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Ben Kohles claims four-shot victory at BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX
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Ben Kohles posts a final-round 71 and claims a four-shot victory at the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX.
Charting the champion (stats updated through tournament)
| Category | Ben Kohles |
| Age | 36 |
| 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List | No. 5 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 2026 | 10-1-3 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s in Korn Ferry Tour Career | 215-5-30 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s at BMW Charity Pro-Am | 8-1-2 |
Ben Kohles (first/-15)
- Becomes the 14th player in Korn Ferry Tour history with five-plus career wins, and the first player since Stephan Jaeger (2020 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron) to reach five career wins
- Rises to No. 2 on the Korn Ferry Tour Career Money List with $2,059,670 in career money (trails Darron Stiles with $2,121,641 in career money)
- Converts a six-stroke lead – the largest 54-hole lead in tournament history – into a four-stroke victory; he improves to 3-for-3 converting a 54-hole lead/co-lead into victory (previous: 2012 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, 2023 HomeTown Lenders Championship)
- Bogeyed three of the first four holes (Nos. 1, 2, 4) but birdied the par-5 fifth, par-4 13th and par-5 15th en route to even-par 71
- Totals 15-under 268, tying the second-highest 72-hole score relative to par in tournament history (13-under 273/Ken Duke/2006; 15-under 271/Nick Flanagan/2007; 15-under 271/Nick Flanagan/2012)
- Entered the week with one top-10 finish in seven previous starts at the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX (T9/2018)
- Three-time Korn Ferry Tour graduate (2012, 2020-21, 2023) who finished No. 1 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and was named the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year
- Posted two-win seasons in 2012 and 2023, earning PGA TOUR membership upon conclusion of both seasons
- Finished No. 99 in the 2024 FedExCup Fall off the strength of a runner-up finish at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson
- Played four seasons at University of Virginia (2008-12), earning All-America Second Team recognition as a senior in 2012, after a third-team laurel as a junior in 2011; he was also a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year (2010 and 2011), three-time All-ACC selection (2010, 2011, 2012) and amassed a school-record seven career wins
Additional notes
- Korn Ferry Tour winner Logan McAllister (second/-11) records his second runner-up finish on Tour (2023 LECOM Suncoast Classic).
- Rayhan Thomas (T3/-9) records a career-high finish and his second top-10 finish on Tour (T7/2025 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club).
- Three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Taylor Dickson (T3/-9) posts his first top-10 finish since winning the season-opening The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island.
- Ryan McCormick (T12/-7) and Luke Guthrie (T17/-6) convert their first made cuts of the season into top-25 finishes and qualify for next week’s OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank.
- Competing via a sponsor exemption, amateur William Jennings (T12/-7), a sophomore at the University of Alabama and the runner-up finisher at the 2026 NCAA Championship, closes in 2-under 69 and is eligible to compete in next week’s OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank via his top-25 finish; he prepped at Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina.





