PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Nico Echavarria didn’t make a bogey all weekend at PGA National.
Shane Lowry was on his way to doing the same, until the very end.
And that’s what decided the Cognizant Classic.
Echavarria, who was three shots back with three holes left Sunday on the Champion Course, closed with a 5-under-par 66 to finish the 72-hole tournament a 17-under 267. That allowed the 29-year-old Colombian to beat Ireland’s Lowry (69) and American players Taylor Moore (68) and Austin Smotherman (69) by two shots.
“Sometimes you have to have good breaks,” Echavarria said.