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In his third start of the 2016-17 PGA TOUR Season, Pat Perez came from one back to win the 10th annual World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Perez, who was playing on a Major Medical Extension, made five birdies and one bogey en route to a 21-under-par 263, good for a two-stroke victory over 54-hole leader Gary Woodland. Perez tied Harris English’s (2014) tournament-record low 72-hole total and earned $1,260,010 USD.
Perez wins in his fifth appearance at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. His previous best performance came in the event’s first year of 2007 (T13).
“I had an attitude that I can’t really repeat, but I had a lot of thoughts going on,” Perez said. “The main one was I wanted to stay aggressive. I knew if I just stayed aggressive I was seeing the line great on the putting green. This type of grass and these greens, if you can get it on line you can make them.
“I just saw the line, I thought I could make them all and I just had a confidence. I had an entirely different attitude than I would have had a few years ago. It was definitely a different win than last time. Last time, I was a little more scared coming down the stretch. I didn't really believe and this and that. This time, I really had like this calmness, kind of like a madness to get it done.”
With the victory, Perez becomes the fifth player in tournament history to come from behind in the final round to win. The last 54-hole leader to convert the win the event was Johnson Wagner in 2011.
