PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
Stephen Ames celebrated his 60th birthday by successfully defending his title at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. It’s his eighth career win on the Champions Tour and second this season, making him the first multiple-winner this year. He also becomes the first three-time winner of this particular event. After winning just twice in his first 175 starts on the senior circuit, Ames has six victories in his last 29 starts. Ames started the final round one shot behind last week’s winner Paul Broadhurst and trailed by three before his first eagle of the day on No. 6 vaulted him into a tie for the lead after Broadhurst bogeyed the hole. After Broadhurst double bogeyed No. 12, Ames picked up his second eagle of the round on the next hole and despite a pair of bogeys down the stretch, finished with a four-stroke win which equalled the largest margin of victory on tour this season. Broadhurst finished tied for second with Doug Barron.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| 1 | Stephen Ames | 71-64-67 | -14 |
NEXT EVENT: Insperity Invitational (May 3)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Stephen Ames, Mike Weir
PGA TOUR AMERICAS
Stuart Macdonald carded a final round 71 for a two-shot victory over Samuel Anderson in the Diners Club Peru Open. It’s his first career win on the new PGA Tour Americas and his second title as a pro after winning the Commissionaires Ottawa Open on PGA Tour Canada, which was folded in with the Latinoamerica Tour to form the Americas tour. It’s also his second win in Peru having won the 29th Lima Golf Club International Amateur Championship in 2017. Macdonald is the second Canadian in as many weeks to win on the new tour, joining Matthew Anderson who won last week in Brazil. The victory vaults him up to No. 3 in the season-long Fortinet Cup standings. …Anderson’s third straight top-20 finish keeps him atop the Fortinet Cup standings through four of six Latin American events. He will earn conditional status on the Korn Ferry Tour next year if he remains in the top two.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| 1 | Stuart Macdonald | 69-66-65-71 | -17 |
| T18 | Matthew Anderson | 69-70-70-71 | -8 |
| T34 | Noah Steele | 74-65-71-75 | -3 |
| T44 | Lawren Rowe | 71-71-73-72 | -1 |
| T44 | Jeevan Sihota | 69-68-74-76 | -1 |
| T51 | Max Sekulic | 67-74-76-70 | E |
| 64 | Brendan MacDougall | 74-68-81-73 | +8 |
| MC | Jimmy Jones | 74-69 | |
| MC | Johnny Travale | 73-70 | |
| MC | Thomas Giroux | 73-71 | |
| MC | Joey Savoie | 73-72 | |
| MC | Chris Crisologo | 70-81 | |
| MC | Chris Wilson | 76-77 |
NEXT EVENT: KIA Open (May 2)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Matthew Anderson, Chris Crisologo, Thomas Giroux, Jimmy Jones, Stuart Macdonald, Brendan MacDougall, Lawren Rowe, Joey Savoie, Max Sekulic, Jeevan Sihota, Noah Steele, Johnny Travale, Chris Wilson
KORN FERRY TOUR
Tim Widing outlasted a five-hour weather delay and birdied three of his last four holes for a four-shot victory over Myles Creighton at the Veritex Bank Championship. It’s the second straight win for the Swede on the Korn Ferry Tour and he’s the 13th player in tour history to win back-to-back events. Widing needs just one more victory to earn automatic promotion to the PGA Tour. Creighton, who shot a bogey-free final round 62, picked up his best result of the year and his third top-10 finish of the year. His 32 birdies over the course of four days are the second most in tour history, behind only Widing’s 33. His 27-under 257 total is a new 72-hole record score relative to par by a runner-up. Trent Phillips finished alone in third with Frankie Capan III in fourth. Capan kicked off a week of low scores by shooting an opening round 58 which tied the second-lowest 18-hole score in Korn Ferry Tour history. It was also the third sub-60 round on tour this year. Ironically, none of the players who broke 60 this year have gone on to win.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| 2 | Myles Creighton | 65-65-65-62 | -27 |
| T36 | Wil Bateman | 67-65-68-68 | -16 |
| T55 | Étienne Papineau | 64-68-71-68 | -13 |
| MC | Jared du Toit | 66-71 | |
| MC | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | 73-69 |
NEXT EVENT: AdventHealth Championship (May 16)
PGA TOUR
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry made par on the first playoff hole to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event over Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer. McIlroy, who was playing in the event for the first time, picked up his first win of the season and 25th career title. Lowry, who had three top-10 finishes in 10 starts so far this year, also won for the first time this season. It’s the fifth time a playoff was needed to decide a winner this year on tour. Trainer, who missed a six-foot par putt to the right which would have extended the playoff, and Ramey started the day tied for 27th but nine birdies over a 12-hole stretch left them with a final round 63 which equalled the alternate-shot tournament scoring record. Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard had a chance to make it a three-team playoff but missed a birdie putt from the fringe on the final hole. …Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin finished as the runner-up at this event last year.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| 10 | N. Taylor / A. Hadwin | 63-69-64-71 | -21 |
| T11 | C. Conners / T. Pendrith | 63-69-66-70 | -20 |
| MC | B. Silverman / K. Dougherty | 64-74 | |
| MC | R. Sloan / J. Teater | 70-73 |
NEXT EVENT: The CJ CUP Byron Nelson (May 2)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Corey Conners, Adam Hadwin, Taylor Pendrith, Ben Silverman, Roger Sloan, Nick Taylor
LPGA TOUR
Hannah Green holed out twice from off the greens on the back-nine to successfully defend her title at the JM Eagle LA Championship by three strokes. It’s her fifth career LPGA Tour title and second this season, joining Nelly Korda as the only players with multiple wins this season. It’s also the first time the margin of victory has been more than one stroke for Green. Maja Stark birdied four of her final six holes to finish runner-up for the second straight week – her third top-three finish in four starts. Grace Kim, who led by four strokes entering the weekend, finished 76-77 without making a birdie over the final two rounds to finish tied for 25th.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| MC | Savannah Grewal | 71-75 | |
| MC | Maude-Aimee Leblanc | 75-72 |
NEXT EVENT: Cognizant Founders Cup (May 9)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Brooke Henderson, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Savannah Grewal, Alena Sharp (reserve), Maddie Szeryk (reserve)
EUROPEAN TOUR
Yuto Katsuragawa erased a three-shot deficit with five birdies over a seven-hole stretch on the back nine on his way to a three-shot victory in the ISPS Handa Championship. He becomes the third Japanese player this year to win on the European tour, joining Rikuya Hoshino and Keita Nakajima. Sebastian Soderberg finished runner-up. There were no Canadians entered in the event.
NEXT EVENT: Volvo China Open (May 2)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Aaron Cockerill
EPSON TOUR
Juliana Hung of Taiwan carded a final round 67 for a record-setting nine-shot victory in the IOA Championship. The 22-year-old, playing in just her sixth Epson Tour event, broke the 54-hole scoring record with her 21-under total. She also eclipsed the tournament scoring record by seven strokes. Hung finished the weekend playing the final three holes in 10-under par.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| MC | Leah John (a) | 77-72 | |
| MC | Kate Johnston | 77-73 | |
| MC | Brigitte Thibault | 73-77 | |
| MC | Selena Cosabile | 74-80 |
NEXT EVENT: Casino Del Sol Golf Classic (May 2)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Alena Sharp, Selena Costabile, Kate Johnston, Tiffany Kong, Brigitte Thibault (reserve)