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5 unexpected winners enter Pro Golf’s ‘offsuason’

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5 unexpected winners enter Pro Golf’s ‘offsuason’

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Besides that Scottie Scheffler, just Golf Winner is not expected, which helps us a bit in picking five this week. But as we enter Golf’s offseason (this is a run, we enter the golfoff offseason basically every week, there is no offseason) it’s worth calling out a few.

5 unexpected winners this week

1. Jeeno Thitikul (and his new Commissioner)

In the LPGA’s great season, another storyline dominated: There are no winners. As of 25 weeks, 26 different players had won the event (24 winners and two dow dow player championships) which was an incredible statistic and a clear statement of the depth of the circuit and the talent of the circuit. But it was also something to worry about. Any and all sports games need star power, they need recognizable faces in the mix, they need recurring characters. Indeed, 2024 was the year of Nelly Korda. Will 2025 be the year of … everyone?

Nah.

Jeeno titikul he was not surprised; He won the last event of 2024 (the CME Group Tour He took the crown of the world No. 1, too. But because he focused on the race of the heart that was mocked instead of WINS (425 completed in 2025, including three of the five from July-September) It felt like his year would be defined by its release. of the Great CME, where he started and hidden in the wild and hurt the four winners.

It was a fittingly outstanding result for what was the start of an outstanding season.

The numbers and awards tell an important story: a very low batting average. The most money ever. Rolex player of the year. Vare Trophy Winner. And so on. But that’s part of what I hope becomes a much bigger story: a girl from Thailand – in Thailand who learned golf at a local driving range now, LPGA, a great player and a disaster.

“A lot of things happen in just one year, that’s for sure,” he said after his win on Sunday. “You see me holding the trophy today, but you see me cry for sure about the pett-putch I had before [this season]. You can never predict golf. Anything can happen. You cannot control anyone else. But what lasts is your hard work, your discipline, and we love it, your love for golf. “

His win came after a few successful weeks with his league’s new frontman, the commissioner Craig Kessler. While his tour entered controversial waters – much ink was spilled around Kai Trump and the LPGA’s new partnership – he scored the highest win in strengthening the coverage of the LPGA. The season-ending CME felt big because of that news, because of Jeeno’s win, even because of the little things like the two-week awards ceremony, the speeches, the red carpet. The LPGA’s era of anonymity ended with hope and star power. Nelly and Jeeno and whoever is next. Let’s hope 2026 picks up where 2025 left off.

2. Sami Valimaki (and the Finnish nation)

He was already a two-time DP World Tour and two-time PGA Tour winner. Sami Valimaki is now the winner with a two-year grace period on the PGA Tour – and the first winner in Finnish history.

If you were to do a quick background story of the Finnish ProFol Pro, you might be very close to Valimaki, a former hockey forward with a good shot and dreams of an NHL future.

“That was all my kindness, but he didn’t take me with the national team,” he said on Sunday, post-win. “So they picked me up on the national golf team. I said, okay, let’s give it to you, and this road was working fine.”

You can say that again.

(More on Who Baghtged Pga Tour Cards – And Who Didn’t – here.)

3. Dan Brown (we think)

This time we are not talking about the author of the DA Vinci code VINCI but instead the English Golfer who finished No. 11 on the DP World Tour’s list of pros to earn a PGA promotion. That would seem like a bad place for Dan brown – Unless one of the top 10 is broken in contention before the end of 2025. Now it is possible, according to a report from Sports Business Journal That green canter is set to return to Liv Golf despite qualifying for the PGA tour.

There are layers to this. The canter was set to become the first ex-liv pro to earn his PGA card; It is clear that it is now up in the air. Currently the version of “Schrodinger’s Golfer,” which exists in a great Limbo between DP World Tour status, PGA Tour status and Liv’s golf status and LIV’s golf status and Liv’s golf status. Until we hear more from him or his new team, we won’t know for sure. But Brown will be hoping he makes things official next month…

4. Anthony Kim (and a few collaborators)

Certain Asia Tour events feel like extended events for Liv, none more so than this week’s Pif Saudi International, sponsored by Liv’s Finaney Bacners, held in LIV’s home country and featuring 2025 golfers.

The conqueror was remarkable, Jose Luis Ballesterthe young Spaniard and 2024 US Amateur Chinkenkulu signed with Liv earlier this year. Appears outside the top 1000 in the Official World Golfg name at No. 264; he and the runner-up Caleb surratt (Who ascended to Now 244) Remind us that each one has a game to compete with others in their rotation and beyond.

But this guy at T5 was just amazing: Anthony Kim. The elusive former PGA star Vele just finished his second year at Liv and faces an uncertain future after being kicked out of the league. The problem wasn’t just moving in Liv – The problem wasn’t showing that it could compete. In 32 Starts of His Return, especially in his fields, especially in Liv’s Player Fields (Plus) Others on the Asian tour, Kim had 28 problems without a T25 result.

On Sunday, however, he wrapped up his most perfect week of golf, shooting 67-64-69-70 to finish T5 alongside the likes of Tyrrell Hatton, providing the evidence. Whatever you think of Kim, of her comeback, of her liv decision or her online battles, it’s hard not to be surprised when she comes back to her. This was his first top 20 since 2011. Since 2011! It’s surprising.

5 in Australia Golf (and golf at funny times)

Do you live in the US? When do you like your golf? Do you like it at 9 AM et on black friday, skins-game style, before helping to reduce the thanksgiving transplant? You are in luck. That’s for everyone. True diehards will already be focusing on the BMW Australia PGA Championship, which starts on Thursday, Noven.7 at the Royal Queensland Golf Club.

No, this isn’t next week’s Australian Open, which will take place at Royal Melbourne and feature a Globe-Trotting headliner Rory McIlroy. But you will have aussie stars Min Woo Lee, Adam Scott and Cameron SmithThe stars of DP World love Marco Penge and Rasmus Neashwaard-PetersenLiv stars love Joaquin niemann and David Puig Getting their DP World tour starts before getting their fine – and back stories like this Andrew “wef” cow “Johnston and Eddie Pesterell.

Aussie Golf Summer is here. Golf has no offseason.