Puerto Rico Open: D.A. Points triumphs by two shots

Final leaderboard

-20 D.A. Points 

-18 Bill Lunde, Retief Goosen, Bryson De Chambeau

-17 Whee Kim, Peter Uihlein, Sam Saunders

Scroll down for collated scores 

Day four report

American DA Points held off the challenge of double US Open winner Retief Goosen to claim his first PGA Tour title since 2013 with victory in the Puerto Rico Open.

Points carded nine birdies in a final round of 66 at Coco Beach to finish 20 under par, two ahead of South African Goosen and the American pair of Bryson DeChambeau and Bill Lunde.

Sam Saunders, the grandson of the late Arnold Palmer, was a shot further back in a tie for fifth with Peter Uihlein and Whee Kim, with England's Andrew Johnston part of a seven-way tie for 10th on 15 under.

Points made a stunning start to the final round with five straight birdies, only to bogey the sixth and eighth to fall a shot behind overnight leader Chris Stroud, who had birdied the second, fourth and sixth.

Another bogey on the 10th looked to have taken Points out of contention as Goosen surged through the field on his way to a flawless closing 64 to set the clubhouse target on 18 under.

However, the 40-year-old Points rallied brilliantly on the back nine with birdies on the 13th, 14th, 16th and 18th to claim a third PGA Tour victory and the first prize of £433,000.

Johnston began the final round two shots off the lead and remained in contention with three birdies on the front nine before picking up another shot on the 10th, but bogeyed the 13th and 17th.

Collated scores & totals

(USA unless stated, par 72):

268 D.A. Points 64 69 69 66

270 Bill Lunde 65 68 69 68, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 68 67 71 64, Bryson De Chambeau 68 65 70 67

271 Whee Kim (Kor) 71 65 67 68, Peter Uihlein 69 68 68 66, Sam Saunders 70 69 67 65

272 J.J. Henry 69 65 75 63, Chris Stroud 69 65 67 71

273 Andrew Johnston (Eng) 70 67 66 70, Rafael Campos 66 68 69 70, JT Poston 66 72 66 69, Michael Thompson 67 68 72 66, Martin Flores 71 69 67 66, Mark Anderson 68 69 69 67, Tom Hoge 69 65 72 67

274 Julian Etulain (Arg) 73 67 70 64, Kurt Kitayama 70 68 68 68, Scott Brown 67 68 69 70, Kyle Reifers 70 66 70 68, David Hearn (Can) 66 69 71 68, J.J. Spaun 66 68 73 67, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 71 63 69 71

275 Willy Wilcox 70 67 70 68, Harold Varner III 66 74 66 69, John Peterson 70 69 66 70, Jonathan Randolph 66 69 68 72, Cameron Percy (Aus) 69 71 67 68, Fabian Gomez (Arg) 71 68 67 69

276 Xander Schauffele 65 73 70 68, Miguel Angel Carballo (Arg) 68 71 69 68

277 Andres Gonzales 68 71 70 68, Shawn Stefani 69 69 71 68, Ryan Blaum 68 69 69 71, Kevin Tway 66 71 71 69, Nicholas Lindheim 69 71 68 69

278 Luke List 71 66 69 72, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 71 69 70 68, Steve Marino 73 66 69 70, John Senden (Aus) 72 69 67 70, Boo Weekley 68 68 69 73, Bryce Molder 69 69 70 70, Tyler Aldridge 68 69 73 68

279 Trey Mullinax 63 72 72 72, Steven Alker (Nzl) 71 70 71 67, Brad Fritsch (Can) 71 70 71 67, Brett Stegmaier 69 69 71 70, Cameron Tringale 69 71 68 71

280 Will MacKenzie 72 68 70 70, John Merrick 67 70 71 72, Sung Kang (Kor) 72 68 68 72, Zack Sucher 67 74 71 68, Ryan Armour 70 69 72 69, Steve Wheatcroft 68 71 71 70, Alex Cejka (Ger) 68 66 73 73

281 Ricky Barnes 66 70 75 70, Danny Lee (Nzl) 69 70 72 70, Seung-Yul Noh (Kor) 69 70 71 71, Freddie Jacobson (Swe) 68 72 71 70

282 Brian Campbell 70 70 71 71, Rick Lamb 70 70 71 71

283 Chris Kirk 70 71 71 71, Wesley Bryan 69 68 73 73, Brett Drewitt (Aus) 71 70 70 72, Bobby Wyatt 71 68 73 71, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 70 69 73 71, Zac Blair 70 71 69 73

284 Spencer Levin 71 70 71 72, Dicky Pride 71 70 70 73

285 Hunter Mahan 70 69 72 74

286 Rich Berberian Jr. 70 69 71 76

Day three report

England's Andrew Johnston is two shots off the lead heading into the final day of the Puerto Rico Open after a superb third round of 66.

Johnston carded six birdies and no bogeys at Coco Beach to reach 13 under par on a congested leaderboard which sees the top 25 players separated by just five strokes.

American Chris Stroud also did not drop a shot in his 67 to set the pace on 15 under, a shot ahead of compatriots DA Points and Bill Lunde.

Johnston was part of a six-way tie for fourth which includes former US Amateur champion Bryson DeChambeau and Puerto Rico's Rafael Campos, who delighted the home fans with four birdies in a row in his 69.

Johnston hit the headlines in April last year by winning his first European Tour title in the Spanish Open and admitting he could not wait to get home afterwards to ''get hammered'' with friends and family.

The 28-year-old Londoner has since become better known by his nickname ''Beef'' and exploited being flavour of the month by signing an endorsement deal with fast food chain Arby's.

However, the world number 100 insists he wants to remain famous for his exploits on the course rather than his facial hair and popularity with spectators, something which a first PGA Tour victory would go a long way to achieving.

Day two report

Former amateur star Bryson DeChambeau moved into a share of the lead as officials continued to play catch-up at the Puerto Rico Open.

DeChambeau, who made headlines with his performance at the 2016 Masters before turning professional later that summer, shot a second-round 65 to reach 11 under, equalling the mark of day one leader DA Points.

Bill Lunde completes the leading trio and still has three holes to play in round two, which will resume at 0700 local time on Saturday after further rain interrupted proceedings.

Chris Stroud features in a six-way share of third, which includes veteran JJ Henry and PGA Tour rookie JJ Spaun.

England's Ian Poulter looks set to miss the cut after a nightmare finish saw him play the final four holes in two over, while it's a similar story for Graeme McDowell who bogeyed his final three holes and sits alongside Poulter, currently a shot outside the cut line.

That could change on Saturday, but with conditions set fair for the morning the two former Ryder Cup players appear up against it.

There was better news for Andrew Johnston, last year's winner of the Open de Espana sitting just outside the top 20 having completed 36 holes.

Day one report

American Trey Mullinax set the clubhouse target before bad weather forced play to be suspended in the Puerto Rico Open at Coco Beach.

Mullinax carded a flawless nine-under-par 63 to enjoy a one-shot lead over compatriot DA Points, who holed his second shot to the ninth - his final hole - to complete an opening 64.

England's Ian Poulter, who finished third in the event 12 months ago, was four under par after 16 holes before the threat of lightning forced the players from the course.

Former Ryder Cup team-mate Graeme McDowell was one under par and playing his final hole when the siren sounded to suspend play.