Ian Holt birdied the final hole to claim the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic golf championships title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He made a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th hole for a 1-under 71 for a one-shot victory over two players making a late surge. Going into the final round atop the leaderboard, Holt finished 12-under with a 276 total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Justin Hastings of the Cayman Islands, who won the Latin America Amateur Championship a year ago to get into three majors, had a 69 and tied for second with Alistair Docherty (66).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A struggling Holt countered five bogeys – at the 4th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th holes, with six birdies on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 12th and 18th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I would say, rolling in that putt on 17 was a big moment. Then I was kind of on the schneid there for a little bit making the turn and making that 10-, 12-footer on 12 for birdie kind of got me back into things. And then that iron shot on 18 was all I could have asked for,” said Holt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was his first Korn Ferry Tour title in his 45th career start on Tour; his previous career-high finish on Tour was T2 at the Argentina Open last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I know it’s only been two events, but it’s just been to not panic, not try to play defensive, just make pars. Like let’s go out and try and make a couple birdies coming in and see what happens. Made a good two-putt on 17 and that kind of got me back into it on that tee shot. The rest is history, I
guess,” added Holt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Docherty closed in 6-under 66, the lowest score of the final round by two strokes, and matched his career-high finish on the Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hastings, the reigning Latin America Amateur Champion, finishes with four consecutive pars following a double bogey at the par-5 14th, securing a runner-up finish in his third career start on the Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barend Botha, who finished T22 at the 2026 season-opening The Bahamas Golf Classic, recorded his third top-10 in his last four Korn Ferry Tour starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eighteen-year-old Blades Brown, who earned full status for the 2026 season with a No. 68 finish on the the Tour Points List, closed in even-par 72 for his second top-25 in his last three starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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