American golfer hits record when he wins PGA Tour title

Henley is 33 years old, has played professional golf 11 years, including 9 years on the PGA Tour. In this arena, he won first place at Sony Open 2013, Honda Classic 2014 and Houston Open 2017 and then "nothing" until November 6 to break the title stalemate, at World Wide Technology at Mayakoba 2022 on El Camaleon par71, Mexico.

From the start to the end of the third round, Henley had no bogey, scored 22 birdies to keep the top of the table (point -22) and dropped six strokes from second place. This is the longest lead on the PGA Tour in the past 16 months, similar to Jon Rahm at the Memorial in June 2021.

In the last two years, Henley has won the top four times after three rounds but all missed opportunities - at the Sony Open, CJ Cup, Wyndham Championship and major US Open.

"I usually don't sleep well when I'm in the lead. My heart is full of anxiety. I don't understand why Tiger Woods has succeeded more than 80 times like that," Henley said of the psychological pressure and expressed admiration for the record of 82 titles. PGA Tour of "Super Tiger".

But in Mayakoba, Henley didn't stumble like the last four times. In the last round, Henley scored a bogey on the 5th hole and then scored a series of three birdies to bring the score to -24 at the end of the 8th hole.

After the next seven-hole par sequence, the American golfer bogey again on hole 16, down to -23. However, he kept par on both holes to make it a win. Henley dropped four strokes from runner-up Brian Harman, and also hit the final -23 score record set by Viktor Hovland in the previous period.

"I take every defeat as a lesson and become more determined. That's why this victory is so sweet," Henley said after accepting the cup with a $1.476 million prize logo. The money will be in your account within a few days after the tournament.

Combined, Henley received a total of $22.085 million after 249 PGA Tour tournaments.