February 21-24
Coco Beach Golf & CC, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
$3,000,000
American Martin Trainer fired a five-under par 67 in Sunday's final round to capture his first US PGA Tour victory by winning the Puerto Rico Open.
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In only his 12th PGA start, Trainer finished 72 holes at the Rio Grande resort on 15-under par 273 for a three-stroke triumph over Canada's Roger Sloan, Australian Aaron Baddeley and Americans Johnson Wagner and Daniel Berger.
"Disbelief -- now that I've won it's just a total dream come true," Trainer said.
Trainer, ranked 286th in the world, struggled as a Monday qualifier and on developmental tours to play in events but earned a place on the PGA Tour this season and took his first title in a campaign where his main goal was only to keep his job.
"It has been an incredible journey," Trainer said. "I could never have imagined this would have happened. It happened today.
"Along the way there were a lot of times I had to play under a lot of pressure to keep my card. That's as tough as playing down the stretch."
Trainer claims a berth in May's PGA Championship and a tour exemption through the 2020-21 campaign.
Trainer birdied three of the first five holes, took back-to-back bogeys at the par-3 sixth and par-4 seventh, then responded with back-to-back birdies at nine and 10 and closed calmly with birdies at the par-5 15th and 18th to secure the triumph.
"I was not composed. Inside it was utter turmoil," Trainer said. "But I drew on my experience of winning on the Web.com Tour to try and stay calm.
"It all came together and I was able to keep it together."
Just two weeks ago, Trainer shared 28th at Pebble Beach for what had been his best career finish.
This was only his fifth PGA result after having missed six prior cuts.
American Shawn Stefani and South Africa's Charl schwartzel shared sixth on 277.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
Martin Trainer | USA |
-15 |
70 |
67 |
69 |
67 |
273 |
T2 |
Daniel Berger | USA |
-12 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
66 |
276 |
T2 |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
-12 |
70 |
67 |
72 |
67 |
276 |
T2 |
Johnson Wagner | USA |
-12 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
276 |
T2 |
Aaron Baddeley | AUS |
-12 |
70 |
68 |
66 |
72 |
276 |
T6 |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
-11 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
65 |
277 |
T6 |
Charl Schwartzel | RSA |
-11 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
66 |
277 |
T8 |
Ben Crane | USA |
-10 |
68 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
278 |
T8 |
Nate Lashley | USA |
-10 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
73 |
278 |
T10 |
Austen Truslow | USA |
-9 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
66 |
279 |
T10 |
Scott Brown | USA |
-9 |
71 |
71 |
69 |
68 |
279 |
T10 |
J. J. Henry | USA |
-9 |
74 |
69 |
67 |
69 |
279 |
T10 |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
-9 |
68 |
68 |
72 |
71 |
279 |
T10 |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
-9 |
70 |
68 |
69 |
72 |
279 |
T10 |
Joey Garber | USA |
-9 |
68 |
74 |
65 |
72 |
279 |
T16 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-8 |
75 |
69 |
69 |
67 |
280 |
T16 |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
-8 |
67 |
73 |
71 |
69 |
280 |
T16 |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
-8 |
73 |
71 |
67 |
69 |
280 |
T16 |
Matthew Every | USA |
-8 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
70 |
280 |
T16 |
D. J. Trahan | USA |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
71 |
73 |
280 |
T21 |
Derek Fathauer | USA |
-7 |
72 |
71 |
71 |
67 |
281 |
T21 |
John Chin | USA |
-7 |
74 |
70 |
70 |
67 |
281 |
T21 |
Martin Flores | USA |
-7 |
69 |
73 |
69 |
70 |
281 |
T21 |
Jonathan Byrd | USA |
-7 |
71 |
67 |
70 |
73 |
281 |
T25 |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
-6 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
282 |
T25 |
Brendon Todd | USA |
-6 |
70 |
73 |
70 |
69 |
282 |
T25 |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
-6 |
71 |
73 |
69 |
69 |
282 |
T25 |
Dominic Bozzelli | USA |
-6 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
282 |
T25 |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
-6 |
74 |
71 |
67 |
70 |
282 |
T25 |
Curtis Luck | AUS |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
71 |
282 |
T25 |
David Hearn | CAN |
-6 |
68 |
73 |
70 |
71 |
282 |
T25 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
-6 |
66 |
73 |
69 |
74 |
282 |
T25 |
Roberto Castro | USA |
-6 |
68 |
72 |
68 |
74 |
282 |
T25 |
Martin Piller | USA |
-6 |
68 |
73 |
66 |
75 |
282 |
T35 |
Alex Kang | USA |
-5 |
68 |
75 |
70 |
70 |
283 |
T35 |
Julian Etulain | ARG |
-5 |
72 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
283 |
T35 |
Parker McLachlin | USA |
-5 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
283 |
T35 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
-5 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
73 |
283 |
T35 |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
-5 |
71 |
69 |
70 |
73 |
283 |
T35 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-5 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
73 |
283 |
T35 |
Boo Weekley | USA |
-5 |
72 |
73 |
65 |
73 |
283 |
T42 |
Chad Campbell | USA |
-4 |
70 |
74 |
72 |
68 |
284 |
T42 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-4 |
70 |
72 |
73 |
69 |
284 |
T42 |
D. A. Points | USA |
-4 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
69 |
284 |
T42 |
Tim Herron | USA |
-4 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
284 |
T42 |
Brian Davis | ENG |
-4 |
69 |
74 |
68 |
73 |
284 |
T47 |
Bryson Nimmer | USA |
-3 |
69 |
75 |
72 |
69 |
285 |
T47 |
Tom Lovelady | USA |
-3 |
70 |
73 |
72 |
70 |
285 |
T49 |
Robert Allenby | AUS |
-2 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
68 |
286 |
T49 |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
-2 |
68 |
77 |
73 |
68 |
286 |
T49 |
Rafael Campos | PRI |
-2 |
73 |
68 |
74 |
71 |
286 |
T49 |
David Lingmerth | SWE |
-2 |
69 |
75 |
71 |
71 |
286 |
T49 |
Ben Griffin | CAN |
-2 |
74 |
71 |
69 |
72 |
286 |
T49 |
Stuart Appleby | AUS |
-2 |
71 |
74 |
69 |
72 |
286 |
T55 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
-1 |
72 |
72 |
74 |
69 |
287 |
T55 |
Tom Hoge | USA |
-1 |
70 |
72 |
75 |
70 |
287 |
T55 |
Jim Knous | USA |
-1 |
71 |
70 |
74 |
72 |
287 |
T55 |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
-1 |
70 |
70 |
72 |
75 |
287 |
T59 |
Trevor Immelman | RSA |
Par |
72 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
288 |
T59 |
Zac Blair | USA |
Par |
71 |
73 |
70 |
74 |
288 |
T59 |
Robert Streb | USA |
Par |
75 |
69 |
69 |
75 |
288 |
T62 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
1 |
71 |
73 |
74 |
71 |
289 |
T62 |
Billy Hurley III | USA |
1 |
74 |
69 |
73 |
73 |
289 |
T62 |
John Senden | AUS |
1 |
74 |
69 |
74 |
72 |
289 |
T62 |
Ken Duke | USA |
1 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
76 |
289 |
T66 |
Derek Ernst | USA |
3 |
72 |
70 |
76 |
73 |
291 |
T66 |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
3 |
71 |
73 |
74 |
73 |
291 |
T66 |
Chris Couch | USA |
3 |
70 |
75 |
73 |
73 |
291 |
69 |
Chris Thompson | USA |
4 |
74 |
71 |
73 |
74 |
292 |
70 |
Arjun Atwal | IND |
6 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
75 |
294 |
T71 |
Chad Collins | USA |
7 |
71 |
74 |
76 |
74 |
295 |
T71 |
Meen-Whee Kim | KOR |
7 |
71 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
295 |
T71 |
Jonathan Kaye | USA |
7 |
73 |
72 |
73 |
77 |
295 |
T71 |
Charlie Wi | KOR |
7 |
74 |
71 |
73 |
77 |
295 |
75 |
Wes Roach | USA |
8 |
74 |
71 |
76 |
75 |
296 |
CUT |
Charlie Beljan | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Chris Kirk | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Corey Conners | CAN |
2 |
69 |
77 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Frank Lickliter | USA |
2 |
71 |
75 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
2 |
71 |
75 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Jay McLuen | USA |
2 |
77 |
69 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Josh Teater | USA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Nick Heinen | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Ricky Barnes | USA |
2 |
72 |
74 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Rod Pampling | AUS |
2 |
72 |
74 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Tommy Gainey | USA |
2 |
75 |
71 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Tyrone van Aswegen | RSA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
William Cannon | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Edward Figueroa | USA |
3 |
71 |
76 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
George McNeill | USA |
3 |
75 |
72 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Kristoffer Ventura | NOR |
3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Kyle Jones | USA |
3 |
71 |
76 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Retief Goosen | RSA |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
3 |
75 |
72 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Taylor Pendrith | CAN |
3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Will MacKenzie | USA |
3 |
76 |
71 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Alex Prugh | USA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Chris Smith | USA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
David Duval | USA |
4 |
79 |
69 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Derek Lamely | USA |
4 |
78 |
70 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Hunter Hamrick | USA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Jason Bohn | USA |
4 |
75 |
73 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
John Merrick | USA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Sang-Moon Bae | KOR |
4 |
75 |
73 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Troy Matteson | USA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Omar Uresti | USA |
5 |
71 |
78 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Spike McRoy | USA |
5 |
72 |
77 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Todd Hamilton | USA |
5 |
73 |
76 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Dicky Pride | USA |
6 |
75 |
75 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Robert Garrigus | USA |
6 |
73 |
77 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Yuwa Kosaihira | JAP |
6 |
76 |
74 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Angel Cabrera | ARG |
7 |
73 |
78 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Brady Schnell | USA |
7 |
74 |
77 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Daniel Chopra | SWE |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Jeronimo Esteve | PUR |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
John Rollins | USA |
7 |
77 |
74 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Ted Purdy | USA |
7 |
77 |
74 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
8 |
74 |
78 |
- |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Eric Axley | USA |
8 |
75 |
77 |
- |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Max Alverio | PRI |
8 |
78 |
74 |
- |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
9 |
78 |
75 |
- |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Brendon de Jonge | ZIM |
9 |
79 |
74 |
- |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Kyle Sanders | USA |
9 |
75 |
78 |
- |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Alexander Hicks | USA |
10 |
77 |
77 |
- |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Cameron Beckman | USA |
10 |
75 |
79 |
- |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Hiram Silfa | DOM |
10 |
71 |
83 |
- |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Heath Slocum | USA |
11 |
77 |
78 |
- |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Marc Turnesa | USA |
11 |
76 |
79 |
- |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Robert Gamez | USA |
12 |
77 |
79 |
- |
- |
156 |
RET |
Jason Gore | USA |
Par |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
RET |
Neal Lancaster | USA |
Par |
83 |
- |
- |
- |
83 |