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Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
A virus nearly killed him; now, Brett White just shot 59 and won his first Americas title
Make that two 59s in as many days on PGA Tour Americas. This time it led to victory. Brett White began Sunday's final round of the Commissionaires Ottawa Open seven shots behind leader Philip Barbaree Jr., who had carded 13-under 59 a day earlier at Eagle Creek Golf Club. Now it was White's turn to break 60, and while Barbaree closed in 70 to tie for 10th, White rocketed to 23 under, which earned him a spot in a three-man playoff with Danny Fisher and Nathan Franks. White had made 10 birdies on his first 17 holes on Sunday before he drained a 63-foot eagle putt for the third 59 in PGA Tour Americas history. Then in extras, White birdied the par-5 18th hole twice to seal his first career Americas title and jump to third in points. White, 32, is eight years removed from nearly dying from viral encephalitis, which he contracted while a member of PGA Tour Latinoamerica. He spent three weeks in the hospital and had to relearn basic tasks, including talking and walking. His return to golf came about a year after his hospitalization, and he won the 2019 Nevada Open and 2020 Michigan Open as part of his comeback. He got through Korn Ferry Tour Q-School in 2021 to earn his KFT card for 2022, though he notched just two top-25s in 20 starts to lose his status. 'It's been a wild ride,' White told Golf Channel in 2021. 'Over a long journey, sometimes you go back and go, wow, I gotta be thankful for where I'm at. There was a point in the hospital where it was, hey, let's make sure you can be on your own; and then it was, OK, I want to be able to run around with my kids; then it was, let's play golf for fun; and it just kept on progressing. I've tried to get better every day, and I don't think I've stopped.' The top 10 players at the end of the PGA Tour Americas season receive KFT cards.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Philip Barbaree fires first sub-60 score in PGA Tour Americas history
Philip Barbaree Jr.'s summer just got even better. About a month removed from qualifying for the U.S. Open and eventually finishing 66th at Oakmont, Barbaree fired the first sub-60 score in PGA Tour Americas history, a 13-under 59 Saturday at the Commissionaires Ottawa Open at Eagle Creek Golf Club in Ottawa. There were three sub-60 rounds prior to the merger of PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour Latinoamerica – 58, Jason Bohn, 2001, Canadian Tour; 59, Greyson Sigg, 2019, PGA Tour Canada; 59, Drew Nesbitt, 2018, PGA Tour Latinoamerica. Barbaree's round included 11 birdies and an eagle, which came on his final hole, the par-5 18th, where he stuffed his second shot from the rough to a few feet and rolled in the putt. Barbaree closed birdie-birdie-eagle, and he'll enter Sunday at 20 under, which was good enough for the clubhouse lead. Barbaree entered the week 35th in the Fortinet Cup. There are seven tournaments remaining in the season, and the top 10 players in points at season's end will earn Korn Ferry Tour cards.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach fades late, misses cut at PGA Tour's ISCO Championship
Miles Russell was two shots inside the cut line when he birdied the par-5 10th hole at the Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Ky., on July 11 in the second round of the PGA Tour's ISCO Championship. The 16-year-old from Jacksonville Beach couldn't hold on in his third PGA Tour start as an amateur. Russell bogeyed four of his last eight holes and finished with a 73 and a 36-hole total of 3-over 143, two shots off the 1-over cut. Russell had to birdie one of the last three holes to make the weekend but two-putted for par at Nos. 16 and 17 and missed the 18th fairway to the left, forcing him to gouge a shot out of heavy rough and under the branches of a tree. It came up about 30 yards short of the hole and needing to hit that in the jar to make the cut, he sent the shot past the flag and into the fringe on the other side. Russell had 30 feet for par, sent a chip 9 feet past the hole and made that for bogey. Russell was trying to become the second First Coast teenager to make a cut on the PGA Tour this summer. Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island made the cut and tied for 65th Miles Russell was in good shape through 11 holes Russell bogeyed his first hole but played steady after that with seven pars and tap-in birdies on the two par-5 holes, Nos. 7 and 10. Russell got up and down from off the green for both of his short birdie putts and made three par putts on the front nine between 6 and 8 feet. His troubles began with a three-putt for bogey at No. 11. Russell failed to make par after hitting into the left bunker at the par-3 13th hole and into the back fringe at the par-4 15th, missing putts of 11 and 6 feet. Russell had putts of 21 feet at No. 16 and 33 feet at No. 17 for birdie. What were Miles Russell's stats in the second round? He hit 7 of 14 fairways for the second day in a row and after finding the putting surface in seven of his first nine holes, he hit only two more the rest of the round, for 11 of 18. Russell needed 31 putts. Has Miles Russell made the cut in a pro event? Russell made the cut in his first professional tournament at the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour LECOM Suncoast Open in Lakewood Ranch. He was the youngest player to ever make the cut in a Korn Ferry Tour event. He's played three more Korn Ferry events and three PGA Tour events in all without making another cut. But he's played overall, with a 70.56 stroke average in 16 rounds, with 11 rounds of par or lower. What's next for Miles Russell Russell is scheduled to play in the U.S. Junior Amateur July 21-26 at the Trinity Forest Golf Club near Dallas. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach misses cut at PGA Tour ISCO Championship
NBC Sports
5 days ago
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- NBC Sports
Korn Ferry employee receives sponsor exemption, shoots 91 in Korn Ferry Tour debut
A Korn Ferry employee made his Korn Ferry Tour debut on Thursday. Dan Massello, a 42-year-old from Chicago, carded par on his first hole of the NV5 Invitational at The Glen Club in Glenview, Illinois, but he'd record just two more pars the rest of the way, shooting 20-over 91. The tally included 10 bogeys and five double bogeys, though Massello avoided anything of triple or worse. Massello was worst in the morning wave by 17 shots and 29 shots behind leader Davis Chatfield. He was playing alongside fellow sponsor exemptions John Augenstein, a former All-American at Vanderbilt and the 2019 U.S. Amateur runner-up, and Charlie Nikitas, a Miami of Ohio product who has made eight starts on PGA Tour Americas this year. Augenstein and Nikitas shot 70 and 69, respectively. According to his Linkedin, Massello's current role with Korn Ferry is principal, finance and accounting, professional search. Prior to joining the consulting world in 2017, Massello was a PGA golf professional, including most recently the assistant pro at Evanston Golf Club in Skokie, Illinois, his bio stated. He also worked for nearly five years as a golf instructor for Northwestern's Wildcat Golf Academy. He played numerous Illinois Section PGA events from 2007 to 2016. His record shows mostly scores in the high 70s and a low score of 70 at the 2013 Ravinia Green CC Classic, a one-day tournament where Massello tied for first. Korn Ferry's official Instagram account wished Massello good luck on Wednesday: 'Good luck to Korn Ferry colleague Dan Massello as he tees off as our exemption pick on the @kornferrytour this week in Chicago! Just like in business, golf rewards those who seize opportunity, stay focused, and play beyond expectations. 'Go show them what 'Be More Than' looks like!' He tees off in Round 2 at 3:12 p.m. ET.
New York Post
7 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Charlie Woods misses cut at US Junior Amateur Championships
Charlie Woods missed the cut at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championships despite improving his score in the second round. The 16-year-old Woods finished the second round at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas on Tuesday with a 74 (3-over), which was a seven-stroke improvement from his first round score the day before. That put Woods, the son of golf legend Tiger Woods, at a 14-over during the two days of the tournament, with the projected cut line to qualify for match play at 2-over. Advertisement 3 Charlie Woods of the United States hits a tee shot on the fourth hole during the second round of the U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club on July 22, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. Getty Images North America The first two rounds are stroke play before switching to match play after the cut. Woods played the front nine in even-par 36 and was having an under-par round heading into the 17th hole, but finished the final two holes with a bogey and a double bogey. Advertisement Tiger Woods — who won the U.S. Junior Amateur in 1991, 1992 and 1993 — was on hand in Texas to see his son compete at Trinity Forest. Other notable winners of the tournament include Jordan Spieth (2009 and 2011) and Scottie Scheffler (2013). 3 Charlie Woods stands on the practice green before the second round of the U.S. Junior Amateur Getty Images North America This is the second consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur appearance in which Woods failed to make it to match play after he fell short with rounds of 82 and 80 in 2024 at Oakland Hills. Advertisement Woods qualified for the tournament through a playoff at a qualifying site last month at Coral Springs, Fla. 3 Charlie Woods lines up a putt on the second hole during the second round of the U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. Getty Images North America He was one of four sons of current or former PGA Tour players competing in this week's tournament. Jackson Byrd, the 18-year-old son of Jonathan Byrd, Trevor Gutschewski, the 18-year-old son of Korn Ferry Tour winner Scott Gutschewski, and Cameron Kuchar, the 17-year-old son of nine-time PGA Tour winner Matt Kuchar, all participated in this year's U.S. Junior Amateur.
