Max Homa swoops to take Fortinet Championship

American shoots a final round of 65 to secure his third PGA Tour title in California

Max Homa took his third PGA Tour title win with a fourth-round 65 helping the American claim the Fortinet Championship by a single shot.

Homa signed for a 65 on Saturday and Sunday to move up the leaderboard in California after opening his campaign with a 67-72.

The American went into the final round with a share of third place and picked up three shots before the turn in Napa.

A bogey on the 10th was the only blemish, but he then picked up an eagle on the 12th and three more shots for seven under on the round and 19 under for the tournament.

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Maverick McNealy, who had a share of the lead after 54 holes, carded a 68 on Sunday to finish on 18 under in second place, while Chile’s Mito Pereira was two further back in third.

McNealy’s joint leader coming into the final round, Jim Knous, faded in his final round with a 74 moving him into a tie for 11th.

Scotland’s Russell Knox was tied for 58th on three under after a final round of 74 and Englishman David Skinns finished even par after a 73.

Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Fortinet Championship (USA unless stated, Par 72):

269 Max Homa 67 72 65 65

270 Maverick McNealy 68 64 70 68

272 Guillermo Mito Pereira (Chi) 67 67 70 68

273 Talor Gooch 69 70 66 68, Marc Leishman (Aus) 69 71 68 65

275 John Augenstein 68 69 70 68, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 69 69 71 66, Chengtsung Pan (Tai) 71 68 67 69, Patrick Rodgers 68 70 70 67, Scott Stallings 67 70 67 71

276 Austin Cook 68 71 68 69, Si Woo Kim (Kor) 68 70 68 70, Jim Knous 70 67 65 74, Scott Piercy 69 69 68 70, Will Zalatoris 68 67 71 70

277 Bronson Burgoon 68 67 73 69, Beau Hossler 70 64 70 73, Mark Hubbard 70 68 71 68, Nate Lashley 67 70 70 70, Troy Merritt 67 68 69 73, Harold Varner III 68 68 70 71

278 Charley Hoffman 69 71 67 71, David Lipsky 73 64 70 71, Peter Malnati 71 66 73 68, Brendon Todd 71 70 70 67, Cameron Tringale 66 72 71 69, Dawie van der Walt (Rsa) 68 70 68 72

279 Patton Kizzire 69 70 67 73, Chez Reavie 65 75 70 69

280 Wyndham Clark 68 71 70 71, Andrew Putnam 72 69 66 73, Greyson Sigg 68 72 71 69, Webb Simpson 70 71 65 74, Kevin Tway 70 69 69 72, Nick Watney 71 70 69 70

281 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 68 68 74, Nick Hardy 69 72 68 72, Tom Hoge 71 66 69 75, Matt Kuchar 70 66 72 73, Phil Mickelson 70 69 67 75, Taylor Pendrith (Can) 71 68 71 71

282 Paul Barjon (Fra) 70 71 71 70, Joseph Bramlett 70 70 71 71, Jason Dufner 67 72 70 73, Jim Herman 70 71 70 71, Brendan Steele 70 71 72 69

283 Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor) 70 71 70 72, Sahith Theegala 69 70 69 75, Peter Uihlein 68 73 75 67, Dylan Wu 70 70 70 73

284 Ryan Armour 72 68 72 72, Scott Gutschewski 69 70 74 71, Luke List 71 70 72 71, Matthew NeSmith 73 68 74 69, Adam Schenk 68 73 72 71, Chase Seiffert 73 67 76 68, Adam Svensson (Can) 70 70 71 73

285 Quade Cummins 72 69 73 71, Russell Knox (Sco) 69 67 75 74, Sean O’Hair 69 72 71 73, Sam Ryder 69 71 78 67, Vaughn Taylor 70 71 75 69, Justin Suh 70 71 68 76

286 Cameron Percy (Aus) 71 69 72 74, Nick Taylor (Can) 70 71 74 71

287 Michael Gligic (Can) 71 70 74 72, Lanto Griffin 73 68 71 75, Austin Smotherman 70 69 73 75

288 David Skinns (Eng) 70 71 74 73, Michael Thompson 72 69 72 75