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American Jake Knapp is the newest name in the winners’ circle on the PGA Tour after wining the 2024 Mexico Open Championship at Vidanta Vallarta. The 29 year old carded a level-par 71 in his final round of Sunday but still won by two shots ahead of Finland’s Sami Valimaki . Knapp’s superb 63 on Saturday , the joint best round of the week, followed a 64 on Friday , with his performance on the middle two days in Mexico instrumental in his victory. Who is Jake Knapp? Knapp turned professional at the age of 22 in 2016 but has spent the majority of his career to date on the Canadian Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour, which he graduated from in 13th place in 2023. The California native , who has won three times on the PGA Tour Canada , becomes the third rookie to win on the main tour this season after amateur Nick Dunlap, who won The American Express in California in mid-January, and Frenchman Mathieu Pavon , who finished first at the Farmers Insurance Open in Phoenix the following week. Rook...

Tommy Fleetwood couldn’t have dreamt of making a better start to 2024 as Ryder Cup teammate Rory McIlroy’s nightmare end to his fourth round at Dubai Creek Resort cost him dear at the Dubai Invitation, the first event of the year on the DP World Tour. Leader McIlroy finds the water on the 18th The Northern Irishman was in the driving seat on the 18th tee, one shot ahead of playing partner Fleetwood and South African Thirston Lawrence, who fired a final-round 64 to ultimately finish in a tie for a second. But while Fleetwood ended his round with a second successive birdie , McIlory hooked his tee shot on the last into the water and could only card a bogey. The Champion enters The Green Room 🤩@TommyFleetwood1 | #DubaiInvitational pic.twitter.com/54Wl85cmTQ — DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) January 14, 2024 As a result, the duo, affectionately referred to as Fleetwood Mac as they teamed up together in Europe’s Ryder Cup victory over the United States in Rome last autumn, swap...