PGA TOUR
Scottie Scheffler made four birdies in a six hole stretch ahead of the turn and never looked back on the way to a four stroke win at The American Express. It is his 20th win on the PGA Tour, which earns him a lifetime membership. All 20 of his wins have come in the last four years. He joins Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods to have 20 wins and four major titles before the age of 30. Scheffler needed the second-fewest career starts (151) to reach 20 wins, behind only Tiger Woods (95). It’s his seventh win in his last 13 Tour starts and the first time he has won a tournament when making his season debut. Jason Day, who birdied six of his first 10 holes, finished in a tie for second for his 100th career top-10 finish. He played the last 47 holes of the event bogey-free. Ryan Gerard, Matt McCarty and Andrew Putnam also finished tied for second. For Gerard, it’s his second consecutive runner-up result. Blades Brown, the 18-year-old who got into the event on a sponsor’s exemption and was one-shot out of the lead entering the final round, finished in a tie for 18th. Brown finished high school two weeks ago, finished tied for 17th in the Korn Ferry event that wrapped up on Wednesday and shot 60 on Friday to become the youngest player in PGA Tour history to card a round of 60 or better. He is the first player to play eight straight days of PGA Tour-sanctioned events. …Nick Taylor has four top-30 finishes in his last five competitive starts. …PGA Tour rookie A.J. Ewart records his best result in a PGA Tour event.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| T27 | Nick Taylor | 65-65-72-69 | -17 |
| T44 | A.J. Ewart | 71-65-67-70 | -15 |
| MC | Taylor Pendrith | 67-68-71 | |
| MC | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | 70-68-68 | |
| MC | Adam Svensson | 74-70-63 | |
| MC | Mackenzie Hughes | 72-72-67 |
NEXT EVENT: Farmers Insurance Open (Jan 29)
CANADIANS ENTERED: A.J. Ewart, Mackenzie Hughes, Taylor Pendrith, Adam Svensson, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
Stewart Cink started the new Champions Tour season the same way he ended last year – with a win. Cink birdied three of his final five holes for a bogey-free round and a three-stroke victory at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship. It is the fifth senior title for Cink. Angel Cabrera, the last player to win back-to-back tournaments, finished runner-up. Retief Goosen was third for his fourth top-6 finish at this event in six starts. Defending champion Ernie Els, Freddie Jacobsen and Thomas Bjorn all finished tied for third. Bernhard Langer carded a final round 68 to shoot his age or better for the second straight day while finishing tied for 9th. …Stephen Ames, whose opening round 64 was his lowest at this tournament, posted his fourth top-10 finish at this event. ...Mike Weir notched his third top-15 finish in his last five Champions Tour starts.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| T9 | Stephen Ames | 64-66-72 | -14 |
| T15 | Mike Weir | 66-71-68 | -11 |
NEXT EVENT: Chubb Classic (Feb. 15)
KORN FERRY TOUR
Ian Holt made a two-putt birdie on the final hole to win The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic by one stroke. It is his first win on the Korn Ferry Tour in his 45th career start. Two years ago, he was relying on Monday qualifying just to get into PGA Tour Americas events. Back-to-back bogeys at No. 13 left Holt tied for the lead, and he needed to make a crucial par putt on the penultimate hole to remain tied before his final hole heroics. Alistair Docherty and 2025 Latin American Amateur Champion Justin Hastings finished tied for second. It is just the third career tour start for Hastings. …Myles Creighton notched his best result at this event and his second top 20 result in his last three Korn Ferry Tour starts dating back to last year.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| T17 | Myles Creighton | 70-72-70-72 | -4 |
| T51 | Stuart Macdonald | 68-76-74-72 | +2 |
| MC | Roger Sloan | 73-73 | |
| MC | Drew Nesbitt | 74-72 | |
| MC | Matthew Anderson | 75-74 | |
| WD | Ben Silverman | 75 |
NEXT EVENT: The Panama Championship (Jan. 29)
EUROPEAN TOUR
Patrick Reed almost squandered a four-shot lead before regaining his form and going on to win the Hero Dubai Desert Classic by four strokes. It is the fifth European tour win for the former Masters champion and current LIV golfer, and he’s only the sixth American player to win the event. Andy Sullivan made four birdies over his final seven holes to finish solo second with Julien Guerrier third, his best finish at a Rolex Series event. David Puig got within a shot of Reed after a trio of birdies at the turn but finished with three bogeys and a double-bogey penalty on the final hole for grounding his club in the bunker to fall into a tie for seventh. Rory McIlroy finished tied for 33rd, ending his chances of a record-extending fifth title. There were no Canadians entered in the tournament.
NEXT EVENT: Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship (Jan. 29)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Aaron Cockerill
