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Tour Rundown: Postman delivers | Green | Guerrier

Published

10 months ago

Oct 21, 2024

Fantasy football leagues are at the halfway point, leading to playoffs. Bye weeks are beginning to happen in the NFL and professional golf marches on. We are fortunate to have televised golf this deep into the year. New faces and names gain experience in front of our eyes, and new venues reveal their intricacies over the course of four, camera-ready days.

This weekend, we saw action in Las Vegas, southern Spain, Virginia, and Korea. Lifelong grinders earned inaugural wins, while some near-top-tier talents added additional titles to their Wikipedia pages. In western New York, it’s warm and sunny for a few days, so I’ll just pretend it’s summer with colorful leaves. With that lovely thought on tap, let’s run down this week’s tour action.

PGA Tour @ Shriners Children’s Open: Poston delivers

J. T. Poston, aka The Postman, is one of those sneaky talents that would fit on any international side that the USA might roster. He is accurate through the green, and can light up the candelabra when it comes to putting. This week in Las Vegas, Poston did enough through 70 holes to overcome a 71st-hole bogey and win by a shot. Chasing the letter-carrier wasn’t the neighborhood stray, but Doug Ghim. The Illinois native has yet to win on tour, and this week represents his closest-ever effort toward that goal. Ghim played a flawless final round, closing with birdie for 65 and a one-shot margin with the winner.

Third place belonged to Matti Schmid of Germany and Rico Hoey of the Philipines, while everyone’s favorite Twitter golf guy, Michael Kim, raced around TPC Summerlin in 62 strokes on Sunday, to tie for fifth position.

A putt to win on the 72nd hole ?@JT_ThePostman is back in the winner’s circle @ShrinersOpen! pic.twitter.com/OOTr6GeSIs

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 21, 2024

LPGA @ BMW Ladies: Green garners golf

Hannah Green owns six LPGA victories, one of which was a major title. Sunday had to feel like a major victory. Competing in golf-crazy South Korea, with Celine Boutier on the hunt, Green held off the French champion and a handful of home-country favorites, to win by a single shot. After posting a pair of 64s to begin the week, Green lost the magic wand, closing in 70-71. That 141 total, it turns out, was just enough to hold off Boutier.

What appeared to be a much different outcome took on new form, when Boutier closed with five birdies over her final seven holes. She moved from -13 to -18, and nearly stole the show. Thailand’s Chanattee Wannasaen created a firestorm when she posted four birdies and an eagle on the outward half, to turn in 30 and take the lead. The young talent was unable to keep pace, and came home in +2 to finish two shots off the winning tally. The victory was the third of the season for Green, giving her much momentum down the CME stretch run.

The third winning putt of the year for @hannahgreengolf! ? pic.twitter.com/POJ8G98cTh

— LPGA (@LPGA) October 20, 2024

DP World Tour @ Andalucia Masters: Guerrier wins the week

One week after countryman Gregory Havret called it a career back home at the French Open, his countryman stood tall at the tip of the Iberian peninsula. Seventeen years after turning professional, Julien Guerrier won his first DP World Tour title. Guerrier traversed the Sotogrande course in 267 strokes, precisely the same number as the pride of Spain, Jorge Campillo. Bogey at the last by Campillo send the pair off to a playoff, but no one knew that another, half round awaited.

After six pars at the 18th revealed no champion, the duo moved to alternate between 17, a par three, and the challenging finisher. Another ten pars brought them once more to the home hole, where Campillo stumbled with bogey, ensuring that Guerrier would finally lift a tour trophy in triumph. Third place belonged to Daniel Brown of England, two shots out of the playoff.

In 2005, Julien Guerrier made his debut on the DP World Tour…

19 years later, he defeats Jorge Campillo in a nine hole play-off to claim his first title! ?#EDAM2024 pic.twitter.com/FUf9DDR1m8

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) October 20, 2024

PGA Tour Champions @ Dominion Energy: O’Neal breaks through

Timothy O’Neal has been at this game as long as Julien Guerrier. O’Neal never won on PGA Tour, during irregular stints, but his dream of tour glory came true in commonwealth this week. O’Neal held off an international cast of competitors, from Argentina, Australia, and Denmark, on his way to a two-shot triumph and a first-ever sip from a PGA Tour trophy.

There’s little better than posting birdie at two of the final three holes, to win by a pair. O’Neal did just that on Sunday, edging past Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina, who closed with a 69 of his own. O’Neal stood 13 deep after three rounds, earning not just a trophy, but a tour exemption for 2025. Nope, it doesn’t get much better.

Tim O’Neal is clutch!!

He birdies No. 18 to extend his lead to two @DECCGolf.

Ricardo Gonzalez can force a playoff with an eagle to finish. pic.twitter.com/FrVnw40W2E

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) October 20, 2024

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Tour Rundown: Bend, but don’t break

Published

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

Published

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.

Photos are flowing into the forums from Sedgefield Country Club, where we already have a GolfWRX spirit animal Adam Schenk WITB and plenty of putters for your viewing pleasure.

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

Published

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)