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Brandon Harkins earns first title in 134 starts at Korn Ferry Tour’s Bahamas Great Abaco Classic

Harkins also had one of the best rounds of 2021 after a 28 on the back nine at Pebble Beach.

The opening two events of the new Korn Ferry Tour season each took place in the Bahamas and each featured a first-time winner. The first was last week’s crowning of 19-year-old champion Akshay Bhatia. The second? A win 12 years in the making.

Brandon Harkins turned professional in 2010 and 134 starts later has his first official win under his belt after claiming the 2022 Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club via a two-hole playoff with Zecheng Dou.

Dou, who held the 54-hole lead, shot a 3-under 69 but opened the door for a playoff with costly bogeys on Nos. 16 and 18. The pair played the par-5 18th twice in the playoff, with each making par on the first hole. Harkins eliminated Dou with a par on the second.

While the win is the first official victory for Harkins, the 35-year-old signed for one of the best rounds of 2021 after a 28 on the back nine at famed Pebble Beach Golf Links in the 2021 TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational, an unofficial event where he beat fellow pros Alex Čejka and Harry Hall by two.

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Jared Wolfe wins Korn Ferry Tour’s Bahamas Great Abaco Classic

Jared Wolfe won for the first time on the Korn Ferry Tour, sealing the deal with birdies on holes 15, 16 and 18 in the final round.

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Jared Wolfe won for the first time on the Korn Ferry Tour on Wednesday, sealing the deal with birdies on holes 15, 16 and 18 in Wednesday’s final round of the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at Baha Mar.

Wolfe shot a final-round 69 and won by four shots over Brandon Harkins. Billy Kennerly, Curtis Thompson and Nick Hardy finished T-3, five shots back of Wolfe. Kennerly had the round of the day, a 5-under 67.

Wolfe and Kennerly were the only two golfers to break 70 in the final round.

Wolfe has tasted professional victory before. He has three PGA Tour Latinoamérica victories, one each season from 2017-19.

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The 11-year pro also won the 2015 Indian River Open on the Florida Professional Golf Tour.

But Wednesday’s win is the biggest one yet for the 31-year-old former Murray State Racer.

Tommy Gainey, who won the KFT season opener a week ago, missed the cut after shooting a pair of 74s.

After consecutive events in the Bahamas to open the 2020 season, the Korn Ferry Tour heads to the Panama Championship, Jan. 30-Feb. 2.

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