Camilo Villegas, Who Everyone Thought Was Done With Competitive Golf, Just Proved Everyone Wrong By Winning On The PGA Tour Once Again. It’S Been A While Since We’Ve Seen The Colombian Player In Action, And When He Showed Up At The Wyndham Championship, It Wasn’T As A Player But As A Golf Channel Analyst. People Were Thinking He Was Transitioning To A Post-Competitive Phase, But Little Did They Know That He Was Going Through Personal Tragedy After Losing His Two-Year-Old Daughter, Mia, To Cancer In 2020.
But Guess What? In 2023, Villegas Has Been Showing Signs Of Getting Back Into The Game That Once Made Him The Seventh-Best Golfer In The World. This Year, He’S Been Playing In As Many Events As Possible On Both The Korn Ferry And The PGA Tours, And He Even Secured Playing Rights On The PGA Tour After A Stunning Performance At The WorldWide Technology Open. Although He Didn’T Win, His Finish Earned Him A Direct Entry Into The Final Stage Of The Q-School.
Villegas Said, “I’m Proud Of The Way I Battled Today, I’M Proud Of The Way I Played All Week And I’M Proud Of Just The Time And Work I’Ve Been Putting Into The Game.” And Just A Week Later, At The Butterfield Bermuda Open, He Made A Remarkable Comeback And Clinched The Victory After Nine Long Years. Now, With A Two-Year Exemption To Play On The PGA Tour, It Looks Like We’Ll Be Seeing A Lot More Of Villegas On The Course.