The final week of March 2025 yielded some impressive performances, as golfers ramped up for major championship season. A number of tours found a home in the west, from Texas to Arizona to California. The indoor season crowned a champion in Florida, while the DP World Tour passed through India. It’s beginning to feel like competitive golf season, with Tour: Americas joining the list with its South American transit. We’ve assembled a summary of six events for your edification, so pull up a chair at the table and join us for a six-course dinner of Tour Rundown.

PGA Tour @ Houston Open: Min Woo kicks in the door

They tried to chase him down, out there in the new West, but Min Woo had too much ammo in his six shooter to roll over. Min Woo Lee earned his first PGA Tour victory on Sunday in Houston, posting 67 in the final round to hold off Gary Woodland and Scottie Scheffler. Lee joined his sister as the third pair of siblings to win on the PGA and LPGA circuits. Previously, both had won USGA Junior titles and competed in the Olympics.

Min Woo established his leader role with round of 66-64-63 over the first 54 holes. He played most of Sunday like a runaway train, intending to separate himself from the others. At the 16th tee, Lee blocked a tee shot right, into the pond that runs the length of the hole. With the poise of a gunslinger, he played his subsequent tee ball safely onto dry land, then completed the hole as the architect intended. The double bogey gave hope to the chasers, but Lee finished with a pair of pars to slip out of Houston with the coveted title.

Scheffler had briefly held the lead, following Friday’s 62, but was unable to match Lee’s brilliance on Saturday. Both he and Woodland went super-low on Sunday (63 and 62, respectively) but were unable to complete the chase. As the tour ramps up for Masters week, all three should figure in the chase for the green jacket.

LPGA @ Ford Championship: Hyoly smokes, it’s Hyo-Joo

Continuing our wild west theme for a bit, the women of the LPGA laid siege on Wild Horse Pass, in Chandlere, Arizona. Everyone tried to chase down Lilia Vu, and one of the outlaws did just that. Like Lee above, Vu had laid claim to the week’s trophy, thanks to stellar rounds of 66-64 to begin matters. It’s not that 68-68 on the weekend was wretched golf; it’s simply that others had nothing to lose, and everything to gain.

On Saturday, a number of golfers chipped away at Vu’s lead with 67s, but on Sunday, they opened the stockade and unleashed even better scores. None was lower than Hyo Joo Kim, who signed for 64 on Sunday, matching Vu at 22-under par. The pair stood one shot clear of Allisen Corpuz, whose day-four 65 came up one putt shy of overtime. Vu and Kim returned to the 18th tee, where both found the fairway and the green. Vu was unable to convert her putt for birdie, but Kim’s splendid approach had left but six feet for glory, and she did not falter. Wild Horse was her seventh tour title, and first since October of 2023,

DP World Tour @ Indian Open: Chacarra rises above

Eugenio Chacarra is no strange to turbulence. He began his USA university studies at Wake Forest, before transferring to Oklahoma State. Upon turning professional, Chacarra spurned the world’s tours for the riches of the LIV golf circuit. After three seasons, he departed the upstart assemblage for opportunity, and this week, he received it.

Playing on a sponsor’s exemption, Chacarra held his game together over the course of four days, to claim an inaugural DP World Tour title, and the spoils that come with it. The Spaniard played around par for three days, as the field had fits with the Gary Player-designed, DLF course. On Sunday, Chacarra began with a double and a single bogey in his first three holes, and was left for departed. He rebounded with five birdies in the middle of the round, to reclaim the lead. A 17th-hole bogey was not enough to derail his engine, and Chacarra eclipsed Keita Nakajima by two to claim a life-changing victory.

Nakajima also started poorly on day four, standing two-over after three. He closed with two late birdies to assure himself of second position, but could never recover the fire that brought him to 29 on Friday’s front nine.

TGL @ Championship Series: Hot-Lanta claims the first TGL crown

We almost had a worst to first story line in the first season of TGL. The boys from Gotham had the New York Golf Club on the verge of a climb to the top, but they came up short to Atlanta. NYGC had lost the inaugural match of TGL: Year One to The Bay, but snuck into the playoffs with a strong, regular-season finish. They defeated Los Angeles Golf Club in the semifinals, and carried a one-point advantage to hole fourteen, in match one of the best-of-three final.

It was then that Billy Horschel, aka Mr. TGL, ripped an iron inside four feet on the penulatimate par three, to square the match. Xander Schauffele wiffed from six feet at the last, unable to send the match to overtime. The two teams met the next evening, and NYGC appeared poised for retribution. The metro mob carried a three-zero advantage to the twelfth tee, but then, Atlanta came to life. Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel, and Justin Thomas won consecutive holes to stun the Tribeca Trio. When Cameron Young was unable to counter at the last, Atlanta had an unexpected 4-3 victory and the first-ever, TGL team title.

PGA Tour Champions @ Galleri: Allan outlasts others for first tour trophy

Steve Allan collected a pair of admirable titles during his younger days on tour. He won the 1998 German Open and the 2002 Australian national championship. Since then and until now, no titles of note came his way. This week in California, the Australian held off a collection of challengers to claim an inaugural Champions championship.

Allan’s success eminated from avoidance of the bad round. Each of his companions in the top five (Tag Ridings, Steve Flesch, Miguel Angel Jimenez, and Steven Alker) posted one score north of 70 during the week. This wasn’t the only key to success during a week at Mission Hills, but it did serve as a harbinger for Allan. His rounds of 69-65-67 added to minus-fifteen, and held off the erstwhile Ridings by one shot.

Despite its notoriety as a manageable finisher, the watery 18th yielded few birdies on Sunday. Both Ridings and Allan made par there, and the title went to the Aussie.

Drama on 16!!

Tag Ridings sticks it, then Steve Allan answers ?

Allan still leads by one with two to play @GalleriClassic. pic.twitter.com/PFj5SiWL4m

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) March 30, 2025

PGA Tour Americas @ Abierto Telecom: Grider nips Vrzich in playoff

Things were electric this week, in Argentina’s second city. The eponymous golf club of Cordoba hosted the world’s up-and-coming professionals, and they put their skills on display, and then some! Among the top four finishers, only Connor Godsey failed to record an eagle over the final nine holes. Godsey leaves the Platense with regret. Standing at 17-under through 70 holes, the former Montevallo (Alabama) golfer closed with bogeys, to drop to -15, a shot out of the playoff.

Finishing at -16 were Ryan Grider (two-under in his last three holes) and Joey Vrzich (minus-four over his final four holes.) The former Baylor and Pepperdine student-athletes headed back to the final tee for overtime. Vrzich’ gas tank was empty, after closing with 63, and he made bogey on the extra hole. Grider sailed his approach shot inside ten feet, and calmly converted the sliding putt for birdie and the victory.

Earned it.

Ryan Grider birdies the first playoff hole to pick up his first career ? pic.twitter.com/J7nQqX20Og

— PGA TOUR Americas (@PGATOURAmericas) March 30, 2025