PGA TOUR
Akshay Bhatia erased a five-stroke deficit with nine holes to play and made par on the first playoff hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. It is his third PGA Tour win and all three have come in playoffs. It was also the first playoff to decide the tournament since 1999 – three years before Bhatia was even born. His victory in the $20 million signature event moves him into the top 20 in the world rankings. Daniel Berger finished atop the leaderboard after all 72 regulation holes were played but missed a seven foot par putt on the first extra hole that would have extended the playoff. He was attempting to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the event in 10 years. His second place finish comes with a British Open invitation and he’s likely to play in the Masters next month after moving into the top 40 in the world rankings. Ludvig Aberg notched his best finish on the PGA Tour after tying for third with Cameron Young, who was one of only two players to play the final round bogey free. Collin Morikawa finished fifth for his third straight top-10 result. Scottie Scheffler finished in a tie for 24th, the first time he has finished outside the top-20 since last year’s Phoenix Open. …Corey Conners, who has a pair of third place finishes at this tournament, finished outside the top-25 for the first time in six starts. …Nick Taylor finished outside the top-30 for the first time in six worldwide starts this year. …Taylor Pendrith finished first this week in Green in Regulation, 2nd in Shots Gained: Approach to Green and was top-10 in Shots Gained: Off The Tee.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| T33 | Corey Conners | 69-74-72-72 | -1 |
| T38 | Nick Taylor | 72-72-75-69 | E |
| T38 | Taylor Pendrith | 73-73-71-71 | E |
Ricky Castillo made back-to-back birdies at No. 13 to take over the lead on the way to a one-stroke victory at the Puerto Rico Open. It is his first career title in his 35th tour start. He becomes the second first-time winner this season. The win earns Castillo an invitation to the PGA Championship but not the Masters as it was played opposite the Arnold Palmer tournament, which he just missed qualifying for by 11 FedEx Cup points. Chandler Blanchet, who led the field in birdies, finished runner-up and just missed becoming only the third player in the last three seasons to win in their first made cut on tour. Eighteen-year-old Blades Brown was leading with six holes to play before a triple-bogey at No. 13 ended his chances of becoming the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years and the first teenager to win since Jordan Spieth in 2013. …Ben Silverman recorded his best result of the season and first top-20 finish in his last nine starts. …Adam Hadwin, playing without full status on the PGA Tour this season, picks up his second top-25 result in four starts
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| T16 | Ben Silverman | 72-67-69-70 | -10 |
| T21 | Adam Hadwin | 68-70-71-70 | -9 |
| T26 | Adam Svensson | 72-68-71-69 | -8 |
| T26 | A.J. Ewart | 72-67-71-70 | -8 |
| T37 | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | 73-69-69-70 | -7 |
NEXT EVENT: THE PLAYERS Championship (Mar 12)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Corey Conners, A.J. Ewart, Mackenzie Hughes, Taylor Pendrith, Nick Taylor, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
KORN FERRY TOUR
Doc Redman made four birdies over five holes at the turn and not even a late round stumble with back-to-back bogeys over his final four holes could derail his five stroke victory at the Astara Chile Classic for his first win on the Korn Ferry Tour. His winning margin of victory is the largest on tour since a seven-stroke win by Adrien Dumont de Chassart last year. Redman is the fourth first-time winner on tour this season and moves up to No. 4 on the points list. Cooper Dossey, with his best career result, and Michael Johnson, who matches his best result on tour, both finished tied for second. Argentine amateur Segundo Oliva Pinto finished tied for fourth, becoming the first amateur to record top-10 finishes in consecutive Korn Ferry Tour events. …Drew Nesbitt snaps a streak of five missed cuts to start the year and records his best finish since winning on PGA Tour America’s last September. …Matthew Anderson records his second top-30 finish in six starts this season
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| T26 | Drew Nesbitt | 70-69-70-67 | -8 |
| T26 | Matthew Anderson | 72-68-67-69 | -8 |
| T34 | Stuart Macdonald | 69-69-69-70 | -7 |
| MC | Myles Creighton | 71-70 | |
| MC | Roger Sloan | 71-74 |
NEXT EVENT: Club Car Championship (Mar 26)
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
Zach Johnson recovered from an early bogey to play blemish-free golf the rest of the way to win the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational by four shots, winning in his Champions Tour debut. Johnson, a two-time major winner on the PGA Tour, became eligible to play on the senior circuit two weeks ago when he turned 50. He’s the 22nd player to win his tour debut and the fourth youngest winner in tour history. It is his first win on any PGA sanctioned tour since the 2015 Open Championship. Johnson is the 24th player to win on the Korn Ferry, PGA and Champions tours. Stewart Cink and George McNeill finished tied for second. Cink was looking to win for the third straight start while McNeill has finished in the top-5 in both of his starts this season. …Stephen Ames recorded his third straight top-20 result to start the season
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| 12 | Stephen Ames | 71-72-70 | -3 |
NEXT EVENT: Cologuard Classic (Mar 20)
EUROPEAN TOUR
Dan Bradbury withstood a chaotic finish and saved par on the final hole for a one-shot victory at the Joburg Open. It is his third European Tour win and the second time he has won this event in four years. At least four players had a chance to win the tournament over the final closing holes. Hennie Du Plessis held a three-stroke lead before a bogey-double bogey at Nos. 15 and 16 ended his hopes. He went on to finish fourth. Casey Jarvis bogeyed the penultimate hole to deny him a chance at joining Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros as the only players in tour history to win three straight events. He finished in a tie for second with Brandon Robinson Thompson, who held a one-shot lead with one hole to play, only to bogey No. 18. There were no Canadians entered in the event.
NEXT EVENT: Hainan Classic (Mar 19)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Aaron Cockerill (alternate)
LIV GOLF
Jon Rahm birdied four of his last six holes to win the LIV Golf Hong Kong event by three shots. It is his fifth career win on the Saudi-backed tour but his first in 539 days, snapping a 26-match worldwide winless streak for the Spaniard. He had finished runner-up in each of the first two tournaments this season. Thomas Detry finished runner-up while Thomas Pieters was third. Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces GC took the team title, ending a stretch of 974 days since they last won a team event. …Richard T. Lee carded his second top-20 finish in three starts this season.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| T18 | Richard T. Lee | 67-68-67-67 | -11 |
NEXT EVENT: LIV Golf Singapore (Mar. 12)
LPGA TOUR
Mi Hyang Lee rebounded from a pair of front-nine double bogeys and sank a two-foot birdie on the final hole to win the Blue Bay LPGA by a single stroke. It is her third LPGA title but first in more than eight years. Lee is the fourth different winner through four events this season. Zhang Weiwei of China appeared on track to win, but a bogey on the penultimate hole left her settling for her second career runner-up finish. Auston Kim made three birdies over her final five holes to finish in a tie for third, her second top-three result in the last two weeks. Aditi Ashok birdied the final hole to also finish tied for third. The LPGA takes a week off before returning to North America for the Founders Cup.
| POS | Column 1 | SCORES | TOTAL |
| MC | Leah John | 74-81 |
NEXT EVENT: Fortinet Founders Cup (Mar. 19)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Leah John, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Savannah Grewal (Reserve #24), Alena Sharp (Reserve #25)
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
Hometown favourite Kelsey Bennett made three birdies over five holes down the stretch to win the Australian Women’s Classic by four shots. It is her first career LET win, and it moves her to the top of the Order of Merit while earning an invitation to the AIG Women’s Open later this year. Bennett was one of only three players to play the final round under par as wind and rain made for challenging conditions. Meghan MacLaren, the 2022 champion, and rookie Caley McGinty finished tied for second…Anna Huang recorded her second straight top-10 finish and third of her career.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| T10 | Anna Huang | 70-72-70-73 | -3 |
NEXT EVENT: Women’s Australia Open (Mar. 12)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Anna Huang
EPSON TOUR
Isabella Fierro carded six birdies including three over the final five holes for a four stroke victory at the Atlantic Beach Classic, the season-opening event on the Epson Tour. It is her first win and her 13-under winning score broke the previous 54-hole tournament record by five strokes. LPGA and Epson Tour veteran Maria Fassi finished in a three-way tie for second, giving Mexican players a 1-2 finish. Kaitlyn Papp-Budde and Annabelle Pancake-Webb, who birdied her last three holes, were also tied for second. For Papp-Budde, it’s her ninth career top-10 result. …Savannah Grewal, who spent the past two years on the LPGA Tour, recorded her first career top-20 result on the Epson Tour.
| POS | SCORES | TOTAL | |
| T14 | Savannah Grewal | 69-72-68 | -4 |
| T23 | Maddie Szeryk-DiBello | 69-70-72 | -2 |
| T57 | Monet Chun | 70-75-73 | +5 |
| MC | Alena Sharp | 75-73 | |
| MC | Brooke Rivers | 77-74 | |
| MC | Megan Osland | 73-79 | |
| MC | Brigitte Thibault | 80-77 |
NEXT EVENT: IOA Golf Classic (Mar 13)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Brooke Rivers, Maddie Szeryk-DiBello, Monet Chun, Megan Osland, Savannah Grewal, Brigitte Thibault, Mary Parsons (Reserve #4), Yeji Kwon (Reserve #27), Josee Doyon (Reserve #30)
