Four events filled our weekend as October draws near its close. An alternate-year team event was played on the LPGA circuit, while the DP World Tour, PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions rounded out the schedule. It’s wonderful to see international team events on any of the tours, as all of the regional representatives take their role with enthusiam and seriousness. The DP and Chamions tours are still playing for spots in their playoffs and championship, so the tension and stress are palpable. As for the PGA Tour, fall events set the stage for 2026, allowing players to move up in reshuffled rankings. Everything matters and these golfers are good! Time to run it all down in this week’s Tour Rundown.

PGA Tour @ Bank of Utah: Brennan’s overnight-success story

Did you hear the one about the guy who dominated the PGA Tour Americas, to earn exempt status on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2026. Well, the punch line is, he won’t use it. That same guy, on a sponsor’s exemption, won the Bank of Utah at Black Desert, earning exempt status on the PGA Tour for 2026.

The Virginia-born Brennan starred for four years at Wake Forest, before turning professional in 2024. He experienced the ultimate success three times in 2025, winning events to finish first on the order of merit. This week in Utah, Brennan opened with 67, before posting 65 on day two to match former UNC rival David Ford at 132. On Saturday, Brennan took the outright lead with 64 on Saturday, easing ahead of Matt McCarty by two. On Sunday, Brennan bent but did not break. He posted two bogies against seven birdies, and left McCarty and others well back. Rico Hoey posted 67 on Sunday to move within four shots and seize second place alone. Six golfers tied for third another two shots back, at minus-sixteen.

LPGA @ International Crown: It’s Australia!

Don’t expect to find the final-day results at the top of the LPGA leaderboard. We need to work a bit of a downward scroll to figure out how it all shook out. Four teams (Thailand, Korea, Sweden, and China) were eliminated during pool play, and the remaining four squads (World, USA, Australia, and Japan) moved on to varied match play competition.

The first semifinal, between USA and Japan, saw the two USA singles competitors win their matches, sealing the move of the Red White Blue to the finals. A Japan win in the pairs match was consolation. The second semifinal witnessed a draw of the singles matches. Charley Hull won for the world team, but Minjee Lee held off Brooke Henderson in match the second. With a spot in the finals of the line, Kyriacou and Kim were able to dispatch Ko and Hsu in twenty holes.

On Sunday, the World team won the third-place tilt over Japan, by two matches to one. The championship was as close to an Australian rout as imaginable. Minjee Lee and Hannah Green won singles matches by 2 & 1, while the pairs match was tied. The ladies from Oz won by 2.5 to 0.5, establishing dominance for the 2025 playing.

DP World Tour @ Genesis Open: Junghwan Lee rides 64 to title

Korea’s Junghwan Lee earned his first DP World Tour title this week, in the central-west region of Korea. He did so by stringing five birdes on his outward nine, and by bouncing back from a Saturday 73 with a Sunday 64. Lee was one of three golfers that made sizable, last-day moves to reach the top four. Unfortunately for Saturday’s leaders, Sunday wasn’t their day.

Lee found eight birdies in total on day four, and shot up the board from 12th to first. He slipped past third-round leader Nacho Elvira of Spain, who posted 71 for minus-eight, three shots in arrears. Laurie Canter moved from 12th to T2 with Evira, on the strength of a closing 67. Italy’s Andrea Pavan moved from 29th to T4 with a 66 of his own.

PGA Tour Champions @ Simmons Bank: That’s the Alker we know

Steven Alker has been quiet (for him) of late. After winning seven times from 2021 to 2023, the Aussie had won but once each in 2024 and 2025. This week in Little Rock, Arkansas, Alker reminded us how dominant he can be on the senior circuit. After opening with 61, the conquering Kiwi posted 66 on Saturday to carry a five-shot advantage into day three. If Richard Green, Tag Ridings (both T2) and Stewart Cink (4th) had been able to turn in a ringer score, they might have found opportunity.

Alker was both brilliant and awkward over the final eighteen. He stumbled to three bogeys, but also notched four birdies and a tenth hole, hole-out eagle to post 69, and keep his would-be pursuers well at bay. The seven-shot win moved Alker to the top of the Schwab Cup chase, and earned him a second victory for 2025. After a three-week hiatus, the tour’s top golfers will compete for all the baubles in Phoenix.

EXPECT ANYTHING DIFFERENT?!

Steven Alker holes out for eagle at the 10th @SBGolfChamp and extends his lead to 7 ?

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— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) October 26, 2025