{"id":16347,"date":"2024-06-11T08:19:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T00:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=16347"},"modified":"2024-06-11T08:19:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T00:19:15","slug":"mexican-ortiz-beats-meronk-at-liv-golf-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/golf\/mexican-ortiz-beats-meronk-at-liv-golf-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Ortiz Claims First LIV Golf Victory with Narrow Win Over Meronk in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Houston, Texas, Carlos Ortiz of Mexico clinched his maiden LIV Golf victory on Sunday, carding a five-under-par 67 to edge out Adrian Meronk of Poland by a single stroke. Ortiz concluded the 54-hole tournament with a total score of 15-under 201, marking a memorable triumph in the same city where he secured his sole US PGA Tour title back in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entering the final round at the Golf Club of Houston, Ortiz and Meronk found themselves locked in a four-way tie for the lead alongside Paul Casey of England and David Puig of Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With just four holes remaining, Ortiz and Meronk remained deadlocked, but Ortiz seized the momentum with a crucial birdie on the par-five 15th, while Meronk faltered with a bogey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meronk&#8217;s impressive four-under round secured him the second spot on the leaderboard at 14-under, also contributing to his team&#8217;s victory for Cleeks GC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Puig finished tied for third after carding a three-under round, alongside former Masters champion Patrick Reed, while Casey slipped down the rankings with a final round of one-over par.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24hscore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your final leaderboards from Houston ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LIVGolf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LIVGolf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uXU8RoCFOk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uXU8RoCFOk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; LIV Golf (@livgolf_league) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/livgolf_league\/status\/1799973460858556874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tournament served as a valuable warm-up for LIV golfers ahead of the upcoming US Open at Pinehurst in North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notable performances included Brooks Koepka, a five-time major champion, who finished tied for ninth. However, former US Open winner Jon Rahm of Spain withdrew from the event during the second round due to a foot infection, opting to focus on his preparation for the upcoming major championship. Rahm, currently ranked seventh in the world, has faced challenges in this year&#8217;s majors, including a tied 44th finish at the Masters and a missed cut at the PGA Championship last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In summary, Ortiz&#8217;s triumph, alongside standout performances and withdrawals, added intrigue and excitement to the LIV Golf Houston event, serving as a prelude to the highly anticipated US Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Houston, Texas, Carlos Ortiz of Mexico clinched his maiden LIV Golf victory on Sunday, carding a five-under-par 67 to edge out Adrian Meronk of Poland by a single stroke. Ortiz concluded the 54-hole tournament with a total score of 15-under 201, marking a memorable triumph in the same city where he secured his sole&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":16371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Carlos Ortiz of Mexico won his first LIV Golf event in Houston, Texas, by one stroke against Adrian Meronk of Poland with a five-under-par 67.","footnotes":""},"categories":[1007],"tags":[112,4527,3600,4526],"class_list":["post-16347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-liv-golf-houston-individual-liv-golf","tag-meronk-adrian","tag-ortiz-carlos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16372,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16347\/revisions\/16372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}