Weekly Wrap - Week 3

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WEEK 3 – WEEKLY WRAP

WEEK 3 and the first tournament of the PGA Tour season is over and two of the DP World Tour graduates finished in the top twenty. On the DP World Tour Shane Lowry has a shocker on the final hole and in Oz lots of drama at the Victorian Open.

PGA Tour

Tournament: Sony Open

Dates: 15-18 January 2026

Course: Waialae Country Club Honolulu

Purse: USD $9.1M

Ozzies in the field: Cam Davis, Adam Scott

Chris Gotterup gets his third win on the PGA tour with a win in Honolulu this week. It was a two shot win over Ryan Gerard with Patrick Rogers a further shot back in third. Robert MacIntrye finished fourth to start his 2026 season.

Chris Gotterup 1st – USD $1,638,000

Adam Scott T40 - $31,522

Cam Davis - MC

Korn Ferry Tour

Tournament: The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic.

Dates: 18-21 January

Course: The Abaco Club

Purse: USD $1.0M

Ozzies in the field: Harry Hillier (NZ), Rhein Gibson (alt)

No result yet as this tournament started on Sunday and finishes on Wednesday 21st

DP World Tour

Tournament: Dubai Invitational

Dates: 15-18 January

Course: Dubai Creek Resort

Purse: USD $2.75M

Ozzies in the field: Ryan Fox (NZ), Daniel Hillier (NZ),

An emotional win for Nacho Elvira who won by a single shot over Kiwi Dan Hillier. A great final round 65 from Hillier wasn’t enough for the Kwi to catch Elvira. For Shane Lowry it was another lesson in ‘it’s hard to win golf tournaments.’ Leading by one playing the final hole Lowry put his approach into the bunker and then splashed out too strongly and saw his ball run into the penalty area. Ultimately a double bogey saw him finish T3 with Rory McIlroy, Julien Gurrier and David Puig.

Nacho Elvera 1st- €400,526

Daniel Hiller 2nd – €258,404

Julien Gurrer T3 – €113,267

Shane Lowry T3

Rory McIlroy T3

David Puig T3

Ryan Fox T27 – €23,256

WPGA and PGA TOUR of AUSTRALASIA

Tournament: Victorian Open

Dates: 15-18 January

Course: 13th Beach

Purse: AUD $200,000 for each winner

Lots of drama in the men’s tournament and a steady hand in the women’s tournament saw two experienced winners in the Victorian Open.

Lydia Hall showed a steady, patient hand as she navigated the final round for an even par 72 and a 3 shot victory. Hall played beautifully controlled golf in extremely difficult conditions. Kelsey Bennett, three shots behind at the beginning of the day, made too many errors to mount a challenge and Kathryn Norris hung in with a steady day to tie Bennett for second.

In the men’s tournament Nathan Barbieri had his own episode of ‘it’s hard to win golf tournaments’. He started the day with a five shot lead and ended the day losing on the first playoff hole. Barbieri had a 3 shot lead with 3 holes to play. He played those three holes 2 over and the ultimate winner, Cameron John, played them in 1 under par to force a playoff. In the playoff Barbieri continued his nervous play taking three to get down from just over the green whilst John got up and down for a birdie and the win. Winning is hard and unfortunately Barbieri is learning that in spades this season.

This result sees Christopher Wood retain his position at the top of the OOM and John climbing to second position and Barbieri goes up to fifth.

Lydia Hall 1st – AUD $36,000

Kelsey Bennet T2 - $17,000

Kathryn Norris T2 - $17,000

Cameron John 1st – AUD $36,000

Nathan Barbieri 2nd –

Austin Batista 3rd -