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LPGA TOUR

Nelly Korda overcame a sluggish start to the final round with five straight birdies on the back nine for a come-from-behind three-stroke win at The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge. It is her seventh LPGA win of the season, becoming the first player to reach that mark since Yani Tseng in 2011. She is also the first American player to win seven times in one season since 1990. It was also the fourth time this year Korda has won when trailing going into the final round. Charley Hull was looking to go wire-to-wire for her second win in two weeks but couldn’t keep pace with Korda on the back nine and settled into a three-way tie for second with LPGA rookie Jin Hee Im and Weiwei Zhang. For Zhang, the result moved her up to 82nd in the CME Globe standings which secured her tour card for next season. The top 60 advance to the CME Group Tour Championship next week in which every player has a shot at the $4 million winner’s purse. …Alena Sharp picked up her fifth top-50 result of the season. The 43-year-old finishes the LPGA season with two top-20 results. She has earned an exemption into LPGA Final Qualifying next month by finishing inside the top 150 of the CME Globe standings. …Savannah Grewal finishes her rookie campaign with one top-10 result in 21 starts. By finishing inside the top 100 in the CME Globe standings she secured her status for the 2025 season.

NEXT EVENT: CME Group Tour Championship (Nov 21.)
CANADIANS ENTERED: Brooke Henderson, Savannah Grewal (Reserve), Alena Sharp (Reserve), Maudee-Aimee Leblanc (Reserve)

PGA TOUR

Rafael Campos went from being on the verge of losing his PGA Tour card to securing a two-year exemption after winning the Bermuda Championship by three strokes. The 36-year-old is in his second full season on the PGA Tour and with the win he joins the late Chi Chi Rodriguez as the only player from Puerto Rico to win a tour event. Coming into the tournament, Campos had missed five straight cuts and was 147th in the standings with only two events remaining in the FedExFall Cup. Only the top 125 would be guaranteed full status next season. With the win, Campos moves up to No. 80 and is exempt for the next two seasons while also earning invitations into The Sentry, the Masters, the PGA Championship and The Players Championship. Andrew Novak, who started the final round tied for the lead, finished solo second for his best career result and fifth top-10 of the season. …Mackenzie Hughes remained 51st in the FedExCup Fall standings. If he can remain inside the top 60 following next week’s event they will secure berths into two Signature Events next season – the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational.

NEXT EVENT: The RSM Classic driven by Gainbridge (Nov. 21)

CANADIANS ENTERED:  Adam Hadwin, Mackenzie Hughes, Roger Sloan, Adam Svensson, David Hearn (Alternate)

EUROPEAN TOUR

Rory McIlroy birdied two of the final three holes to win the DP World Tour Championship by two shots and secure his sixth title as Europe’s top player. McIlroy won twice on the European Tour this year and added seven other top-10 results to go with his two PGA Tour wins. His six European player trophies tie him with the late Seve Ballesteros, leaving him two behind Colin Montgomerie for the record. McIlroy had built up a three-shot lead over Rasmus Hojgaard with four straight birdies after a bogey on the opening hole. Hojgaard clawed back with a birdie on the seventh hole and watched McIlroy made bogeys on No. 9 and 13. But the Dane could not take advantage, making par the rest of the way to finish runner-up. He was looking to join his twin brother Nicolai who won the tournament last year. Antoine Rozner, who started the final round tied with McIlroy, finished in a tie for third with Adam Scott and Shane Lowry. Rozner, along with Hojgaard managed to grab one of 10 PGA Tour cards for 2025. …Aaron Cockerill wrapped up his best season on the European Tour, finishing 49th in the Race to Dubai standings.

NEXT EVENT: BMW Australian PGA Championship

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

Danny King and Dennis Hendershott were the only two Canadians to advance at one of two Champions Tour first-stage qualifying tournaments. King finished tied for 11th at the qualifying event at Buckhorn Springs in Florida. It’s the fourth time the 56-year-old has advanced to the final stage. His only Champions Tour start came in 2023 where he missed the cut at the U.S. Senior Open. Hendershott was tied for 17th at the same qualifying event in Florida, where the top 20 advanced to the final stage. He has made eight career starts on the Champions Tour with his best finish a tie for 47th in 2021.

NEXT EVENT: PGA Tour Champions Qualifying-First Stage (Nov. 19)

CANADIANS ENTERED: Kevin Baker, Gordon Burns, Ryan Crnac, Len Krahn, Alan McLea

G4D TOUR

Kipp Popert and Steven Alderson won their respective titles at the season-ending G4D Tour Series Finale. Popert, the number one ranked golfer in the world for golfers with disability, started the final round one shot up on Lachlan Wood but pulled away with four birdies over his first nine holes for a five-stroke victory in the gross competition. It is his fifth G4D Tour title of the year and the 13th of his career. Wood finished runner-up. Alderson made it back-to-back wins in the net competition with a five-stroke victory of his own. …Kurtis Barkley picked up his first top-5 finish of the year