Brendon Todd Wins Weather-Delayed Mayakoba Golf Classic

Brendon Todd is playing some fantastic golf lately, and that continued with another win this season, this time at the Mayakoba Golf Classic.

After the entirety of the opening round was postponed Thursday at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, most expected the tournament to finish up Monday morning. It may have been difficult waking up early Monday to go play, but Brendon Todd isn’t going to be one to complain about it.

Coming off of a win two weeks ago at the Bermuda Championship, Todd was looking to make it back-to-back PGA Tour wins. Yes, Bermuda was the lesser of the two PGA Tour events that were held two weeks ago, being played in the shadow of the WGC-HSBC, but a win is a win.

He didn’t do anything crazy during his final round at the Mayakoba compared to his incredible nine birdies in ten holes that happened at The Bermuda. Brendon Todd was able to keep it together for the final four holes Monday morning, holding off a trio of golfers that finished one stroke behind him. At -20, Todd did just enough to get the win.

Todd turned in a final-round 68, finishing birdie-bogey-par-par on the four holes that he had left Monday morning. The prize was a little better this week than it was two weeks ago, where he took home $540,000 and 300 FedEx Cup points. This win garnered him over twice the winnings, with earnings of $1.296 million, and a solid 500 FedEx Cup points.

Brendon Todd is now first in the FedEx Cup standings, understandably so after two early-season wins. He jumps ahead of Lanto Griffin, who sits 82 points behind him in second place.

By finishing bogey-par-par, Todd left the door open for the three golfers behind him to make a charge to try and force a playoff. Fortunately for Brendon Todd, none of them were able to do so. Vaughn Taylor had the best opportunity, as he started Monday morning tied with Todd at -20. Taylor, like Todd, would bogey 16. Unfortunately for him, he couldn’t find a birdie on any of the other three holes, and finished T-2nd at -19.

Joining Taylor were Adam Long and Carlos Ortiz. Long birdied the 17th, and had a solid back nine where he shot a -4 31. It wasn’t quite enough to catch Todd, but still earned him 208 FedEx Cup points and over $500K. Like Todd, Ortiz birdied the 15th but finished with three straight pars.

It was a great finish for Ortiz, who looked like he might be in for a long final round. He opening with a double-bogey 6. It was wiped from his memory right away, as Ortiz would make five birdies on the remaining eight holes on the front nine. It was enough to keep him out of a playoff or even an outright win.

Defending champion Matt Kuchar tied day-one leader Danny Lee for the best round of the week, finishing up with a 62. It was enough to fault Kuchar all the way to T-14th, where he finished -12.

Joel Dahmen, a personal favorite, and Robby Shelton both turned in final round 65’s, getting them into the top ten, where they would each finish T-6th.

As previously mentioned, Danny Lee started the week with the lead after round one after his 62. It was downhill from there, as Lee finished 70-70-74, wasting a golden opportunity to gain some readily available FedEx Cup points in a light early-season tournament.

While Carlos Ortiz finished strong, another Ortix did the complete opposite. Heading into the final round at -12, Alvaro Ortiz had a real chance to finish in the top ten. Instead, he fired off the worst final round of anyone, shooting a 78. That dropped him all the way to a T-48 finish.

Next up for the PGA Tour is the RSM Classic, being played at Sea Island in Georgia. Keep an eye out all week on Pro Golf Now for power rankings, fantasy golf advice, sleeper picks, and some staff picks. Have a great week everyone!