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Tour Rundown: Moore wins Valspar on Schenk’s last-hole bogey

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For some golf fans, the weeks that intervene amid important events are a welcome chance at respite. For others, they are an agonizing gap between major tournaments. Last week’s Players Championship signaled the first top-shelf event of the men’s 2023 run, and the Masters is still three weeks away. For the women, next week’s Drive On Championship begins a four-in-five-weeks run that culminates in the relocated Chevron Championship.

No matter which type identifies you, the golf this week was either thrilling or inspirational. The DP World Tour’s SDC Championship was a runaway, while the Valspar (PGA Tour) DGC Open (Asian Tour), and Termas de Río Hondo (PGA Tour LA) all reveled in to-the-wire finishes. Let’s meet in the middle and enjoy a weekly Tour Rundown here on GolfWRX.

PGA Tour: Moore wins Valspar on Schenk’s last-hole bogey

The money might be different at an elevated event, but the real drama happens when the unproven have a chance to prove themselves. Adam Schenk will look back at this week and realize that he led after every round but the last one, and that a solo-second result would have looked pretty good at the start of the week. Taylor Moore will point to the Sunday 74s at Bay Hill and Sawgrass, and affirm that they toughened him as a competitor.

Big names were in the mix on Sunday at Innisbrook. Jordan Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood, both veteran Ryder Cup competitors, had a chance to win over the closing holes. Neither could avoid the bogeys that wait on the Copperhead course, and each settled for a third-place tie, two shots out of first. Double-defender Sam Burns posted 67 on Sunday and moved to sixth place, but was never in the mix for a third consecutive title at Valspar.

Taylor Moore stood even on the day at Sunday’s ninth tee. Over the next ten holes, he would initial four birdies and six pars on his card. If you play that many holes at Innisbrook’s Copperhead in four-under par, especially this late in the game, good things will certainly happen. With the win, Moore ascends to a new echelon of tour player, and sets his sights on bigger things.

DP World Tour: Baldwin earns debut win in South Africa

The classic novel A Tale of Two Cities wasn’t recreated in precision for golf this week in South Africa, but one could certainly make a case for A Tale of Two Tourneys as a candidate for a summary title. Norway’s Kristian Krogh Johannessen played his way into the weekend with 133 through 36 holes, then abandoned the 60s for 72-73 coming home. His ten-under finish wasn’t within shouting distance of the champion, but it did garner him the best finish of his tour career. One shot clear of Krogh was Spain’s Adrián Arnaus, who scorched the first five holes on Sunday with -4, but cooled off to -11 overall.

Heading the drive across the fields of St. Francis Links was Englahd’s Matthew Baldwin. The Southport lad claimed the first title of his year’s on Europe’s big tour, and only the second of his professional career. After signing for 70 on Thursday, Baldwin soared to new eights with 67-65-68 to the finish. This featured a five-par closing stretch on day four, good enough to take him to -18 and a seven-shot separation from the runner up. In all, a well-earned champagne bath for the 37-year old journeyman.

 

Asian Tour: Tabuena turns third trophy at DGC Open

Miguel Tabuena has made a name for himself on his homeland, Philippine Tour. His 15 titles give him the confidence needed to play up at the Asian Tour events that fit his schedule. This week in India, Tabuena added the DGC Open winner’s cup to his previous chalices from the Queen’s Cup and Philippine Open events.

Tabuena stormed from absolute nowhere on Sunday to snatch this week’s title from India’s Rashid Khan. Khan held a three-shot advantage with one round left to contest, but chose the final four holes on day four to give someone an opening. With bogeys at 15 and 17, combined with birdies for Tabuena at 15 and 16, the three-shot lead turned into a two shot deficit. Birdie at the last was enough to earn solo second for Khan, but it was Tabuena’s par-par finish that won the day and the week.

PGA Tour Latinoamérica: Playoff decides Termas de Río Hondo

It wasn’t a great week for the homebreds. Khan (see above) lost a late duel on the Asian Tour, and Jesús Montenegro lost an even-later one for the Tour Latinoamérica’s Termas de Río Hondo Invitational. We’ll get to the how in a bit, but the stage needs to be set. Jake Mccrory and Myles Creighton reached 17-under par on Saturday afternoon, and anticipation was high for a stellar finish to the Argentine tournament. On Sunday, Creighton posted minus-one, with an agonizing, closing stretch of seven consecutive pars. One more birdie would have earned him a spot in the playoff … that we will get to.

Mccrory fared slightly better than Creighton, with the same three birdies and one fewer bogey. He reached 19-under for the week, and found himself in an overtime duel with Montenegro. The Argentine ace signed a clean card on Sunday, with three birdies and six pars on each side. His 66 was one shot higher than Ollie Osborne’s 65. Incidentally, Osborne finished even with Creighton, also one shot out of the extra-time duel.

The playoff was brief. Lefthander Mccrory posted birdie at the 18th hole, a par five that had cost all of the aforementioned contenders five shots in regulation. Montenegro was unable to match and the Sam Houston State alum Mccrory had his first, important professional win.

Ronald Montesano writes for GolfWRX.com from western New York. He dabbles in coaching golf and teaching Spanish, in addition to scribbling columns on all aspects of golf, from apparel to architecture, from equipment to travel. Follow Ronald on Twitter at @buffalogolfer.

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Tour Rundown: Bend, but don’t break

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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.

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Photos from the 2025 Wyndham Championship

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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

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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)

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