Carlos Ortiz made history as he becomes the first Mexican golfer to win a PGA Tour title after 42 years. He achieved this amazing feat on Sunday at the Vivint Houston Open.

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Houston, Texas, USA; Carlos Ortiz holds the Vivint Houston Open trophy after winning the Houston Open golf tournament with a score of 13 under par at Memorial Park Golf Course.

Victor Regalado was the first Mexican who won the Quad Cities Open in 1978 and had a Mexican golfer won the tournament. After that, it has been difficult for Mexican golfers to covet a title in a PGA tour.

Finally, after decades of waiting, a Mexican has finally broken this losing streak. Carlos Ortiz has broken the four-decade curse and now becomes the first Mexican to win a PGA Tour title after 42 years.

Ortiz held off a challenge against the world's No.1 Dustin Johnson and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama to become the first Mexican golfer to win a PGA Tour event.

He is expected to achieve more milestones in his life. He is still young and at the age of 29, and has already won a PGA Tour event which is just a dream for other golfers.

Ortiz was one shot back from overnight leader Sam Burns going into the finals, but he was able to finish on 13 under par, according to CNN News.

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His victory means that he will qualify for the 2021 Masters in April. Ortiz said after winning at the Memorial Park Golf Course, "I've played great this week and it was really hard to hold the emotions all the way to the end, but I'm really happy the way it played out and the way I played, too."

According to Ortiz, he was not really thinking about the other golfers and he was not worried about his competition.

He is confident that if he played well, he will be dubbed as one of the golfers during the PGA tour who was hard to beat. Ortiz just simply shows that confidence and trusting one's self are great factors in winning the match. 

Meanwhile, Dustin Jonson just returned to the sport after he tested positive for COVID-19.

This pushed Ortiz to the very end and had missed a putt that would have seen him share the lead with the Mexican. It could also be that Johnson was not able to properly practice before the PGA Tour. 

On the other hand, Hideki Matsuyama mounted a late surge and recorded a course record 63 and put himself into contention, but he could not match Ortiz. This is the biggest achievement of Ortiz so far as a golfer which also serves as a great milestone for his country. 

Many fans celebrated the triumph of Ortiz. This is a kind of celebration never before seen in many sporting events across the globe this year due to the global pandemic.

Many sports league and major events restarted their games but without the presence of their fans. 

Moreover, the Houston Open was the first PGA Tour event that began on Thursday in the United States. There were around 2,000 tickets sold in every match since March. However, it is not clear as to how many thousands of fans were able to witness the PGA Tour.

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