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Tour Rundown: Scheffler’s second elevated win | Campillo’s third win

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2 years ago

Mar 13, 2023

If there were any question as to the arrival of golf season, it is the week of the Players Championship that sounds the bell. Middle America sees its courses re-open for play, and the northern states anticipate a tee time in the near future. It is this annual rite, near Jacksonville, Florida, that rings across the golf world. This week, three other tournaments also saw fitting conclusions to their competitions. As the golfing public and viewership prepares for the true arrival of major-championship season, let us run down the penultimate week of the Florida stretch, and a triumvirate of other events.

PGA Tour: Players Championship is Scheffler’s second elevated win

No, it’s not officially a major championship, but the Players Championship has all the trappings of one. It is the flagship event of the US PGA Tour, and it awards a bankful of money to the winner, along with a massive exemption for the next hundred years or so. This year’s champion is last year’s Masters winner. Scottie Scheffler, after a close call at the US Open, returned to victory lane with a title defense at the Phoenix Open. Mere weeks later, Scheffler reclaimed the top ranking in the male golf world, with a magical week at Sawgrass.

As the players jockeyed for position over the first 36 holes, an exciting conclusion loomed. Scheffler decided to take matters over himself, and posted a seven-under 65. That round gave him a two-shot advantage over Min Woo Lee, a young challenger looking to make a name for himself by winning a top-tier event.

Sunday brought the sort of golf (69) we’ve come to expect from Scheffler, meaning that Min Woo and the others would need to go Tom-Hoge low to have a chance at the title. Min Woo lost pace early, with a triple-bogey seven on the outward half. Stepping up was Tyrrell Hatton, who raced to a final-day 65. Hatton had barely survived the cut, with 72-71 during the week. His 68-65 served to buoy his confidence as the true meat of the season awaits.

Ultimately, it was Scheffler who defined the week. We’ve already seen him defend at Phoenix. His comfort level at Augusta should be as high as possible, suggesting that we might have our first repeat Masters winner since Nick Faldo.

Scottie Scheffler's tee shot finds the Island Green safely on 17.

Grandma approves. pic.twitter.com/4OqE9tirV4

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 12, 2023

DP World Tour: Magical Kenya Open marks Campillo’s third win

Spain’s Jorge Campillo might be considered a late bloomer when it comes to victories. As a student at Indiana University in the 2000s, Campillo won nine titles during his time at university. Unlike countryman Jon Rahm who, a decade later, would take the tour by storm after a successful college career, Campillo would take a bit longer to secure a title.

This week, at the delightful Muthaiga golf club in Nairobi, Campillo posted four rounds in the 60s, highlighted by a 63 on Saturday. That 63 was critical, as Campillo and Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura would play shot for shot on Sunday. Both players would post 66 on day four, with each notching one bogey against six birdies. Campillo scored a critical birdie at the 71st hole, but Kawamura made it interesting by closing with one of his own. He finished runner-up by two shots.

81.93% greens in regulation for the week ? @jcampillogolf | #MagicalKenyaOpen pic.twitter.com/cxSUP75qzW

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 12, 2023

Asian Tour: International Series Thailand in playoff to Ormsby

The week’s most exciting event, without doubt, took place at the Black Mountain golf club in Prachaubkirikhan. Don’t worry: we’re not tossing a pronunciation quiz your way. 11 golfers finished within three shots of the top slot, which turned out to be 20-under par. Six golfers, including Jazz Janewattananond, reached minus-17. Kevin Yuan was solo fifth at -18, and Micah Shin and Yeongsu Kim tied for third at -19. It was Wade Ormsby and Chonlatit Chuenboonngam who blazed Black Mountain for 65 and 64, respectively, on day the fourth. It was they to whom the playoff holes would be devoted, although the Australian Ormsby ensured that it would take only a 73rd hole to decide matters. A fifteen-feet putt fell for the Adelaide native, giving him a fourth Asian Tour title.

The clutch birdie putt on the first extra hole that sealed the deal for @wadeormsby ???#ISthailand #InternationalSeries #whereitsAT pic.twitter.com/wL2RORK5wb

— Asian Tour (@asiantourgolf) March 12, 2023

Australasian Tour: New Zealand PGA Championship to Dobbelaar

Not certain which is more interesting for a lede: 2 A and 2 B in his last name, or his 578 world ranking. I’ll let you make the call, and get on with my work. The Gulf Harbour Club was open to low scores this week, so anything in the 70s was unpalatable. Louis Dobbelaar didn’t have to worry about that decade, as he found a way to post four numbers in the 60s. LD found himself four back of the leader after an opening 67, but his day-two 66 brought him even with Sung Yin Jeo of the host country. Saturday saw the pair battle to the end, with Dobbelaar edging Sung Yin by a shot.

Sunday saw the leaders go shot for shot until the 11th hole. It was there that Sung Yin’s train went off the rails. The Kiwi went bogey-double to give Dobbelaar some breathing room. With the air out of his sail, Sung Yin Jeo closed with a bogey at 18, but was two shots clear of Japan’s Ren Yonezawa for the runner-up money. Dobbelaar tapped in for par at 18, and earned a three-shot victory over his pursuer.

.@louisdobbelaar stands on the 17th tee with a two shot lead. #NZPGA pic.twitter.com/JOLUM3uxH0

— PGA of Australia (@PGAofAustralia) March 12, 2023

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Tour Rundown: Bend, but don’t break

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3 weeks ago

Aug 4, 2025

Ronald Montesano

I’m going to gush in this intro paragraph, to get the emo stuff done early. I’ve not pulled harder for a professional to win, than Cameron Young. I coach golf in New York state, and each spring, my best golfers head to a state championship in Poughkeepsie. I first saw Cameron there as a 9th grade student. I saw him three more times after that. I reconnecected with Coach Haas from Wake Forest, an old interview subject from my days on the Old Gold and Black, the Wake newspaper. He was there to watch Cameron. After four years at Wake Forest, Young won on the Korn Ferry Tour, made it to the big tour, almost won two majors, almost won five other events, and finally got the chalice about 25 minutes from the Wake campus. Congratulations, Cameron. You truly are a glass of the finest. #MotherSoDear

OK, let’s move on to the Tour Rundown. The major championship season closed this week in Wales, with the Women’s Open championship. The PGA Tour bounced through Greensboror, N.C., while the PGA Tour Americas hit TO (aka, Toronto) for a long-winded event. The Korn Ferry lads made a stop in Utah, one of just two events for that tour in August. The many-events, golf season is winding down, as we ease from summer toward fall in the northern hemisphere. Let’s bask in the glory of an August sunrise, and run down a quartet of events from the first weekend of the eighth month.

LET/LPGA @ Women’s Open: Miyu bends, but she doesn’t break

Royal Porthcawl was not a known commodity in the major tournament community. The Welsh links had served as host to men’s senior opens, men’s amateurs, and Curtis and Walker Cups in prior years, but never an Open championship for the women or the men. The last-kept secret in UK golf was revealed once again to the world this week, as the best female golfers took to the sandy stage.

Mao Saigo, Grace Kim, Maja Stark, and Minjee Lee hoped to add a second major title to previous wins this season, but only Lee was able to finish inside the top ten. The 2025 playing of the Women’s Open gave us a new-faces gallery from day one. The Kordas and Thitikulls were nowhere to be found, and it was the Mayashitas, Katsus, and Lim Kims that secured the Cymru spotlight. The first round lead was held at 67 by two golfers. One of them battled to the end, while the other posted 81 on day two, and missed the cut. Sitting one shot behind was Miyu Yamashita.

On day two, Yamashita posted the round of the tournament. Her 65 moved her to the front of the aisle, in just her fourth turn around a women’s Open championship. With the pre-event favorites drifting off pace, followers narrowed into two camps: those on the side of an underdog, and others hoping for a weekend charge from back in the pack. In the end, we had a bit of both.

On Saturday, Yamashita bent with 74 on Saturday, offering rays of hope to her pursuing pack. England’s Charley Hull made a run on Sunday closing within one shot before tailing off to a T2 finish with Minami Katsu. Katsu posted the other 65 of the week, on Saturday, but could not overtake her countrywoman, Yamashita. wunderkind Lottie Woad needed one round in the 60s to find her pace, but could only must close-to’s, ending on 284 and a tie with Minjee for eighth.

On Sunday, Yamashita put away the thoughts of Saturday’s struggles, with three-under 33 on the outward half. She closed in plus-one 37, but still won by two, for a first Major and LPGA title.

PGA Tour @ Wyndham: Young gathers first title near home

Cameron Young grew up along the Hudson river, above metro New York, but he also calls Winston-Salem home. He spent four years as a student and athlete at Wake Forest University, then embarked on tour. This week in Greensboro, after a bit of a break, Young opened with 63-62, and revved the engine of Is this the week once more. Runner-up finishes at the Open, the PGA, and a handful of PGA Tour events had followers wonder when the day would come.

On Saturday, Young continued his torrid pace with 65, giving him a five-shot advantage over his closest pursuer. Sunday saw the Scarborough native open with bogey, then reel off five consecutive birdies to remind folks that his time had, at last, arrived. Pars to the 16th, before two harmless bogeys coming home, made Young the 1000th winner of an official PGA Tour event (dating back to before there was a PGA Tour) throughout history. What’s next? I have a suspicion, but I’m not letting on. Mac Meissner closed with 66 to finish solo 2nd, while Mark Hubbard and Alex Noren tied for third.

Korn Ferry Tour @ Utah Championship: Are you Suri it’s Julian?

Who knows exactly when the flower will bloom? Julian Suri played a solid careet at Duke University, then paid his dues on the world’s minor tours for three years. He won twice on two tours in Europe, in 2017. Since then, the grind has continued for the journeyman from New York city. At age 34, Suri broke through in Beehive state, outlasting another grinder (Spencer Levin) and four others, by two shots.

Taylor Montgomery began the week with 62, then posted 64, then 68, and finally, 70. That final round was his undoing. He finished in that second-place tie, two back of the leader. Trace Crowe, Barend Botha, and Kensei Hirata made up the last of the almost quintet. As for Suri, his Sunday play was sublime. His nines were 32 and 31, with his only radar blip a bogey at ten. He closed in style with one final birdie, to double his winning margin. Hogan bloomed late…might Suri?

PGA Tour Americas @ Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates

Some tournament names run longer than others. This week in Toronto, at the Heathlands course at TPC Toronto, we might have seen the longest tournament title in recorded history. The OVOPBVCCBMA was a splendid affair. It saw three rounds of 62 on Thursday, but of those early risers, only Drew Goodman would stick around until the end. 64 was the low tally on day two, and two of those legionnaires managed to finish inside the top three at week’s end. Saturday brought a 63 from Patrick Newcomb, and he would follow with 64 on Sunday, to finish solo fourth.

Who, then, ended up winning the acronym of the year? It turns out that Carson Bacha had the right stuff in TeeOhhh. Bacha and Jay Card III posted 63 and 64, respectively, on day four, to tie for medalist honors at 23-under 261. Nathan Franks was one shot adrift, despite also closing with 63. If you didn’t go low on Sunday, it was about the check, not the championship.

Bacha and JC3 returned to the 18th hole twice in overtime. Card nearly chipped in from the thick stuff for birdie, while Bacha peeked and shoved a ten-feet attempt at the win. On the second go-round, Card was long with his approach, into the native grasses once more. He was unable to escape, and a routine par from the fairway was enough to earn the former Auburn golfers a first KFT title.

Card III and Bacha both miss their birdie tries on the first playoff hole.

We’ll play 18 again @OspreyOpen. pic.twitter.com/vNpHTdkHDg

— PGA TOUR Americas (@PGATOURAmericas) August 3, 2025

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Photos from the 2025 Wyndham Championship

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4 weeks ago

Jul 29, 2025

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is live this week from the final event of the PGA Tour’s regular season, the Wyndham Championship.

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BK’s Breakdowns: Kurt Kitayama’s Winning WITB, 3M Open

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4 weeks ago

Jul 28, 2025

Brian Knudson

Kurt Kitayama just won his 2nd PGA Tour event at the 3M Open. Kurt is a Bridgestone staffer but with just the ball and bag. Here are the rest of the clubs he used to secure a win at the 2025 3M Open.

Driver: Titleist GT3 (11 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 TX

3-wood: Titleist GT1 3Tour (14.5 degrees, A3 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 TX

7-wood: Titleist GT1 (21 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 9 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7MB (5-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), Vokey Design WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 Tour Prototype
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0PT

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Bridgestone Tour B XS (with Mindset)