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yards, he hit to 8 feet on the iconic hole with large,
deep bunkers lining the left side.
Swafford then ran in a 20-foot birdie putt on 17, a par-
3 hole called Alcatraz with an island green ringed by
jagged rocks. He saved par on the par-4 18th with an
8-footer.
The 34-year-old finished at 23-under 265 in the three-
course event for his third PGA TOUR title. He also
won in the desert in 2017 and took the 2020 Corales
Puntacana Resort & Club Championship.
Hoge shot a 68. The 32-year-old from Fargo, North
Dakota, missed a chance to win his first title in his
201st career start.
Hodges, the 26-year-old from Alabama making his
14th PGA TOUR start, shot a 70 to tie for third at 20
under with Harman (64) and Lanto Griffin (67).
Molinari, the Italian star who won the 2018 Open
Championship, bogeyed the 18th for a 68. He tied for
sixth with Will Zalatoris (67) and Denny McCarthy
(67).
Fourth-ranked Patrick Cantaly, the second-round
leader at 14 under, followed at 18 under after a 68.
The FedExCup champion was trying to win for the
third time in his last four starts.

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