Rafael Campos has earned himself a PGA Tour card in dramatic trend, after edging into the Korn Ferry Tour’s prime 30 because of a penalty from certainly one of his rivals. Campos was aiming for a return to the PGA Tour within the Korn Ferry’s season-ending occasion at Victoria National Golf Club.

The prime 30 from the occasion got here away with a sacred PGA Tour card for the next season, and to edge into the minimize line, the Puerto Rican knew he needed to sink a putt on the ultimate gap of the week. Agonizingly, Campos rolled his putt extensive of the mark and was visibly distraught at his pricey miss.

Just 20 minutes later although his fortunes shortly modified as he was bumped contained in the all-important top-30 because of a pricey error from certainly one of his fellow gamers. Shad Tuten was the participant in query after he was issued a two-stroke penalty following his spherical.

Tuten was adjudged to have gone via the inaccurate process of carry, clear, and place on the fifteenth fairway. The American’s loss turned out to be Campos’ achieve, in what proved to be a outstanding ending to his week and season.

Campos revealed it had been a grueling marketing campaign out on the course and after his change in fortune, broke down in tears when studying he had finished sufficient to earn his card. “God. I just want to thank … I just want to thank my sponsors, my family, my wife … my friends that came out this week, my team, God. It’s tough,” Campos stated.

“I’m drained, it has been a protracted 12 months, loads of work. To let you know the reality I'm simply actually glad to complete within the place I'm in proper now. Oh, what a tricky 12 months. The final hour and a half it has been loads of feelings, coming out and in loads of ideas.