Camilo Villegas won his first PGA Tour event in nearly a decade when producing a flawless round to win the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on Sunday.

The Colombian came from one shot back of overnight leader Alex Noren to win by two shots in a record-equalling 24 under par, which was also achieved by inaugural winner Brendon Todd in 2019.

Villegas was a model of composure and consistency on the way to a bogey-free round of six-under 65 that contained six birdies, including three in succession on the front nine, where he took the lead for good and never looked back.

“I love this game as it has given me so many great things, but in the process it kicks your butt,” said the 41-year-old, whose first success on the PGA Tour since his victory in the Wyndham Championship in 2014 earned him $1.17 million in prize money.

“It was a great battle today and I stayed patient. I missed a couple coming in, but that birdie on 17 was huge. All in all, I just want to thank everybody that supported me over this journey and just want to let them know that I always give my best and that's why we're here.

“Everybody here on the island was great and they were just rooting me on. Got to believe in energy, man. To everybody, just I want to say thanks, it's been a fun week.”

After losing his tour card and playing on the Korn Ferry Tour this year, this win means Villegas is no longer going to have to Q-School to earn his 2024 playing privileges and he revealed that was a huge weight off his mind.

“Things have changed a lot in the last two weeks,” he said.

“Playing the Korn Ferry this year was not hard, to be honest. A lot of people might look at it and say, well, this guy's been playing on the PGA Tour for so long, he's got four wins, what is he doing playing the Korn Ferry Tour?

“Do we want to go a little backwards from the PGA Tour to the Korn Ferry? No, but if we want to be on the tour again since I lost my card, I had to go there. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed being around the younger generations, talking with them, getting a little twist going to different places, but this is where I wanted to be.

“I’d only done Q-School once in my life, it was 2004, but I guess I'm a 2023 champion, so things have changed for next year.”

Trailing Noren by a single stroke heading into the final round, Villegas got straight down to business and drew level with the Swede after carding a second successive birdie at No 4.

Villegas then surged ahead after getting up and down for a birdie at the next hole, but the lead was short-lived as Noren birdied No 6 to grab a share of the lead and the pair remained deadlock until Noren ran into trouble around the turn to all but hand Villegas the title.

Noren was unable to save par at No 9 after his second shot found a greenside bunker and that allowed Villegas to regain the lead at the turn and he increased that to two shots on No 10 after Noren carded a second successive bogey.

The Swede continued to battle on and managed to slice his rival’s lead in half after rolling in another birdie at No 12, and Villegas found himself in a spot of bother after his second shot at the par-five 17th landed in a greenside bunker.

However, his short game came to the rescue as his bunker shot left him with a short birdie putt that he tapped in to stretch his advantage back to two shots heading to the last hole.

Noren, who shot a three under 68 and had led the previous three rounds, is one of just 16 players to have won more than $10 million on the PGA Tour but never won a tournament, experienced mixed feelings after seeing his title hopes go up in smoke

“I’m pretty proud of how I played most of the day,” he said. “I think Camilo definitely won the tournament and he played better than me.

“I’m not happy that I didn’t play the way I needed to win obviously, but I played pretty good, so it's mixed emotions, but overall feeling is quite pleased with my game.”

Rounding off the top three a farther shot back at 21 under was Germany’s Matti Schmid, who signed off with a 67.

“Awesome week for me. If we can keep the putter going, I know I can always shoot a good score, which is good,” he said.

China’s Carl Yuan finished fourth at 20 under while Australian Adam Scott and American Ryan Moore finished a further shot back in fifth.

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