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PGA TOUR

Jacob Bridgeman rallied from a five-shot deficit, shooting the lowest round of his PGA Tour career for a two-shot victory at the Biltmore Championship Asheville. It is his second PGA Title in just his 85th career start. He joins Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler, Chris Gotterup and Cameron Young as the only multiple winners this year. His final round 61 bettered his previous personal best by two strokes and equalled the second-lowest final round score by a winner on the PGA Tour in the last 10 years. Bridgeman played the weekend in 17-under par. Ben James also carded a career-low round of 61 to post his best finish in 18 tour starts. It is his third top-10 result in his last five starts. J.T. Poston carded a career-low round of 60 to finish in tie for fifth. He narrowly missed a 29-foot birdie putt on the final hole for 59. This was the first of seven events of the FedEx Cup Fall schedule. …Mackenzie Hughes posted his fifth top-25 finish of the season. …Corey Conners and Nick Taylor played for the first time in a month ahead of next week’s Presidents Cup

NEXT EVENT: Presidents Cup (Sep 24)

CANADIANS ENTERED: Corey Conners, Nick Taylor

KORN FERRY TOUR

Sandy Scott rallied from a four-stroke deficit to win the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship by one shot for his first career win and in the process, secured his PGA Tour card for next season. The victory moved Scott up to No. 2 on the season-long points list with just two tournaments remaining in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals Event. Scott’s 18-under 266 winning total broke the 72-hole tournament record, which was previously held by three players, including Adam Svensson. John Marshall Butler finished runner-up for his best career result and his third top-10 result of the season. Barend Botha finished third after carding a bogey-free 10-under 61 to set the 18-hole tournament scoring record. …Drew Nesbitt, Roger Sloan, Adam Hadwin, Matthew Anderson, and Stuart Macdonald all qualified for the third Finals event and secured conditional status for next season. The top 60 players after the next event will move on to the Tour Championship.

NEXT EVENT: Compliance Solutions Championship (Oct. 1)

CANADIANS ENTERED: Matthew Anderson, Stuart Macdonald, Drew Nesbitt, Roger Sloan

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

Zach Johnson took the lead with a birdie on the 13th hole and made a three-footer for good measure on the final hole to win the Pure Insurance Championship by two strokes. It is the sixth win in 15 starts of his rookie season on the Champions Tour, moving past Stewart Cink for most wins this season. Johnson has 12 wins in 530 starts on the PGA Tour. Between them, Cink and Johnson have accounted for 11 wins this season. Steven Alker, who had won his last three starts including one on the Legends Tour in Europe, finished in a three-way tie for second with Henrik Stenson and Rory Sabbatini, who both recorded their best results of the season. …Gordon Burns open qualified for his third Champions Tour event this season, posting his best result to date.

NEXT EVENT: Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic (Oct 2)

PGA TOUR AMERICAS

Charlie Crockett made three consecutive birdies on the front nine to convert his 54-hole lead into a two stroke victory at the ATB Classic. It is his first win in his 29th career tour start and it moves him up to No. 6 on the season-long points list. Justin Biwer bogeyed the final hole to create a three-way tie for second with Matthew Kress and Charlie Nikitas. The result for Kress saw him move up into the top 60 on the points list which earned him a spot in next month’s season-ending Tour Championship. Despite missing the cut, Thomas Ponder remains No. 1 on the points list and in position to earn one of 10 Korn Ferry Tour cards after next month’s tournament. …Etienne Papineau (3), Joey Savoie (12) and Brady McKinlay (28) all qualified for the season-ending tournament. …Piercen Hunt missed qualifying for the Tour Championship by just over 12 points.

NEXT EVENT: Dominican Republic Tour Championship (Oct 15)

CANADIANS ENTERED: Brady McKinlay, Étienne Papineau, Joey Savoie

EPSON TOUR

Kary Hollenbaugh made an eagle on the second playoff hole to defeat Kate Smith-Stroh and win the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout. It is the first career win for Hollenbaugh, who earned her way onto the Epson Tour via the LPGA Collegiate Advancement Pathway. Hollenbaugh made four birdies over her last five holes to be part of the playoff with Smith-Stroh, who had a chance to win it all with a 20-foot eagle putt on the final hole in regulation. Juniper Jang made a 40-footer on 18 to make it a three-way playoff. She was eliminated after making par on the first extra hole while both Hollenbaugh and Smith-Stroh made two-putt birdies. The win enabled Hollenbaugh to move up 51 places inside the top 20 in the Race for the Card, where the top 15 will earn LPGA membership after the Tour Championship next month. …Monet Chun picked up her third top-30 finish of the season.

NEXT EVENT: Epson Tour Championship (Oct 1)

CANADIANS ENTERED:  Maddie Szeryk-DiBello, Megan Osland