May 5, 2025
Bryson Nimmer secures first Korn Ferry Tour win in playoff at Tulum Championship
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Bryson Nimmer poses with the trophy and his caddie after winning the 2025 Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)
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Written by Staff, PGA
Charting the champion (stats updated through tournament)
| Category | Bryson Nimmer |
| Age | 28 |
| 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List | No. 16 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 2025 | 4-1-1 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s in Korn Ferry Tour Career | 50-1-2 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s at Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya | 1-1-1 |
Bryson Nimmer (first/-9)
- Defeats Stuart Macdonald on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff (par-4 No. 18) with a par to claim his first Korn Ferry Tour victory
- Carded a 4-under 68 in the final round with seven birdies (Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 16, 18) against three bogeys (Nos. 6, 7, 9)
- At 9-under 279 records the highest 72-hole score by a winner this season
- Becomes the seventh first-time winner on Tour this season and the seventh winner under the age of 30 at 28 years, 5 months, 25 days of age
- Held a share of the 36-hole lead, becoming the second 36-hole leader/co-leader to win on Tour this season (Johnny Keefer/Veritex Bank Championship)
- Advanced through First Stage and Second Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry to earn conditional status for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season with a T88 finish at Final Stage
- Secures fully exempt status for the remainder of the 2025 and 2026 Korn Ferry Tour seasons with his victory
- Finished No. 114 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List; made seven cuts in nineteen starts with two top-25 finishes (best: T11 NV5 Invitational)
- Finished No. 141 on the 2023 Points List in his rookie season on the Korn Ferry Tour, beginning the year as a conditional member
- Made 26 career starts over three seasons on PGA TOUR Canada (2019, 2021-22), recording 26 made cuts with seven top-25 finishes and two top 10s
- Played four seasons at Clemson University (2015-19)
Additional notes
- Canadian Stuart Macdonald (second/-9), who finished No. 11 in the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas Fortinet Cup, holed out his third shot for birdie from the fairway on the 72nd hole (par-4 No. 18) to record a 3-under 69 and force a playoff with Nimmer; records his best career finish on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous: T3/2021 UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH).
- First-year member Seungtaek Lee (T3/-7), a winner on the KPGA Tour, cards a bogey-free 4-under 68 and logs his third top-10 of the season and second in his past three starts (second/LECOM Suncoast Classic).
- Eighteen-hole leader Mitchell Meissner (T6/-6), who finished No. 47 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, records a tour-leading seventh top-25 finish in what was his 10th start of the year.
- Blaine Hale Jr. (T8/-5), who began the season as a conditional member, logs the best result of his career on Tour (previous: T11/2024 Compliance Solutions Championship), earning a start at the AdventHealth Championship with his top-25 finish.
- Fifty-four-hole leader Davis Chatfield (T10/-4), who finished No. 44 on the 2024 Points List, posts a 5-over 77 final round for his fourth top-10 finish in what was his 10th start of the year; Chatfield recorded only three top 10s over 49 starts the past two seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour (2023-24).
- Wilson Furr (T12/-3), Patrick Welch (T25/-1) and Raul Pereda (T25/-1) also earn starts at the AdventHealth Championship by virtue of their top-25 finishes this week.
