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Former nightclub bouncer Jake Knapp won a first PGA Tour event on only his ninth start as he took the Mexico Open by two shots.<\/b><\/p>\n
Knapp, 29, went into the final day four shots clear and saw his lead wiped out over the first seven holes.<\/p>\n
But he rallied on the back nine with his round of 71 enough to finish on 19 under, with Finland’s Sami Valimaki closest on 17 under.<\/p>\n
“Didn’t necessarily have my best stuff today, that’s for sure,” Knapp said.<\/p>\n
“Knew it was going to be nerve-wracking. Knew it was going to be tough,” the American rookie added.<\/p>\n
“But I was super pumped on how I played the finishing stretch.”<\/p>\n
The win comes just three years after Knapp failed to win a tour card and took a bar job at a restaurant which turned into a nightclub in the evenings.<\/p>\n
“They needed a security guy and I was like, ‘I don’t know if I’m big enough, but I can stand there and look tough’,” he said.<\/p>\n
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre was part of the chasing pack and finished six shots behind Knapp, while England’s Matt Wallace went from sharing the half-way lead with Knapp and Valimaki to ending on eight under par overall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n