Xander Schauffele travelled 12,000 kilometres from his home in Florida to Yokohama in Japan, but his emotional comeback victory at the Baycurrent Classic had the feel of a homecoming.
Unlike his breakthrough PGA Tour victory at the 2023 Puerto Rico Open, an opposite-field event, this victory gets the Colombian into the Masters for the first time in his career.
While Kuchar’s decision did draw plenty of criticism, the logic was still fair. That said, Kuchar’s message to Greyserman may have fallen on deaf ears.
Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas, making a comeback from injury, buried a three-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win for the first time in seven years to beat rookie Max Greyserman by a stroke to collect his fourth career victory.