Bhatia wins third title in playoffs

Akshay Bhatia edged out Daniel Berger in the first playoff at Bay Hill since 1999 to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational in a stunning comeback.

t all looked over for Bhatia as he sat 10-under par with nine holes remaining in final round, five strokes back from then-leader Berger.

But the 24-year-old was red-hot in the back nine, finishing it in 5-under 31, including four straight birdies on Nos. 10-13 and an eagle on the par-5 16^th.

It is his third title on the Tour and, ironically, also the third via a playoff. All three of his titles have now come in a playoffs on the first playoff hole. He had also won the 2024 Valero Texas Open, defeating Denny McCarthy and the 2023 Barracuda Championship, defeating Patrick Rodgers.

Berger looked like he had this won, building a four-shot lead at the turn. He lost the lead by missing a 7-foot par putt on the 17th hole and only a difficult on the final hole for a 70 forced the playoff.

Bhatia and Berger had finished at 15-under 273.Berger, who missed 18 months with a back injury after the 2022 U.S. Open and suffered a broken finger last August, was trying to become the first wire-to-wire winner at Bay Hill in 10 years.

Ludvig Åberg (T3/-12) notched his best finish on Tour since winning the Genesis Invitational last year. He was tied with Cameron Young , who was one of the two players to play a bogey free final round. The other was defending champion Russell Henley who finished ties sixt at 10-under.

Collin Morikawa (5^th/-11) claimed his third consecutive top-10 finish while Sahith Theegala (T6/-10) recorded the low round of the day with a 6-under 66.

After playing the front nine in 3-over 39, Lee Min Woo Lee (T6/-10) closed in 5-under 31 on the back and secured his best finish in five career appearance in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T24/-2) carded a final-round 73 and recorded his first finish outside the top 20 since the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.

Chris Gotterup, the only player with multiple wins on Tour this season finished T18 with a three-under total.

Castillo wins maiden title

Ricky Castillo won his first PGA Tour title in his 35^th start by a solitary stroke, The 25-year-old carded a final round of 67 for a 271 under-17 total.

He is the second first-time winner this season after Jacob Bridgeman at the The Genesis Invitational.

Chandler Blanchet finished second with a 16-under total ahead of 18-year-old Blades Brown (3^rd/-14), who held the lead at 16-under with six holes of his round remaining before making triple-bogey 7 at No. 13.

Redman sinks first Korn Ferry title

Doc Redman closed in 4-under 67 to convert the 54-hole solo-lead into his first Korn Ferry Tour victory.

He finished on 19-under 265, for a five-stroke victory, the largest on Tour since Adrien Dumont de Chassart’s seven-stroke victory at the 2025 Compliance Solutions Championship.

The 2017 U.S. Amateur, finished ahead of the duo of Cooper Dossey and Michael Johnson. The second placings was was the best finish on the Tour for both players.

Johnson cruises

Overnight leader Zach Johnson cruised to a four-stroke victory at the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational to become the 22nd player to win his debut in PGA Tour Champions history.

He carded a final round of 69 for a 11-under 205 total to snaps a winless streak of more than ten years, dating back to the 2015 Open Championship. He had entered the the day with a one stroke lead over George McNeill and Steve Allan.

Stewart Cink and George McNeill finished tied second on seven-under 209 total.

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*def. Daniel Berger with a par-4 on the first playoff hole (No. 18)

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