It was a four-event week, as January and February shook hands. The PGA, DP World, Korn Ferry, and Asian tours celebrated tournaments from California to Panama to the Middle East.

Celebrating in style ?#RakGolfChamps pic.twitter.com/DSIqRoWe1W

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) February 5, 2023

PGA Tour: Rose wins 11th title on tour at Carmel

The world forgets how good Justin Rose was a decade ago. He won a US Open and an Olympic gold medal, and narrowly lost out on a green Augusta jacket. His last win came in 2019, just before the pandemic touched down on planet Earth. Rose has been saddle with equipment rumors, suggesting that his talent was compromised beyond his control. Whatever.

This week, Rose was the King of Carmel. He toured the Monterey peninsula like a chieftain. The Englishman was the only golfer to post four rounds in the 60s, including an ace on Friday at Spyglass Hill’s 15th hole. Rose saved his best for the weekend-plus. On Saturday-Sunday, Rose signed for a third-round 65 at Monterey Peninsula, and followed that up with a Sunday-Monday 66 at Pebble Beach.

A resurgent Brendon Todd gave Rose some chase, but his final-days 65 was just one better than Rose’s tally. Todd finished in a second-place tie with Brandon Wu, who posted a 66 of his own in the final round. Will this victory give Rose the propulsion needed to once again contend in major championships on the final nine holes? We think that he has one or two more runs in him.

Eagle for @JustinRose99 to get to 14-under ? pic.twitter.com/LTQq65RSG6

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 6, 2023

DP World Tour: Gavins claims second tour title at Ras Al Khaimah

Elation for one is heartbreak for another. Zander Lombard looked to be confident, if not completely in control, of this week’s DP World Tour event in the United Arab Emirates. He opened with bogey on Sunday, but more than countered with eagle, two holes later. Something wasn’t quite right with the swing, thought, and three more bogeys sneaked in, sandwiching a birdie at seven. It added up to a plus-one on the outward half, a far cry from the stuff of 69-68-63 over the first three days.

Sensing an opening were  Sweden’s Alexander Björk and England’s Daniel Gavins. Each one leapt to the top of the leader board, with Gavins holding a one-shot advantage as the two traversed the watery 18th. Gavins struggled to a double-bogey seven, which dropped him from 19-under to 17-deep. Drive in the water, never over the land. Re-tee, makfind water again, make a bomb of a putt (26-feet) for double, to avoid triple bogey. Surely all hope was lost, he must have thought. Then came Björk, who erred too far on the side of caution. Rough to rough to green, with a chance at birdie to reach 18-under and, perhaps, steal a title. Putt from 33 feet too bold, and second putt, too askew. Three putts led to six, and second place was his.

Behind them came Lombard, with one last shot at a playoff. Two mighty strikes left him 23 feet beyond the hole, with a putt for eagle and a playoff. The putt leaked away low, to the right side, and he settled for birdie, and a tie with Björk for runner-up. Lombard’s pursuit of a first DP World Tour title marches on, while Galvin breathes deeply and accepts trophy number two.

WOW! ?

After finding the water twice, @DanielGavins makes a 26ft putt for the clubhouse lead! #RakGolfChamps pic.twitter.com/8VeJh7CuSd

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) February 5, 2023

Korn Ferry Tour: Playoff decides Panama Classic in favor of next-gen pro

It was a rough, final day at the Club de Golf de Pánama for third-round leaders Christopher Petefish and Brett Drewitt. Seeking to replicate their best rounds of the week, the pair instead struggled to equal their worst ones. Petefish fired his second 74 of the week when it mattered most, while Drewitt closed with 73. The pair dropped seven places and barely preserved top-ten finishes.

With the leading duo out of the running, space opened for a trio of surging talents to stake a claim to the title. Two of the challengers have grandfather Masters champions, while the third was a standout at Southern Methodist University. Mac Meissner began the day at one-under par, posted 68, and moved to three-under on the week. Sam Saunders, grandson of four-time Masters winner Arnold Palmer, started Sunday at even par, but posted three-under to join Meissner atop the list. Finally, Pierceson Coody, grandson of 1971 Masters titlehlder Charles Coody, signed for the low round of the day (66) to move from one-over to, you guessed it, three-deep.

The trio went off to a playoff hole, and the overtime session was brief. Coody struck with a birdie at the par-four closing hole to dispatch his foes. Coody’s approach to the hole released some twenty feet, finishing within a foot of the hole. The victory was his second on the Korn Ferry Tour, and situated him well for promotion to the PGA Tour in the near future.

Within a foot ?@pierceson_coody started the day at T24 … ended at No. 1. pic.twitter.com/SeBnKrcxyj

— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) February 5, 2023

Asian Tour: Ancer holds off Young for PIFSI title

The Asian Tour will spend its first three, calendar weeks of 2023 in the Middle East, before venturing east to New Zealand. This week, the tour was at the Royal Greens Club, and it turned quickly into a two-man battle. Abraham Ancer began the week with 63, while Cameron Young was close behind, at 65, When Young posted another 65 on day two, he inched closer to Ancer, who gave up little ground with 66. They reversed once again on Saturday, with 64 for Ancer and another 65 for Young. By this stage, no one was within five shots of second, so only a 59 on Sunday would overtake both leaders.

Ancer made three birdies and a bogey on day-four’s outward nine, while Young crept close with four birds and a bogey. For all the world, there was no telling who would outpace the other, with a single shot separating them, with nine holes to play. Ancer did the unthinkable: nine consecutive pars, to close with 68 and 19-under par. Could it be good enough? It seemed that way, when Young went bogey-par-double, from the 13th to the 15th holes. Four in arrears, Young never gave up. He made birdie at 16 and 18 to pull back to two shots, but Ancer never wavered, and earned a first title in 2023.

Let the celebrations begin! ??@Abraham_Ancer seals the deal at the @SaudiIntlGolf for his fourth professional victory. ?#PIF_SaudiIntlGolf #whereitsAT pic.twitter.com/IZbiPs4gom

— Asian Tour (@asiantourgolf) February 5, 2023