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Friday, October 30, 2026

Hughes lead Canadian scores VidantaWorld Mexico Open...18 hole results/TEE TIMES

 PGA Tour VidantaWorld Mexico Open  Leaderboard 

The second half of the PGA Tour Fall Series moves down to Mexico for two weeks, this week its at the luxury resort VidantaWorld for the Mexican Open.

Australian Karl Vilips took advantage of preferred lies with his driver "on a string" for a leading -9 62.

On a day of low scoring on a soft Vidanta Vallarta GC only 25 players failed to break par.

Mac Hughes leads the Canadian contingent T8 -6 65.

Canadians (Rank / owgr)

Canadians at the US Open

T8   Hughes, Mac -6 65   115/185

T14 Silverman, Ben -5 66   118 /238

T14  Sudarshan Yellamaraju -5 66  59/120 

T35 Conners, Corey -3 68    55 / 62

T68  Ewart, AJ  -1 70     104/ 193

T77  Pendrith, Taylor  E 71    102 /125

T77  Hadwin, Adam   E 71   177 /350 

T113  Svensson, Adam +4 75   183/534   

 

Bryan Angus 

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

All about the Abu Dhabi Championship

  DP World Tour : Abu Dhabi Championship 


All you need to know ahead of the 2026 Abu Dhabi Championship.

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How do the DP World Tour Play-Offs work?

The Abu Dhabi Championship marks the first event of the DP World Tour Play-Offs, introduced for the first time as part of a new-look schedule in 2024.

Alongside the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, which follows a week later, they are the final sprint of the Race to Dubai season.

After 40 events across 25 countries, the top 70 on the Race to Dubai Rankings will vie to make it through to the season finale in Dubai, where the leading 50 available players will compete.

History of the event

Founded in 2006, the Abu Dhabi Championship celebrated its 20th edition in 2025.

The tournament is organised by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council in collaboration with the DP World Tour.

In 2019, it was elevated to join the Rolex Series before it became a part of the season-ending DP World Tour Play-Offs in 2024.

Who is in the field?

The top 70 available players on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World will compete at the first event of the DP World Tour's end of season showpiece.

Keep across the DP World Tour website for updates on player announcements, with the full field set to be announced shortly after the conclusion of the Genesis Championship in October.

The venue

The Abu Dhabi Championship moved to Yas Links for the first time in 2022, after a 16-year stay at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.

Designed by Kyle Phillips and opened in 2010, Yas Links - a European Tour Destinations venue - has been described by its creator as the first true links golf course in the Middle East.

What happened last year?

Aaron Rai and Joakim Lagergren on top at Wentworth

Aaron Rai claimed his second Rolex Series crown at the 2025 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship after beating fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood in a play-off.

Although he missed a good chance to win inside 72 holes on the 18th green, he made no mistake with his birdie putt at the first extra hole to become a three-time DP World Tour winner.

Rai, who won his first Rolex Series title at the 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, made a total of seven birdies - including four in a row from the fourth - and two bogeys in his closing 67 to reach 25 under par, while Fleetwood produced a bogey-free 66 that featured an eagle and four birdies.

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Bryan Angus (edit)

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

"EDITED 2026/10/29" >>>> PGA Tour VidantaWorld Mexico Open.... 8 Canadians TEE TIMES / Leaderboard

 PGA Tour VidantaWorld Mexico Open  Leaderboard 

The second half of the PGA Tour Fall Series moves down to Mexico for two weeks, this week its at the luxury resort VidantaWorld for the Mexican Open.

Eight Canadians continue their Fall Series, last week in Bermuda, Corey Conners and Ben Silverman T3 in the weather shortened 54 hole Butterfield Bermuda Championship which Austin Smotherman beat Seamus Power on the 3rd hole of a sudden death Monday playoff.

Canadians (Rank / owgr)

Canadians at the US Open

9.38 1st   Pendrith, Taylor     98 /125

9.38 10th  Conners, Corey    54 / 62

10.00 10th  Sudarshan Yellamaraju  64/120 

10.22 10th  Ewart, AJ      101/ 193

1.56 1st   Hughes, Mac -   118/185

1.56 10th   Svensson, Adam    182/534

1.56 10th   Silverman, Ben -   117/238

2.40 10th   Hadwin, Adam      171 /350  

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Who is playing the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship playoff...

 DP World Tour : Abu Dhabi Championship 

The Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship will launch the DP World Tour Play-Offs next week as the Race to Dubai title challenge heats up, with an elite field set to gather at Yas Links.

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Eugenio Chacarra leads the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World ahead of the DP World Tour Play-Offs

Following the climax of the Genesis Championship on Sunday, the top 70 available players on the Race to Dubai Rankings, will tee it up in the first of back-to-back Rolex Series events from November 5-8.

Eugenio Chacarra leads the season-long standings, with Patrick Reed, Rory McIlroy and Casey Jarvis his closest pursuers in the battle for the Harry Vardon Trophy.

Aaron Rai, who rounds out the top five, returns to Abu Dhabi for his title defence as one of six Major Champions, alongside Reed, McIlroy, Adam Scott, Jon Rahm and Francesco Molinari.

Chacarra is the sole three-time winner this season and he will hope to add a Rolex Series title to his CV as he bids to become the third Spanish winner of the Race to Dubai after countrymen Jon Rahm and Seve Ballesteros.

Reed, who is bidding to become the second American winner of the Race to Dubai after Collin Morikawa, is one of nine Rolex Series winners in action having won his first earlier this year at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

McIlroy has won the Race to Dubai in each of the past four years and victory this season would see him claim the season-long crown for a record-equalling eighth time.

Past champions Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton will return to the alongside Major Champion Adam Scott.

Fleetwood will be chasing a third Abu Dhabi title, having won back-to-back editions in 2017 and 2018. His first victory featured a chip-in eagle at the tenth as he edged Dustin Johnson and Pablo Larrazábal by one shot, before a closing 65 secured his second title 12 months later.

The Dubai resident and World #6 went on to win the Race to Dubai in 2017 and the inaugural Dubai Invitational in 2024, before claiming the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup last year.

Hatton, the 2021 Abu Dhabi champion, has five Rolex Series titles to his name, including victories at Abu Dhabi Golf Club and the Hero Dubai Desert Classic in 2025.

Scott adds further Major-winning pedigree to the field. The 2013 Masters champion became the first Australian to win the Green Jacket and has recorded more than 30 professional victories worldwide, having also reached World Number One. He will be joined by fellow Masters champion Jon Rahm, who won at Augusta National in 2023 and will make his debut at Yas Links.

Yuto Katsuragawa will also tee it up after securing his place in the Play-Offs with victory at the Genesis Championship in South Korea. joined by Jayden Schaper, Husqvarna British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo champion Joe Dean, and Dubai Invitational winner Nacho Elvira, alongside 2026 PGA Tour winners Kristoffer Reitan and Stefano Mazzoli, and Back Nine winners Thriston Lawrence, Adrian Meronk and Grant Forrest.

Gregorio De Leo is the lone player set for their Rolex Series debut, having earned his playing rights through Qualifying School for the second consecutive time last year.

Four Qualifying School graduates are in the UAE, with Davis Bryant, Daniel Rodrigues and Nathan Kimsey also taking their place, with Italian pair Stefano Mazzoli and Filippo Celli having qualified as graduates of the HotelPlanner Tour's Class of 2025.

Jordan Gumberg is the last man in the field at the close of entries, with players representing 22 nationalities set to tee it up at the penultimate event of the season.

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Sunday, October 25, 2026

Smotherman wins Monday playoff at Butterfield Bermuda Championship... Silverman/ Conners T3. Final Results

   PGA Tour : Butterfield Bermuda Championship   Results

SUNDAY WEATHER :  Strong winds and rain sweeping the island of Bermuda, have forced officials to move the Tee Times. Players will be paired in 3s off the 1st/ 10th tees beginning at 6.45am est

2022 winner Ireland's Seamus Power 67 and American Austin Smotherman 66 are T1 -16 with Canadians Ben Silverman 69 and Corey Conners 69 right  behind T3 -14.


FINAL EDIT .... 2026/10/25  4pm est  Results

Due to extremely high winds with worse due on Monday PGA Tour officials have cancelled round 4 , reducing this event to 54 holes.

Since  a tournament cannot end in a tie Austin Smotherman/ Seamus Power will be asked to return in the morning to decide a sudden death winner.

>>>>>Austin Smotherman won the sudden death playoff on the 3rd hole of the par 3 16th, for hi 2nd straight win of this Fall Series.

All other scores will revert to Saturday's final standing

Canadians (Rank / owgr)

Canadians at the US Open

T3 Conners, Corey -14 63 67 69   55 / 61

T3 Silverman, Ben -14 63 67 69   117/284

T17 Hadwin, Adam  -10 70 64 68    171 /350

T25 Hughes, Mac -9 64 69 71    118/179

T25 Ewart, AJ  -9 70 65 69    101/ 197

T59 Svensson, Adam -4  67 69 73   182/535

CUT Pendrith, Taylor -4 68 70     98 /117

CUT Anderson, Matthew -4 68 70  owgr 412.

more to follow Monday..

Bryan Angus

Tuto Katsuragawa the Genesis Championship winner. Crocker makes #100....Final results

  DP World Tour : Genesis Championship Leaderboard Results

To view the full race to Dubai Rankings click here.

Yuto Katsuragawa proved patience was a virtue as he claimed his second DP World Tour title at the 2026 Genesis Championship.

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The Japanese player began the week at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in 106th on the Race to Dubai Rankings delivered by DP World, with the top 100 after the event earning their playing rights for next season.

However, Katsuragawa blitzed the field on Moving Day as he matched the course record of 63 to open up a two-shot advantage heading into final round.

He could not get his Sunday going as he carded just one birdie, at the fourth, but minimised blots on his scorecard with 16 pars before a closing bogey for a total of -13.

It mattered not as he earned a two-shot victory over French duo Frederic Lacroix and Martin Couvra both -11, who sealed their places in the playoffs with a T2.

"After the first win, I had such a hard time, struggling with that time, but having the second win, this is definitely the greatest moment of my life," Katsuragawa, who has also sealed his spot in both playoff events, said.

"Yes I was nervous, not just for the victory but also about the seed for the DP World Tour so it was double nervous for me but I think I got through.

"I had a good image from the first victory, I just kept that good feeling about it and I came for the second win.

"I'm very happy because to play on the DP World Tour is something I need in my life and I am very happy to play in Dubai."

Pressure ramped up on Katsuragawa when he got out of position with his first and third shots at the last, he had three putts for victory and he celebrated his first crown in over two years after tapping in the second for bogey.

Open Champion Ryan Fox was joined at -10 by Rozner, Jarvis, Italian Filippo Celli, Spain's Jorge Campillo and home duo Sanghun Shin and Si Woo Kim for a T4. 

NUMBER 100

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At the other end of the field American Sean Crocker gave us all the emotional full picture of what life on the DP World Tour can be like when you are struggling to keep your card.

He has shot 72 71 69 68 -4 to claim the last spot at #100 and get his full playing rights for 2027.

"That was probably one of the better back nines I've ever played with circumstances and everything going on there, it was pretty good.

"Those final two tee-shots on 17 and 18 were as big as I could hit it and then that putt on 17 was massive and then to just chip it to give on 18 so I didn't have to think about it was really nice."

When asked what he thought at the turn, Crocker said: "I'm not going to Q-School! If I'm being dead serious. I don't really know how the new categories are working and stuff like that, but that's 12 weeks on the trot, I've not seen my wife and child for a handful of weeks now I knew it would be a week off and then Q-School if that was the choice I made.

"I just really wanted to give it every chance I could to be able to spend a little time at home to be a dad and a husband, because it's been a while and I miss the living hell out of them.

He added: "It's not easy being a Tour player, being away from your family especially when you are on the bubble and obviously I'm not the only person, but the last thing you want to do is start a little family and get demoted or lose some of your playing rights so I was obviously thinking about his (son, Cruz) future and making sure my wife never has to have a job I guess.

"It was definitely on the back of my mind that I also have Stevie (Pettit, caddie) to take care of, there's lots of things that weigh on our shoulders when we are out there playing golf and I was just trying my ass off to get it in."

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Bryan Angus (edit)


Bermuda Championship: Conners/ Silverman T3.. Sunday TEE TIMES moved up early...54 hole results

  PGA Tour : Butterfield Bermuda Championship Tee Times  Leaderboard

WEATHER :  Strong winds and rain sweeping the island of Bermuda, have forced officials to move the Tee Times. Players will be paired in 3s off the 1st/ 10th tees beginning at 6.45am est

2022 winner Ireland's Seamus Power 67 and American Austin Smotherman 66 are T1 -16 with Canadians Ben Silverman 69 and Corey Conners 69 right  behind T3 -14.

12 players are within 4 shots of the lead.

This is the the 8th edition of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship and the 4 of 8 events on the PGA Tour Fall Series

Canadians (Rank / owgr)

Canadians at the US Open

T3 Conners, Corey -14 63 67 69   55 / 61

T3 Silverman, Ben -14 63 67 69   117/284

T17 Hadwin, Adam  -10 70 64 68    171 /350

T25 Hughes, Mac -9 64 69 71    118/179

T25 Ewart, AJ  -9 70 65 69    101/ 197

T59 Svensson, Adam -4  67 69 73   182/535

CUT Pendrith, Taylor -4 68 70     98 /117

CUT Anderson, Matthew -4 68 70  owgr 412