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PGA Tour: Clark wins Byron Nelson after closing 60  

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A closing round of 11-under par 60 propelled Wyndham Clark to a 4-stroke win in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch.

Two adrift of leader Si Woo Kim to begin the day, Clark signalled his intent with a birdie at the 2nd before three in a row from the 4th. A string of four pars followed before a birdie at the 11th preceded an eagle at the par-5 12th. 

Kim for his part played holes 1-12 in 5-under par. The difference was that the South Korean only found one birdie over his final six holes.

Clark found four: At 14, 15, 17 and 18 to play the inward-half in 7-under 28 and emerge victorious for the first time since 2024.

DP World Tour: Sterne snatches Soudal Open title 

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Richard Sterne birdied the 16th hole before eagling the 17th in a final round of the Soudal Open which saw him benefit from a late stumble by Zander Lombard to earn a 2-stroke win Rinkven International GC.

Lombard had been in complete control of the event. Having followed up a first round 8-under 63 with a pair of 66s, he led by three with 18 holes remaining. After a birdie at the 1st in the final round, he rattled off 11 pars in a row. 

Then disaster struck… A bogey at 13 was compounded by a double-bogey at the par-4 14th and when he bogeyed the 16th the race which for so long appeared his to win, was run. 

It was Sterne’s steadiness which won out. Birdies at the opening two holes preceded a third red number at 5. Despite a drop at 8, seven straight pars maintained his under par round.

The barnstorming finish, a birdie-3 and an eagle-3 helped Sterne to a 66 and victory over six players who shared 2nd-place.

Sunshine Tour: Walters ends title drought at Humewood 

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Justin Walters ground out a level-par 72 after a trying start to the final round of the Sunbet Boardwalk Challenge, pipping serial winner Daniel Van Tonder to win his first Sunshine Tour title in 15 years at Humewood Golf Club.

Walters made a flying start to the 54-hole event. After opening with a 7-under 65, he  went one better in round two which helped open up a four-stroke advantage.

The final round was anything but a walk in the park. Dropped shots at the 5th, 6th and 8th blew the tournament wide open.

Van Tonder, as he often does, posed the biggest threat. After an even-par front-nine, he roared into contention with a back-nine that featured an eagle at 11, birdie at 12 and further red numbers at 15 and 16 which offset a dropped shot at 14. A closing birdie at 18 saw Van Tonder post the clubhouse target at 14-under.

Walters would hang tough though. He steadied the ship with a birdie at 11 before consecutive red numbers at 15 and 16. Maintaining his composure expertly, Walters made pars at 17 and 18 despite missing both greens, thus earning a first title since the  Royal Swazi Open in 2011.

Korn Ferry Tour: Redman wins Knoxville Open 

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Doc Redman eagled the first hole of sudden-death to defeat Hunter Eichhorn and win the Knoxville Open at Holston Hills Country Club.

The pair finished regulation tied on 25-under with Eichhorn collecting an astounding 10 birdies in a bogey-free 61 while Redman closed with a 65 that was punctuated by a birdie at 18.

Redman made short shrift of the playoff, earning an eagle-3 on his second trip down the 18th. 

HotelPlanner Tour: Pulkannen soars to victory 

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Tapio Pulkannen eagled the first hole of sudden-death to defeat Maxence Giboudot and win the Danish Golf Challenge at Odense Eventyr Golf.

The pair finished regulation tied on 18-under par. Pulkannen needed birdie at the 18th in a 1-over 73 to tie Giboudot who closed with a 2-under 70.

It’s not often birdie in a playoff isn’t good enough to extend proceedings but in Giboudot’s case he was powerless to the eagle-3 Pulkannen manage to land as a maiden HotelPlanner title went abegging. 

PGA Tour Champions: Hend wins in Morocco 

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Scott Hend won the first PGA Tour Champions title of his career at the Trophy Hassan II by five shots after a closing round of 3-under 69 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam.

The Australian made a great start to the event as he opened with a 7-under 66. Despite a 4-under second round, Hend still found himself a shot adrift of Tommy Gainey who opened with consecutive rounds of 6-under 67.

Gainey still held a one-stroke advantage on the 9th hole but a double-bogey 5 opened the door for Hend.

By contrast, Hend made a birdie on 9 to turn in 1-under 35. Three birdies followed on a blemish-free inward-nine, punctuated by a birdie at the 18th. 

Gainey meanwhile played his second-nine in 1-over 38 to finish well off the pace, tied for 2nd with Steven Alker on 10-under par.

 

Fun Facts & Scary Stats

1. Wyndham Clark became the first player to win multiple events by shooting a closing round 60, achieving the feat in both the 2024 Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the 2026 Byron Nelson (Credit: Justin Ray Golf).
2. Justin Walters only entered the Sun Boardwalk Challenge after a flight delay prevented him from playing in a US Open Qualifier in England.
3. Wyndham Clark ranked 1st in Strokes Gained: Putting at the Byron Nelson, gaining 12.573 strokes during the course of the week. Prior to the week, he ranked 132nd in Strokes Gained: Putting for the season.