PGA TOUR
Viktor Hovland made three birdies over his final five holes to rally past Justin Thomas to win the Valspar Championship by a single stroke. It is the seventh PGA title for the Norwegian golfer and his first since the 2023 Tour Championship. All seven of his wins have come since the start of the 2019-20 season which is the fourth most during that span. The victory also moves him back into the top 10 in the world rankings. Thomas made four birdies in a five-hole stretch on the back nine and was up by three before faltering at No. 16 while Hovland made back-to-back birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 to vault into the lead. He becomes just the second player and the first since 2014 to birdie both those holes, affectionately known as the ‘Snake Pit’ in the final round and go on to win the tournament. Thomas collected his ninth runner-up finish and third in his last nine starts. Bud Cauley, Ryo Hisatsune and Billy Horschel all tied for fourth with Horschel delivering an improbable shot, inverting his 9-iron on the par-5 5th in order to swing left-handed for his approach which led to a 30-foot birdie. …Corey Conners notched his third straight top-10 finish for the first time on the PGA TOUR. He last accomplished the feat in 2016 while playing on the Latinoamerica Tour. He finished top 10 in Shots Gained: Off The Tee, Shots Gained: Total, Greens in Regulation and Scrambling for the week.
| POS | Column 1 | SCORES | TOTAL |
| T8 | Corey Conners | 71-69-69-69 | -6 |
| T36 | Mackenzie Hughes | 75-69-69-70 | -1 |
| MC | Adam Svensson | 73-72 | |
| MC | Adam Hadwin | 71-76 | |
| MC | Ben Silverman | 71-78 |
NEXT EVENT: Texas Children’s Houston Open (Mar 27)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Adam Hadwin, Mackenzie Hughes, Taylor Pendrith, Ben Silverman, Adam Svensson, Nick Taylor
ASIAN TOUR
Carlos Ortiz birdied three of his first eight holes to pull away in the final round on the way to a three-shot win at the International Series Macau. It is the 10th career win for the Mexican and the second Asian Tour title for the LIV Golf player. Fellow LIV tour player Patrick Reed finished runner-up while Jason Kokrak was solo third. All three earned berths into the Open Championship later this year as the event was part of the Open qualifying series. Sergio Garcia missed a three-foot birdie putt on the final hole which would have put him into a tie with Kokrak for for third and given him the Open championship berth based on better world ranking. Instead, he had to settle for fourth place. Richard T. Lee carded a bogey-free final round 65 – one off the low round of the day – to finish solo fifth for his second top-10 finish in as many starts.
| POS | Column 1 | SCORES | TOTAL |
| 5 | Richard T Lee | 67-67-67-65 | -14 |
NEXT EVENT: GS Caltex Maekyung Open (May 1)
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
Miguel Angel Jimenez birdied the final hole for a one-stroke victory at the Hoag Classic. It is his 15th career win on the Champions Tour and the 61-year-old Spaniard becomes the first multi-winner this season having won back in February. Stewart Cink had just birdied the final hole to sit as the clubhouse leader when Jimenez and Freddie Jacobsen approached the final green. Jacobsen failed to sink his 25-foot birdie putt and settled for second place with Cink for his best finish on the tour. Cink has four top-10 results in each of his four starts this year. Jimenez’s 15-under 198 matched the low 54-hole score of the season. Second-round co-leader and two-time tournament champion Fred Couples finished tied for eighth, four strokes back.
| POS | Column 1 | SCORES | TOTAL |
| T33 | Mike Weir | 69-71-69 | -4 |
| T52 | Stephen Ames | 70-69-73 | -1 |
NEXT EVENT: The Galleri Classic (Mar. 28)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Stephen Ames, Mike Weir
EUROPEAN TOUR
Richard Mansell two-putted from approximately 100 feet on the final hole for a one stroke win at the rain-shortened Porsche Singapore Classic. It is his first European Tour title. The Englishman started the third and final round one shot back of the lead but quickly claimed a two stroke lead at the turn after running off five straight birdies starting at No. 4. Keita Nakajima made seven birdies and sat in the clubhouse with a one shot lead until Mansell’s final hole heroics denied him a chance at a playoff. The tournament was shortened to 54 holes after rain washed out play in the first round. There were no Canadians entered in the event.
NEXT EVENT: Hero Indian Open (Mar 27)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Aaron Cockerill