Mexico's Carlos Ortiz held off world number one 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.
FINAL LEADERBOARD
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.
Ortiz, playing in the final group along with Burns and Australian former world number one Jason Day, needed a closing par to secure the win but went one better when he drained a 22-foot birdie to cap the win in his 118th PGA Tour start.
Day, who also began the day one shot off the lead, had four bogeys through his first 11 holes en route to a closing 71 that left him six shots back of Ortiz.
Burns, who had the first 54-hole lead of his career and was also seeking his maiden PGA Tour win, had a bogey, birdie and double-bogey over his first four holes en route to a closing two-over 72.
Shane Lowry briefly appeared to be bursting into contention with four successive birdies from the 2nd to the 5th to get to eight-under par for the tournament.
But his challenge faded with back-to-back bogeys on 10 and 11. He birdied the 13th and 18th but this was cancelled out by an unsightly double bogey on the 17th. He wound up on six-under par in a tie for 11th spot.
Padraig Harrington carded a final round of 69 to finish the week at one-under par in a tie for 32nd spot.
