mexico’ s Ortiz wins maiden PGA Tour title

Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz held off world No. 1 Dustin Johnson and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama to clinch his maiden PGA Tour title with a two-shot victory over the decorated duo at the Houston Open on Sunday. Ortiz, who began the day one shot back of overnight leader Sam Burns, shot a bogey- free five-under-par 65 to reach 13 under on the week at Memorial Park Golf Course where he became the third player from Mexico to win on the PGA Tour. That left him one shot clear of Matsuyama (63), whose red hot finish stalled at 18 where he missed a 13-foot birdie putt, and Johnson (65), who nearly grabbed a share of the lead at 16 where his putt from 20 feet rolled just left of the cup. “I’ve played great this week and it was really hard to hold the emotions all the way to the end, but I’m really happy the way it played out and the way I played, too,” said Ortiz. Canadians Mackenzie Hughes finished six shots back, Corey Conners was 10 back. Ortiz needed a closing par to secure the win but went one better when he drained a 22-foot birdie.