Jul 1, 2018; Potomac, MD, USA; Francesco Molinari of Italy lines up a putt on the seventh green during the final round of The National golf tournament at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
July 1, 2018
(Reuters) – Sweet-swinging Francesco Molinari clinched his first PGA Tour title in style, an emphatic eight-shot romp at the Quicken Loans National in Maryland on Sunday as Tiger Woods finished equal fourth.
Molinari carded eight-under-par 62 in the final round at TPC Potomac to become the first Italian winner on the United States-based circuit since Toney Penna in 1947.
Swinging with metronomic precision, the two-times European Ryder Cup member was never in danger of being caught after a 50-foot eagle at the par-five 10th.
He finished at 21-under 259, while American Ryan Armour shot 68 for second place on 13-under.
Woods missed a couple of short putts on the back nine, shooting 66 to finish 10 shots behind the winner.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina/editing by Gene Cherry)
