LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Gaby Lopez rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt at the seventh playoff hole Monday morning to win the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions.
She took home the $180,000 winner’s check after Nasa Hataoka missed a 12-foot chance to extend the playoff.
Lopez, 26, wears her native Mexico’s colors on Sundays and did again in Monday’s playoff, peeling off her cold-weather gear to show off those colors for photos with the trophy, despite a frigid breeze than made the 45-degree temperatures feel even colder.
“Since I was a little kid, I fell in love with golf by representing Mexico outside Mexico, in the United States,” Lopez said.