Jeremy Gandon made birdie on his final three holes and posts a final-round 65 to win the LECOM Suncoast Classic at Lakewood National Golf Club.

Charting the champion (stats updated through tournament)

Jeremy Gandon (first/-22)

• Birdied each of the final three holes (par-4 16th, par-3 17th, par-4 18th) to earn his second Korn Ferry Tour title (2025 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club) and a one-stroke victory over runners-up Mitchell Meissner and Jay Card III
• Marks the 19th time in Korn Ferry Tour history a player birdied each of the final three holes of regulation and won (most recent: Tommy Gainey/2020 The Bahamas Golf Classic)
• Becomes the first player to birdie or eagle each of the final three holes of regulation and win on the Korn Ferry Tour since Brandon Matthews (2022 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard/birdie-birdie-eagle)
• Improves to 2-for-2 converting 54-hole lead/co-lead into victory on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous: T1/2025 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club)
• Closes with third consecutive round of 6-under 65 to total 22-under 262 and tie the 72-hole tournament scoring record (Mark Hubbard/2019)
• Finished No. 22 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List (top 20 earned PGA TOUR membership) off the strength of his first win on Tour – a playoff victory over Rick Lamb at the 2025 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club, where he followed three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Paul Barjon as the second player representing France to win on Tour
• Advanced through both First Stage and Second Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry on the cut line (T21 at First Stage site in Madison, Mississippi; T14 at Second Stage site in Palm Coast, Florida) as he earned Korn Ferry Tour membership, and finished T50 at Final Stage T114 finish at Final Stage of 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament (now PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry)
• Played four seasons at Kansas State University (2015-19), winning four times individually, with the crown jewel being co-medalist honors at the 2018 Big 12 Conference Championship at Southern Hills Country Club

Additional notes

• Jay Card III (T2/-21), who played one season of collegiate golf and earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance from High Point University, records his career-high finish in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: T6/2022 LECOM Suncoast Classic).
• Mitchell Meissner (T2/-21), who finished No. 21 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List (top 20 earned PGA TOUR membership), records his career-high finish in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: T4/2024 UNC Health Championship and 2025 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard).
• Ian Gilligan (T4/-20), who shared the 54-hole lead with Jeremy Gandon, and rookie Hunter Eichhorn (eighth/-19) each record their Tour-leading fifth top 10 of the season.
  • o Four of Gilligan’s five top 10s this season are fourth-place finishes (T4/The Panama Championship, T4/Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard, fourth/Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club, T4/LECOM Suncoast Classic).
• Cole Hammer (T4/-20) records his second top-five finish of the 2026 season (T4/The Panama Championship) and third such finish of his Korn Ferry Tour career (T3/2025 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank).
• Caleb VanArragon (T4/-20), who finished No. 56 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie, matches his career-high finish on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous: T4/2025 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation).
• Conditional member Will Cannon (T17/-16), who open qualified into this week’s field, closes in 6-under 65 and earns a spot in the next event (Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya) with his first top 25 in five starts this season.