Seamus Energy made six birdies in a remaining spherical 66 to complete thirteenth behind Colombia’s Nico Echavarria within the ZOZO Championship in Japan.
The West Waterford man missed an awesome likelihood to contend for his third PGA Tour title when he crashed to a two-over 72 in spherical three at Accordia Golf Narashino Nation Membership.
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However he bounced again within the remaining spherical, taking pictures four-under-par to clinch his fourth high 13 end ($163,880) in his final 5 begins and bounce one spot to 52nd within the FedExCup standings.
With simply three occasions of the Fall Collection remaining, Energy is on observe to complete the season contained in the Aon Subsequent 10 (51st to sixtieth), which is able to earn him begins in two of the 2025 signature occasions, the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am and The Genesis Invitational.
He may make the opening signature occasion, The Sentry, from January 2-4 if he wins one of many remaining Fall Collection occasions.
As for Echavarria, the Colombian (30) closed with a 67 to edge out Justin Thomas and Max Greyserman by one stroke on 20-under and declare his second PGA Tour title.
“It is surreal,” Echavarria mentioned after including to his win within the 2023 Puerto Rico Open to say a spot within the 2025 Masters. “This second may be very particular.”
On his Masters debut, he added: “Yeah, I am very excited to go for the primary time to Augusta, I’ve by no means been.
“I used to be ready to win myself that journey earlier than going, and we have completed that, so we will be very pleased to play the Masters in a few months.”
In Korea, Byeong Hun An defeated fellow South Korean Tom Kim in a playoff to safe his second DP World Tour title on the Genesis Championship.
Kim was a shot clear after An lipped out for bogey on the penultimate gap.
Each gamers hit their approaches to eight toes on the par-five 18th, however An made his, and Kim lipped out, sending them to sudden loss of life as they carded five-under 67s to complete a shot forward of Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia on 17 below.
Returning to the 18th for the playoff, Kim made a bogey after placing his second within the grandstand and An single putted for birdie to say his first win on the DP World Tour for the reason that 2015 BMW PGA Championship.
“It is nice, I’ve had an awesome season, clearly,” An mentioned. “It has been too lengthy (to win) on the primary Tour.
“All I attempted to do is present some nice golf in entrance of the house followers, it has been some time since I’ve performed in entrance of them.
“It feels superb. It’s kind of of a disgrace that Tom had a little bit of a multitude there, however it’s been an awesome event for me; I’ve actually loved it.”
Gouveia, who started the week ranked 154th on the Race to Dubai, jumped to a centesimal to make the highest 114 who retained their playing cards.
On the LPGA Tour, Leona Maguire fell one spot in 53rd within the Race to CME Globe standings when she completed tied for thirty fifth within the Maybank Championship in Malaysia.
The Co Cavan star, who has fallen from twenty eighth on the earth to fortieth over the previous 12 months, made 4 birdies, a bogey and a double bogey in a one-under 71 at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Nation Membership.
She completed on eight-under-par, 15 pictures behind China’s Ruoning Yin ($450,000), who shot 65 to say her third victory of the season by a shot from Thailand’s Jeeno Thitukul, who shot 66, on 23-under.
Korea’s Haeran Ryu shot 67 to complete two pictures behind Yin on 21 below.
Maguire heads to Japan this week for the TOTO Japan Traditional, seeking to consolidate her place within the high 60 within the factors standings and qualify for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship from November 21-24.