News for the 10 Official World Golf Ranking Tournaments

DP World Tour - Cazoo Open de France

Field Rating - 107.83908

Migliozzi was the main man, A brilliant birdie at the last capped a superb final round for Guido Migliozzi as he surged through the chasing pack to win the Cazoo Open de France. Højgaard was happy with his week and the locals had a new hero as the Cazoo Open de France reached a dramatic conclusion on Sunday.

Guido Migliozzi surged through the chasing pack to win on the outskirts of Paris. The 25-year-old began the day five shots off the lead but a course record-equalling 62 saw him edge past Rasmus Højgaard for a third DP World Tour win and his first in three years. “It was one of those days that I love to play golf. I love to battle on the golf course and today I received something back from golf. It was a beautiful day of golf,” said the Italian.

Points Won - 18.54753 

World Number 168- World Number 108

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Challenge Tour - Swiss Challenge

Field Rating - 29.51942

Daniel Hillier posted a sensational eight under par round of 64 to seal his second European Challenge Tour title at the Swiss Challenge.

The New Zealander entered the final round four shots off the lead, however after carding ten birdies and two bogeys he reached 14 under par and moved to the top of the leaderboard, two shots clear of overnight leader Jeong weon Ko who finished second on 12 under.

The 24-year-old, who won the 2021 Challenge Costa Brava, came into the week with just one top ten in his last seven Challenge Tour starts but he has now moved to 13th on the Road to Mallorca Rankings following his second victory, taking a huge step towards securing his DP World Tour card for 2023.

“That was pretty unbelievable,” he said. “I played really solid on the front nine and didn’t miss too many greens. I hit some of the best wedge shots I’ve hit in a long time and gave myself a lot of really good chances. I holed a couple of clutch putts to keep the momentum going and then managed to birdie five of my last six holes.

“It was a crazy day and I felt like I was in autopilot. I’ve been working on my short game a lot in the last couple of years and it’s something that has really let me down in the past. To be able to hole those putts under pressure today just shows I am doing some of the right things and now I just need to keep my head down and hope the wins keep coming.

“This is massive for me being towards the end of the season. I’ve moved inside the top 20 and now I’m in a strong position to get my DP World Tour card for next season. The jobs not done yet so I need to play as well as I can for the final few events.”

Points Won - 5.13899   

World Number 302 - World Number 264

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Asian Tour - Yeangder TPC

Field Rating - 13.29734

Close to perfect golf sees Smyth win first Asian Tour title at Yeangder TPC. Australian Travis Smyth finally got the monkey off his back and won his maiden title on the Asian Tour today when he recorded an impressive two-shot victory in the US$700,000 Yeangder TPC at Linkou International Golf and Country Club, in Taipei.

The 27 year old from Sydney drew on a season of strong performances and near misses to fire his second successive six-under-par 66 for a tournament total of 19 under, with defending champion Lee Chieh-po from Chinese-Taipei finishing runner up after an equally fine 67.

Smyth started the day with a one-shot lead and proved uncatchable after he birdied four out of the first six to make the turn in four under before virtually wrapping things up by making three birdies in a row from the 10th. With a healthy lead the surprise double bogey he made on the 15th, which were his only dropped shots of the day, was not too damaging particularly as he responded with his final birdie of the day on the next.

Points Won - 2.28704

World Number 447 - World Number 408

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KPGA Korean Tour - DGB Financial Group Open

Field Rating - 19.07577

Doyeob Mun is the Champion of the DGB Financial Group Open on the KPGA Korean Tour after beating Hanbyeol Kim on the first play-off hole.

Doyeob Mun & Hanbyeol Kim both finished 21 under par with a total score of 263.  Although Hanbyeol Kim had the better final round with a score of 68. Doyeob Mun just did enough with a final round score of 69 to put him in contention for a playoff.

Doyeob Mun won on the first play-off hole with a birdie 4 to Hanbyeol Kims par on the par 5 18^th Hole.

Points Won - 3.32087

World Number 555 - World Number 477

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Sunshine Tour - SunBet Challenge hosted by Wild Coast Sun

Field Rating - 10.32816

Viljoen the victor at SunBet Challenge. MJ Viljoen has been through the terrible tantalisation of not winning for five years on the Sunshine Tour but feeling very close to it, so when he finally returned to the winner’s podium at the SunBet Challenge hosted by the Wild Coast Sun on Friday, he was a little lost for words.

Viljoen, who led by one stroke going into the final round at the Wild Coast Country Club, played the steadiest of golf to seal the deal on Friday, shooting a two-under-par 68 to win by three strokes, even with a bogey at the last.

His last victory came at the Sun Fish River Challenge on September 6, 2017, but he has certainly had some near misses since then, with six top-five finishes, including being runner-up twice. Last week he began working with a new coach in Dougie Wood.

“It’s been a long time and I’ve just been so focused on winning again that I now don’t really know what it means,” Viljoen said after his triumph. “But I’m going to enjoy it and embrace it and take the weekend to think about it.

“I’ve been struggling for a long time, but I kept feeling that I was so close. I made some changes in the last week and they just sparked the feeling on the course that I have been looking for for so long.

“It sounds almost magical and I think it is quite magical. It feels like the start of a new chapter,” Viljoen said.

Points Won - 1.96577

World Number 551 - World Number 510

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Japan Golf Tour - Panasonic Open Golf Championship

Field Rating - 43.14824

Pagunsan rolls back the years on magical Sunday where victorious Semikawa comes of age. Semikawa became only the sixth amateur to win on JGTO in history. The day surely belonged to none other than Semikawa, as he followed in the footsteps of Keita Nakajima in becoming the second successive amateur winner at the Panasonic Open.

Starting the day as one of the three joint leaders together with Katsumasa  Miyamoto and Tomoharu Otsuki, the 21-year-old launched a late birdie blitz to fire a 66 to seal a one-shot victory over Aguri Iwasaki with a 22-under  total. After trading two birdies against a lone bogey on the front nine, Semikawa picked up six shots from the next eight holes after the turn.

This includes five successive birdies from the 13th as not even a bogey dropped at the last could deny him a sensational victory.Semikawa was particularly pleased to have made amends for his earlier disappointment at the Kansai Open. Then, he was in contention for the bigger part of the tournament by leading the halfway stage and was third after the penultimate stage. He ended up tied 17th.

"I didn't know how to describe my feeling right now. I'm overjoyed. I have never experienced anything like this before," he said Taiga, whose name was inspired by Tiger Woods.

"I knew I only stood a chance to win if I keep the birdies coming as everyone is capable of going really low on this course.

"Once the morale-boosting birdie came on the 10th, that's when I felt like I could really do well.

"It was frustrating to lose the Kansai Open in April where I really had a good shot at.

"I really never imagined that I could win a JGTO championship as a student."

Although missing out on the title, Iwasaki had every reason to smile as he landed the ¥20,000,000 jackpot for his runner-up effort with Semikawa not eligible for the prize money.

Points Won - 7.51161   

World Number 896 - World Number 522

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Asian Development Tour - Combiphar Players Championship

Field Rating - 4.43883

Thailand’s Suteepat Prateeptienchai sensationally made it three wins within a month in Indonesia on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) when he triumphed in the US$100,000 Combiphar Players Championship, at Parahyangan Golf.

His three brilliant victories means he earns a battlefield promotion on to the Asian Tour for the remainder of this season. He came from two shots behind overnight leader Chonlatit Chuenboonngam to beat his compatriot by two shots.

Suteepat carded a four-under-par 68 for a winning total of 15 under par, while Chonlatit returned a 72.

Australian Kade McBride finished in outright third place three behind the winner after also closing with a 72.

Suteepat quickly took control of the tournament on the final day by going out in three under with birdies on two, five and seven, while Chonlatit went in the other direction by dropping shots to make the turn in three over. A one under back nine proved good enough for Suteepat to hold off a late charge from Chonlatit who rallied with birdies on 13, 15 and 17.

Said Suteepat: “I didn’t think about the score after nine holes. My driver, tee shots, were the key, but it was difficult, pin positions were tough. I am so happy to make it through and win again, I can’t describe the feeling.”

The victory means he moves to the top of the ADT Order of Merit, with Chonlatit slipping back into second.

Points Won - 0.79993   

World Number 624 - World Number 595

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Nordic Golf League - Great Northern Challenge

Field Rating - 5.62594

The only amateur in the field, Frederik Birkelund, put all the professionals to the wall and took his second victory on this year's Ecco Tour. The young Dane also won at Rømø in April. It is the ninth Danish victory on the Ecco Tour this year.

Birkelund, 23, played the first 15 holes without a single bogey on the card. On the other hand, he could record six birdies, which were distributed with three on the front nine and three on the back nine.

That way he got to 14 under par, and led after hole 15 by four strokes to Sweden's Tobias Edén and his compatriot Erik Lindwall. But on hole 16, Birkelund hit a crooked shot from the tee, and he could not relax and therefore had to go back to the tee and hit a new ball. With it, the young Dane managed to make a bogey, the first of the day, and the lead was therefore three shots before the last two holes.

On the 17th, he hit it into the middle of the green and walked away with a par. Playing partner Edén rolled in a birdie, and therefore there was only two kinds of difference before 18.

On the Great Northern's stunning hole 18, a par 5 hole with the island green to the left of the clubhouse, Birkelund coolly hit a drive down the middle of the fairway and had about 150 meters to the flag. From here he hit the green and was able to two-putt for birdie. Edén also got a birdie, and the victory was therefore in two shots.

The victory sends Birkelund up to second place in the Road to Europe rankings, and the Danish amateur is thus eerily close to one of the five cards for the Challenge Tour, which will be awarded when the season ends in October on Møn.

Points Won - 1.15783

World Number 823 - World Number 748

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Euro Pro Tour - Wright-Morgan Championship

Field Rating - 6.00831

Josh Hilleard Becomes Multi-Champion by Winning Wright-Morgan Championship.

Josh Hilleard defeated a spirited Ryan Brooks on the first playoff hole; the Englishman has jumped to 4th in the Order of Merit. Hilleard, who had only dropped one shot during his previous 36 holes, started his morning with a bogey at the 1st.

He soon recaptured that stroke at the following hole, where Rhys Nevin would effectively remove himself from contention. The eventual champion remained in the lead during the front nine, but the turn would soon see a threat to the title.

“There was a different wind today,” Hilleard noted before continuing. “It was playing down off the left for the previous two days so a lot of guys could get there quite easily with woods – I chose to lay back but still took advantage of it both times.

“The wind was straight into and off the right; I took the same strategy from the previous two days but I hit a bad second shot and Ryan earned a two shot swing, which wasn’t ideal.”

His victory has propelled him to 4th in the Order of Merit and promotion looks likely, although not confirmed due to the unpredictability of this abnormal season.

Regardless of future events, Hilleard is proud of what he achieved during his self-confessed greatest ever season.

Points Won - 1.08277

World Number 819 - World Number 755

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ABEMA TV Tour - ISPS HANDA Hero ni nare! Challenge Tournament

Field Rating - 11.37831

Third win in 22 years on ABEMA TOUR ISPS HANDA BE A HERO! The final day of Challenge Okinawa was canceled due to rain, and 46-year-old veteran Masataka Kobayashi won

"I will keep going as long as I have someone who will support me" powerful words

ABEMA TOUR PRIZE RANKING UP TO 6TH! Now I'm getting more excited for the prize money battle.

Points Won - 1.98083

World Number 2582 - World Number 1328