Defending US Open champion J.J. Spaun came out of the shadows to claim his third PGA Tour victory and his second Texas Open golf championships title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While all eyes where on overnight leader Robert MacIntyre and second placed Ludvig \u00c5berg, Spaun carded a 5-under 67, which included an eagle in the final round, to move up the leaderboard. He started the round two strokes behind MacIntyre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He pushed up the leaderboard with birdies at Nos. 2, 10, 14 and 16. He eagled the short and vulnerable par-4 17th to reach 17 under par \u2014 a stroke ahead of Matt Wallace, who had finished more than an hour before with a 68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A par on the last hole eliminated the Englishman and meant Spaun, the 2022 champion of the Texas Open, would get to wait to see if anyone would match him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end he finished a stroke ahead of the trio of Matt Wallace, Michael Kim and MacIntyre. The victory is expected to propel him from 13th to sixth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wallace picked up his second top-3 finish in four starts at the Texas Open. It was also the 2023 Corales Puntacana Championship winner his first runner-up finish of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Kim, the 2018 John Deere Classic winner, it was second runner-up finish of his career after the Phoenix Open last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MacIntyre, who led after the second and third rounds, picked up his fourth runner-up finish of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World No 4, Tommy Fleetwood, the highest ranked player in the field finished tied-10th at 11-under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defending champion Brian Harman finished T39 at five-under while 13-time PGA TOUR winner and 2021 Texas Open champion Jordan Spieth finished a distant T63 on equal par.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Birdie spree sees Gandon claim Suncoast Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeremy Gandon birdied the final three holes (par-4 16th, par-3 17th, par-4 18th) to earn his second Korn Ferry Tour title at the Suncoast Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeremy Gandon drained a dramatic 10-foot birdie putt on the 72nd and final hole on Sunday at Lakewood National Golf Club to avoid a three-way playoff and capture the crown at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Down by two strokes with just three holes left to play, Gandon, birdied all three to finish with a 22-under par total of 262. He closed the tournament with his third consecutive round of 6-under 65 to tie the 72-hole tournament scoring record set by Mark Hubbard in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gandon snatched the title away from Mitchell Meissner and Jay Card III, both of whom were already in the clubhouse at 21-under for the tournament and expecting to be part of at least a two-man playoff before the Frenchman\u2019s late-round heroics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Leaderboard<\/strong> (Texas Open)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Leaderboard<\/strong> (Suncoast Classic)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Defending US Open champion J.J. 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Spaun<\/td> 69<\/td> 69<\/td> 66<\/td> 67<\/td> 271 (-17)<\/td><\/tr> T2<\/td> Matt Wallace<\/td> 71<\/td> 69<\/td> 64<\/td> 68<\/td> 272 (-16)<\/td><\/tr> T2<\/td> Michael Kim<\/td> 72<\/td> 65<\/td> 66<\/td> 69<\/td> 272 (-16)<\/td><\/tr> T2<\/td> Robert MacIntyre<\/td> 66<\/td> 64<\/td> 72<\/td> 70<\/td> 272 (-16)<\/td><\/tr> T5<\/td> Andrew Putnam<\/td> 66<\/td> 70<\/td> 67<\/td> 70<\/td> 273 (-15)<\/td><\/tr> T5<\/td> Ludvig \u00c5berg<\/td> 67<\/td> 67<\/td> 69<\/td> 70<\/td> 273 (-15)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Pos.<\/strong><\/td> Player<\/strong><\/td> R1<\/strong><\/td> R2<\/strong><\/td> R3<\/strong><\/td> R4<\/strong><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/td> Jeremy Gandon<\/td> 67<\/td> 65<\/td> 65<\/td> 65<\/td> 262 (-22)<\/td><\/tr> T2<\/td> Mitchell Meissner<\/td> 69<\/td> 65<\/td> 65<\/td> 64<\/td> 263 (-21)<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Jay Card III<\/td> 63<\/td> 67<\/td> 68<\/td> 65<\/td> 263 (-21)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Four Players Tied<\/em><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> 264 (-20)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"