
70 |
76 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Greyson Sigg | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Nick Watney | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Arjun Atwal | 3 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Chris Baker | 3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Matt Every | 3 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Brandon Hagy | 3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Beau Hossler | 3 |
77 |
70 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Sebastian Saavedra | 3 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Chris Couch | 4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Jonathan Kaye | 4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Hunter Mahan | 4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
||
CUT |
John Rollins | 4 |
70 |
78 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Omar Uresti | 4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Brendon de Jonge | 4 |
77 |
71 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Tyler Collet | 5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Parker McLachlin | 5 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
||
CUT |
John Merrick | 5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Heath Slocum | 5 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Stephen Stallings Jr. | 5 |
78 |
71 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Donnie Trosper | 5 |
71 |
78 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Matt Wallace | 5 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Kramer Hickok | 6 |
78 |
72 |
150 |
||
CUT |
Carl Pettersson | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
||
CUT |
Ben Taylor | 6 |
71 |
79 |
150 |
||
CUT |
Marcos Montenegro | 7 |
72 |
79 |
151 |
||
CUT |
Dicky Pride | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
||
CUT |
Carson Young | 7 |
79 |
72 |
151 |
||
CUT |
Dominic Bozzelli | 8 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
||
CUT |
Roberto Nieves (a) | 8 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
||
CUT |
Smylie Kaufman | 10 |
80 |
74 |
154 |
||
CUT |
Will MacKenzie | 10 |
79 |
75 |
154 |
||
CUT |
Zach Smith | 11 |
79 |
76 |
155 |
||
CUT |
Carlos Franco | 12 |
79 |
77 |
156 |
||
CUT |
Robert Allenby | 14 |
81 |
77 |
158 |
||
CUT |
Martin Trainer | 14 |
76 |
82 |
158 |