American Holt captured the Panama Championship to become the first Korn Ferry Tour player to win two of the season\u2019s first three tournaments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 30-year old golfer won the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic last week and came back from two strokes behind to capture the title in Panama by two strokes this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holt fired a closing 3-under 67 to finish at 8 under, two shots better than Adam Hadwin. It was the Canadians first Korn Ferry Tour event since 2014. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trevor Cone was solo third at 4 under while Cole Hammer, Ian Gilligan and Jeremy Gandon tied for fourth at 3 under. Hammer was tied with Holt at the turn Sunday before shooting 4 over on his final nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cone, a two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner recorded his highest finish on Tour since winning the 2022 AdventHealth Championship, a victory which propelled him to PGA TOUR membership at season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Hammers, it was his first top-10 on Tour since the 2025 Chile Classic where he finished T3. Gilligan, who finished No. 4 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking, converts his first made cut of the 2026 season into his career-high finish on Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was also the highest finish Korn Ferry Tour winner Gandon since winning the 2025 Club Car Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third-round leader Tyler Duncan closed in 75 to slip to T-7. He carded two double bogeys and a triple in that final round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holt, who carded six birdies on the final day, now leads the Korn Ferry Tour points list by over 500 points. More notably, he is just one victory away from a promotion to the PGA Tour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is the first player in Korn Ferry Tour history (established 1990) to earn two victories in the first three events of a season; the last two players to win twice within the first six events of the season went on to earn the three-victory promotion (Wesley Bryan\/2016; Carlos Ortiz\/2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his only previous appearance in the event last year, he only managed a T54 finish. Holt won the $180,000 winner’s share of the $1,000,000 purse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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