Fantasy football leagues are at the halfway point, leading to playoffs. Bye weeks are beginning to happen in the NFL and professional golf marches on. We are fortunate to have televised golf this deep into the year. New faces and names gain experience in front of our eyes, and new venues reveal their intricacies over the course of four, camera-ready days.

This weekend, we saw action in Las Vegas, southern Spain, Virginia, and Korea. Lifelong grinders earned inaugural wins, while some near-top-tier talents added additional titles to their Wikipedia pages. In western New York, it’s warm and sunny for a few days, so I’ll just pretend it’s summer with colorful leaves. With that lovely thought on tap, let’s run down this week’s tour action.

PGA Tour @ Shriners Children’s Open: Poston delivers

J. T. Poston, aka The Postman, is one of those sneaky talents that would fit on any international side that the USA might roster. He is accurate through the green, and can light up the candelabra when it comes to putting. This week in Las Vegas, Poston did enough through 70 holes to overcome a 71st-hole bogey and win by a shot. Chasing the letter-carrier wasn’t the neighborhood stray, but Doug Ghim. The Illinois native has yet to win on tour, and this week represents his closest-ever effort toward that goal. Ghim played a flawless final round, closing with birdie for 65 and a one-shot margin with the winner.

Third place belonged to Matti Schmid of Germany and Rico Hoey of the Philipines, while everyone’s favorite Twitter golf guy, Michael Kim, raced around TPC Summerlin in 62 strokes on Sunday, to tie for fifth position.

A putt to win on the 72nd hole ?@JT_ThePostman is back in the winner’s circle @ShrinersOpen! pic.twitter.com/OOTr6GeSIs

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 21, 2024

LPGA @ BMW Ladies: Green garners golf

Hannah Green owns six LPGA victories, one of which was a major title. Sunday had to feel like a major victory. Competing in golf-crazy South Korea, with Celine Boutier on the hunt, Green held off the French champion and a handful of home-country favorites, to win by a single shot. After posting a pair of 64s to begin the week, Green lost the magic wand, closing in 70-71. That 141 total, it turns out, was just enough to hold off Boutier.

What appeared to be a much different outcome took on new form, when Boutier closed with five birdies over her final seven holes. She moved from -13 to -18, and nearly stole the show. Thailand’s Chanattee Wannasaen created a firestorm when she posted four birdies and an eagle on the outward half, to turn in 30 and take the lead. The young talent was unable to keep pace, and came home in +2 to finish two shots off the winning tally. The victory was the third of the season for Green, giving her much momentum down the CME stretch run.

The third winning putt of the year for @hannahgreengolf! ? pic.twitter.com/POJ8G98cTh

— LPGA (@LPGA) October 20, 2024

DP World Tour @ Andalucia Masters: Guerrier wins the week

One week after countryman Gregory Havret called it a career back home at the French Open, his countryman stood tall at the tip of the Iberian peninsula. Seventeen years after turning professional, Julien Guerrier won his first DP World Tour title. Guerrier traversed the Sotogrande course in 267 strokes, precisely the same number as the pride of Spain, Jorge Campillo. Bogey at the last by Campillo send the pair off to a playoff, but no one knew that another, half round awaited.

After six pars at the 18th revealed no champion, the duo moved to alternate between 17, a par three, and the challenging finisher. Another ten pars brought them once more to the home hole, where Campillo stumbled with bogey, ensuring that Guerrier would finally lift a tour trophy in triumph.  Third place belonged to Daniel Brown of England, two shots out of the playoff.

In 2005, Julien Guerrier made his debut on the DP World Tour…

19 years later, he defeats Jorge Campillo in a nine hole play-off to claim his first title! ?#EDAM2024 pic.twitter.com/FUf9DDR1m8

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) October 20, 2024

PGA Tour Champions @ Dominion Energy: O’Neal breaks through

Timothy O’Neal has been at this game as long as Julien Guerrier. O’Neal never won on PGA Tour, during irregular stints, but his dream of tour glory came true in commonwealth this week. O’Neal held off an international cast of competitors, from Argentina, Australia, and Denmark, on his way to a two-shot triumph and a first-ever sip from a PGA Tour trophy.

There’s little better than posting birdie at two of the final three holes, to win by a pair. O’Neal did just that on Sunday, edging past Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina, who closed with a 69  of his own. O’Neal stood 13 deep after three rounds, earning not just a trophy, but a tour exemption for 2025. Nope, it doesn’t get much better.

Tim O’Neal is clutch!!

He birdies No. 18 to extend his lead to two @DECCGolf.

Ricardo Gonzalez can force a playoff with an eagle to finish. pic.twitter.com/FrVnw40W2E

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) October 20, 2024