Name: Ricky Castillo's excellent approach leads to birdie at Valspar
Uploaded: 2025-03-22T19:48:53.227Z
Duration: 28 s
Description: In the third round of the 2025 Valspar Championship, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-4 12th hole.

After a final round 8-under 62 at 2025 The RSM Classic, Ricky Castillo talks with Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard about the emotions of trying to keep his PGA TOUR card as he sits on the top-100 bubble.


 

Ricky Castillo describes final-round emotions at The RSM Classic in pursuit to keep TOUR card

In the final round of the 2025 RSM Classic, Ricky Castillo's drive on the 396-yard, par-4 16th hole travels 284 yards and lands in the right fairway, leaving 118 yards to the hole. His 128-yard approach shot lands on the right side of the green, 32 feet 5 inches from the hole, and he makes a 32-foot 5-inch putt for birdie.

Ricky Castillo sinks 32-foot birdie putt on No. 16 at The RSM Classic

In the final round of the 2025 RSM Classic, Ricky Castillo's 297-yard drive on the 458-yard, par-4 9th hole lands in the left bunker, leaving 162 yards to the hole. His 164-yard approach shot from the fairway bunker lands on the right side of the green, 9 feet 8 inches from the hole, and he makes the 9-foot 8-inch putt for birdie.

Ricky Castillo sinks 10-foot birdie putt on No. 9 at The RSM Classic

In the third round of the 2025 RSM Classic, Ricky Castillo's 331-yard drive on the 459-yard, par-4 18th hole lands in the left rough, leaving 134 yards to the hole. His 129-yard approach shot from the rough lands on the left side of the green, 20 feet 8 inches from the hole, and he makes a 20-foot 8-inch putt for birdie.

Ricky Castillo drains long putt for on No. 18 at The RSM Classic

In the second round of the 2025 RSM Classic, Ricky Castillo’s drive on the 557-yard, par-5 15th hole traveled 295 yards and landed in the left fairway, leaving 245 yards to the hole. His 220-yard shot from the fairway landed in the right bunker, leaving 34 yards to the hole. Castillo’s 36-yard shot from the greenside bunker landed on the left green, 5 feet 6 inches from the hole, and he made the 5-foot-6-inch putt for birdie.

Ricky Castillo sinks 6-foot birdie putt on No. 15 at The RSM Classic

In the second round of the 2025 RSM Classic, Ricky Castillo's 293-yard drive on the 407-yard, par-4 13th landed in the left fairway, leaving 108 yards to the hole. His 108-yard approach shot from the fairway landed on the right side of the green and finished 4 feet 10 inches from the hole. Castillo made the 4-foot-10-inch putt for birdie.

Ricky Castillo hits 108-yard approach to 5 feet, sets up birdie on No. 13 at The RSM Classic

In the second round of the 2025 The RSM Classic, Ricky Castillo's drive on the 418-yard, par-4 11th hole travels 308 yards, landing in the left fairway and leaving 110 yards to the hole, his 110-yard approach shot from the fairway lands on the left side of the green and finishes 4 feet 3 inches from the hole, and he made a 4-foot-3-inch putt for birdie.

Ricky Castillo hits 110-yard approach to 4 feet, sets up birdie on No. 11 at RSM Classic

Check out the best shots of the week from the 2025 Sanderson Farms Championship, including Steven Fisk's clutch approaches down the stretch and a pair of holes-in-one from Niklas Norgaard and Matt Kuchar.

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In the second round of the 2025 Sanderson Farms, Ricky Castillo's 299-yard drive on the 566-yard, par-5 11th found the right rough with 244 yards remaining to the hole, his 235-yard shot from the rough found the left bunker, leaving 83 feet 3 inches to the hole, and he holed out the 83-foot 3-inch bunker shot for eagle.

Ricky Castillo holes out 83-yard bunker shot for eagle at Sanderson Farms

In the third round of the 2025 Wyndham Championship, Ricky Castillo makes a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-5 5th hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 5 at Wyndham

In the third round of the 2025 Wyndham Championship, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-3 3rd hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 3 at Wyndham

In the second round of the 2025 Wyndham Championship, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-3 12th hole.

Ricky Castillo nearly aces No. 12 at Wyndham

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 17 at Rocket Classic

In the opening round of the 2025 RBC Canadian Open, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-3 7th hole.

Ricky Castillo holes out for birdie from 16-feet on No. 7 at RBC Canadian

In the second round of the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-3 8th hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 8 at Charles Schwab

In the opening round of the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-3 8th hole.

Ricky Castillo sinks a 21-foot birdie putt on No. 8 at Charles Schwab

In the opening round of the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge, Ricky Castillo makes a 14-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 16 at Charles Schwab

In the final round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2025, Ricky Castillo makes a 4-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 18 at THE CJ CUP

In the final round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2025, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-3 15th hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 15 at THE CJ CUP

In the final round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2025, Ricky Castillo makes a 1-foot birdie putt on the par-4 14th hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 14 at THE CJ CUP

In the third round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2025, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-3 15th hole.

In the third round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2025, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-4 14th hole.

In the third round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2025, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-4 11th hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 11 at THE CJ CUP

In the third round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2025, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-5 9th hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 9 at THE CJ CUP

In the third round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2025, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-4 1st hole.

Ricky Castillo sinks a 33-foot birdie putt to begin his day at THE CJ CUP

In the second round of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2025, Ricky Castillo makes a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-3 4th hole.

Ricky Castillo rolls birdie on the 4th at THE CJ CUP

In the opening round of the 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship, Ricky Castillo drips in putt for birdie on the par-3 17th hole.

Ricky Castillo drips in birdie putt at Corales Puntacana

In the second round of the 2025 Texas Children's Houston Open, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-5 16th hole.

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 16 at Houston Open

In the final round of the 2025 Valspar Championship, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-4 6th hole.

Ricky Castillo's nice approach sets up birdie at Valspar

In the third round of the 2025 Valspar Championship, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-3 15th hole.

Ricky Castillo sinks a 53-foot birdie putt at Valspar

In the third round of the 2025 Valspar Championship, Ricky Castillo makes birdie on the par-4 12th hole.

Ricky Castillo's excellent approach leads to birdie at Valspar

In the second round of the 2025 Valspar Championship, Ricky Castillo makes eagle on the par-5 1st hole.

Ricky Castillo holes out eagle from bunker at Valspar

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, Atlanta Drive GC's Billy Horschel, Chris Gotterup and Corey Conners take down New York Golf Club's Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Young thanks to a walk-off eagle on the final hole from Horschel at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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Billy Horschel wins Match No. 1 with walk-off eagle for Atlanta Drive at TGL

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In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, New York Golf Club’s Cameron Young rolls in a long birdie putt to shave the deficit to one against Atlanta Drive GC. 

Cameron Young mounts comeback for NYGC at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, Atlanta Drive GC stand-in Chris Gotterup wins his second hole of the day after pitching it close to set up birdie.

Chris Gotterup stuffs wedge to win hole for Atlanta Drive at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, Xander Schuaffele and Billy Horschel both struggle with their tee shots on the par-4 "Stinger” hole, inspired by Tiger Woods’ trademark low tee shots.

Xander Schauffele, Billy Horschel fall victim to ‘Stinger’ hole at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, Atlanta Drive GC stand-in Chris Gotterup nearly holes a short-sided chip and wins the hole.

Chris Gotterup wins hole for Atlanta Drive with saucy chip at TGL

In Match No. 1 of Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi, New York Golf Club’s Matt Fitzpatrick hits his tee shot close at the par-3 fifth hole.

Matt Fitzpatrick throws dart for NYGC at TGL

Ahead of TGL's Season 2 premier, PGA TOUR's Paul Hodowanic interviews TGL hole designer Agustín Pizá about his design process, fun obstacles on the course and what fans can look forward to this season, which tees off on Sunday, Dec. 28, at 3 p.m. ET on ABC.

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Hear from PGA TOUR players like Keegan Bradley, Cam Young and others as they analyze and offer swing advice to NBA star LeBron James.

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Look back on an entertaining year featuring the best of the "Creator Classic." See iconic shots and moments from golf's best creators as they went head-to-head at PGA TOUR courses throughout the season.

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It was another year of dominance from Scottie Scheffler. Check out his best shots from a historic 2025 season that included six victories and two major championships.

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Grip it and rip it in this compilation of the best drivers off the deck from the 2025 PGA TOUR season. Check out Rickie Fowler, Aldrich Potgieter, Akshay Bhatia and other TOUR stars pull off incredible shots with their drivers.

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Neal Shipley blind ranks classic Christmas movies and picks which holiday classic is his favorite.

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Colombia's Marcelo Rozo, 36, earned his first PGA TOUR card at Final Stage of 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry. Upon securing his card, he pointed to the sky in memory of his late brother Mateo, a competitive golfer who passed away at age 19.

Marcelo Rozo earns first PGA TOUR card at Final Stage of Q-School in honor of late brother

Look back on the best shots from Rory McIlroy's phenomenal 2025 season, including his unforgettable playoff victory over J.J. Spaun to capture his second win at THE PLAYERS Championship.

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Hear from J.J. Spaun, Keegan Bradley, Cameron Young and more TOUR stars as they self-reflect and give themselves a letter grade to cap off their 2025 PGA TOUR season.
 

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Follow Matt Kuchar and his son Cameron after their victory at the 2025 PNC Championship.

Ricky Castillo's excellent approach leads to birdie at Valspar

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Matt Fitzpatrick rolls in huge birdie for NYGC at TGL

Cameron Young mounts comeback for NYGC at TGL

Chris Gotterup stuffs wedge to win hole for Atlanta Drive at TGL

Xander Schauffele, Billy Horschel fall victim to ‘Stinger’ hole at TGL

Chris Gotterup wins hole for Atlanta Drive with saucy chip at TGL

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Ricky Castillo describes final-round emotions at The RSM Classic in pursuit to keep TOUR card

Ricky Castillo sinks 32-foot birdie putt on No. 16 at The RSM Classic

Ricky Castillo sinks 10-foot birdie putt on No. 9 at The RSM Classic

Ricky Castillo drains long putt for on No. 18 at The RSM Classic

Ricky Castillo sinks 6-foot birdie putt on No. 15 at The RSM Classic

Ricky Castillo hits 108-yard approach to 5 feet, sets up birdie on No. 13 at The RSM Classic

Ricky Castillo hits 110-yard approach to 4 feet, sets up birdie on No. 11 at RSM Classic

Incredible pair of aces lead Shots of the Week from Sanderson Farms

Ricky Castillo holes out 83-yard bunker shot for eagle at Sanderson Farms

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 5 at Wyndham

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 3 at Wyndham

Ricky Castillo nearly aces No. 12 at Wyndham

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 17 at Rocket Classic

Ricky Castillo holes out for birdie from 16-feet on No. 7 at RBC Canadian

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 8 at Charles Schwab

Ricky Castillo sinks a 21-foot birdie putt on No. 8 at Charles Schwab

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 16 at Charles Schwab

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 18 at THE CJ CUP

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 15 at THE CJ CUP

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 14 at THE CJ CUP

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 15 at THE CJ CUP

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 14 at THE CJ CUP

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 11 at THE CJ CUP

Ricky Castillo makes birdie on No. 9 at THE CJ CUP

Ricky Castillo sinks a 33-foot birdie putt to begin his day at THE CJ CUP

Ricky Castillo rolls birdie on the 4th at THE CJ CUP

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Ricky Castillo's nice approach sets up birdie at Valspar

Ricky Castillo sinks a 53-foot birdie putt at Valspar

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