Michael Buttacavoli, Rick Cochran, and Julian Etulain were the three winners of the Dominican Republic Open, the seventh event of the 2014 NEC Series-PGA Tour Latinoamerica season.
The PGA Tour reported that Buttacavoli (Miami Beach, USA) had been trailing Rick Cochran III by six strokes with seven holes to play, put together a spectacular charge to force a playoff and win the Dominican Republic Open on Sunday afternoon.
“I’m tired, but it feels awesome,” said the 26-year old after defeating Cochran on the third hole of a sudden death playoff for the title of the seventh event of the 2014 NEC Series-PGA TOUR Latinoamerica season.
The event featured 144 players from 25 countries and included the winners of the past six events (William Kropp, Daniel Mazziotta, Armando Favela, Marcelo Rozo, Ty Capps and David Vanegas. Of these, none made it to the top 10 results.
The event was played at Casa de Campo’s Teeth of the Dog golf course and had a prize purse of US$150,000 with the winner reaping US$27,000.
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