Weekly Wrap - Week 5
Nelly Korda makes it two No 1's to win in their first event of 2026. A wire to wire win on the PGA Tour and first time winners on the Oz, Sunshine and DP World Tours
WEEK 5 – WEEKY WRAP
WEEK 5 – Nelly Korda gets her first win in a while on the LPGA. On the Ozzie Tour a new winner and Rosie dominates at Torrey Pines. Freddy Schott gets his debut win in Bahrain and a local shines in South Africa.
LPGA
Tournament: Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions
Dates: 29 Jan – 1 Feb
Course: Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
Purse: USD $2.1M
Ozzies in the field: Lydia Ko (NZ)
Not only was this a limited field event but the weather also made it a limited length one as well. High winds caused the delay of the third round and ultimately the cancellation of the fourth round leaving it as a 54 hole tournament and Nelly Korda as the winner. Korda records her first win since The Annika in 2024 having gone winless in 2025.
Nelly Korda 1st – USD $315,000
Amy Yank 2nd - $224,001
Brooke Henderson 3rd - 162,497
Lydia Ko (NZ) 4th – 125,704
WPGA & PGA Tour of Australasia
Tournament: Webex Player Series Murray River in honour of Jarrod Lyle
Dates: 29 Jan – 1 Feb
Course: Cobram Barooga OLD Course
Purse: AUD $250,000
A new winner as Haydn Barron goes almost wire to wire for his first win on the Ozzie tour. Barron led after the first, third and of course, final round for an excellent victory. Lydia Hall carded the lowest score on the final day finishing with a 64 and T6. In the men’s OOM race Cameron John remains at No. 1 followed by Christopher Wood and James Marchesani. Barron’s win elevates him into 5th place.
Haydn Barron – AUD $45,000
PGA Tour
Tournament: Farmers Insurance Open
Dates: 29 Jan – 1 Feb
Course: Torrey Pines
Purse: USD $9.6M
Ozzies in the field: Adam Scott, Jason Day, Cam Davis, Karl Vilips
In San Diego at Torrey Pines Justin Rose went wire to wire to record his 13th victory on the PGA Tour. The Englishman continues to defy his age and demonstrate what a world class player he is.
Justin Rose 1st – USD $1,728,000
Adam Scott T30 - $56,280
Karl Vilips T38 - $41,760
Jason Day T38 - $41,760
Cam Davis T70 - $19,392
Korn Ferry Tour
Tournament: The Panama Championship
Dates: 29 Jan – 1 Feb
Course: Club de Golf de Panama
Purse: USD $1.0M
Ozzies in the field: Rhein Gibson
Ian Holt goes back to back and almost certainly guarantee his PGA Tour card for next season. Holt has one of those stories that show the fine margins between making it and washing cars. Less than 2 years ago Holt was playing Monday qualifiers on the Tour Americas and now he looks like he is off to the PGA Tour. The amazing Ryan French at @acaseofthegolf1 on X has all the details.
Ian Holt 1st – USD $180,000
Rhein Gibson T49 - $4,245
DP World Tour
Tournament: Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship
Dates: 29 Jan – 1 Feb
Course: Royal GC
Purse: USD $2.75M
Ozzies in the field: Jason Scrivener, David Micheluzzi, Anthony Quayle, Ryan Peake, Connor McKinney, Dan Hillier (NZ), Kazuma Kobori (NZ)
Scotsman Callum Hill could not hang and it was Freddy Schott who claimed the win on the second play-off hole. Hill held a one shot lead playing the final hole and the nerves were clearly getting the better of him. A poor second left him an almost impossible two putt. The ensuing bogey left him tied with last week’s winner Patrick Reed and Schott at -17.
On the first playoff hole Reed drove into the fairway bunker and then compounded the problem by hitting the lip on his second shot. Ultimately, he conceded and was out of the playoff. Hill and Schott then returned to 18th tee for another shot at the title. Hill could barely bring himself to hit the tee shot and his anxiety was clear for all to see. He proceeded to snap hook his drive out of bounds and then shank his approach to the green. With Schott already on the green it was game over and a debut win for the German.
Freddy Schott 1st - €392,282
Daniel Hiller (NZ) T4 – €106,628
Jason Scrivener T16 - €22,613
Anthony Quayle T31 - €19,152
Connor McKinney T6 - €5,999
David Micheluzzi MC
Ryan Peake MC
Kazuma Kobori (NZ) MC
Hotel Planner Tour & Sunshine Tour
Tournament: SDC Open
Dates: 29 Jan – 1 Feb
Course: Zebula Golf Estate, Limpopo SA
Purse: USD $375,000
Ozzies in the field: Austin Batista
In the first of four events co-sanctioned between the Sunshine Tour and the HotelPlanner Tour South African MJ Viljoen overcame same late round stumbles to eventually win on the first play-off hole. Leading by 3 with five holes to play Viljoen proceeded to bogey three successive holes leaving him one shot behind the lead playing the 72nd hole. He managed to make birdie to get into a playoff and clinched the win with another birdie on the first playoff hole.
MJ Viljoen 1st - €49,874
Austin Batista T49 - €1,762
