CALEDON, Ontario – In just his fourth career start on PGA TOUR Americas, rookie Carson Bacha broke through in style, winning the Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates in a playoff over Jay Card III. The 23-year-old fired a bogey-free, 7-under 64 in Sunday’s final round to post 23-under 261, erasing a two-stroke deficit to 54-hole leader Davis Lamb and forcing extra holes. Bacha sealed the win on the second playoff hole – the par-4 18th – marking the third playoff of the PGA TOUR Americas season.

With the win, Bacha becomes the second rookie to earn a PGA TOUR Americas title this season, joining Dillon Stewart, who won the Bromont Open presented by Desjardins. He also etches his name into the tournament record books with the lowest 72-hole total in the event’s history at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley’s Heathlands Course.

Bacha, a native of York, Pennsylvania, turned professional this summer after finishing No. 14 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking, earning exempt status for the North America Swing. Bacha showed glimpses of promise in his early starts, highlighted by a solo-third finish at the Bromont Open. Though he missed the cut in his other two appearances, he put it all together this week in Caledon, delivering four strong rounds to capture his first professional win.

With the win, Bacha vaults from No. 46 to No. 7 in the Fortinet Cup standings, positioning himself inside the coveted top 10. At the conclusion of the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship, the top 10 players will earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2026 season. Bacha’s rise has been a testament to persistence and late-season performance. After spending most of his senior year outside the top 25 of the PGA TOUR University Ranking, he surged in the spring with a T3 at the Amer Ari Invitational and a solo-second at the Southern Highlands Collegiate. Three additional top-10 finishes helped him climb to No. 14 by season’s end.

He played five seasons at Auburn University (2020-25), where he played a key role in the Tigers’ historic run to the 2024 NCAA Championship – the program’s first national title. Bacha helped secure the team’s quarterfinal match win over No. 3 Virginia with a 2-and-1 victory in his Singles match. The PGA TOUR Americas schedule continues next week at the BioSteel Championship at Ambassador Golf Club in Windsor, Ontario, the final stop in a three-week stretch of events.

Charting the champion

About Carson Bacha (first/23 under)

• Wins his first PGA TOUR Americas title in what is his fourth career start on Tour
• Earns his win at 23 years, 1 month, 19 days of age; is the eighth player in their 20s to win this season and the second rookie to win (Dillon Stewart)
• Won in a playoff over Jay Card III with a par on the par-4 18th – the second playoff hole
• Began the final round two strokes behind 54-hole leader Davis Lamb, and with his playoff victory, breaks the 72-hole tournament scoring record by four strokes at 23-under 261
• 23-year-old rookie who owns two made cuts in four starts this season, with both made cuts resulting in top-five finishes (won/Osprey Valley Open, third/Bromont Open)
• Improves from No. 46 in the Fortinet Cup to No. 7; the top 10 players in the Fortinet Cup at the conclusion of the Fortinet Cup Championship will earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2026 season
• Finished No. 14 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking to earn exempt status on PGA TOUR Americas for the North America Swing
• Played five seasons at Auburn University (2020-25), most notably helping the Tigers win their first NCAA Championship title in program history; Bacha secured one of Auburn's three points in its NCAA Championship quarterfinal match versus No. 3 Virginia with a 2-and-1 victory over Josh Duangmanee
• Started playing golf at 2 years old with plastic clubs before graduating to a real set at 5 years old; as a preschooler, his father used to religiously take him and his brothers to the golf course every day after school to chip and putt, followed by a trip to the donut shop
• Born and raised in York, Pennsylvania – where he still spends his summers – and resides in Auburn, Alabama, for the rest of the year

Competition notes

Course setup: par 71, 6,983 yards; Round 4 average: 68.412

Weather: Sunny with a high of 26 degrees Celsius (76°F). Wind from the northwest at 6-12 km/h with gusts up to 22 km/h.

• Winner of the 2025 KIA Open, Jay Card III (second/23 under), falls to 0-1 in playoffs but improves to No. 4 in the Fortinet Cup with his runner-up finish this week; birdied his final two holes to take the clubhouse lead and eventually force Bacha into a playoff.
• Rookie Nathan Franks (third/22 under) posts his second consecutive top-three finish, as the South Carolina alum lost in a playoff to Brett White at last week’s Commissionaires Ottawa Open; Franks’ solo-third finish this week moved the first-year member to No. 17 in the Fortinet Cup.
  • Franks was one of three PGA TOUR University Class of 2025 alums to finish in the top five of the Osprey Valley Open: Bacha (first) and Drew Goodman (T5).
• Patrick Newcomb (fourth/21 under) matches his career-best finish with a solo-fourth finish at the Osprey Valley Open; improves to No. 21 in the Fortinet Cup.
• First-year member Drew Goodman (T5/20 under) has steadily improved his finishes over each of his last four starts, posting a career-best T5 result this week in what is his fourth career start on Tour.
• Fifty-four-hole leader Davis Lamb (T5/20 under) cards 2-under 69 via three birdies against one bogey to collect his fifth top-10 finish of the season and strengthen his hold on the No. 1 spot in the Fortinet Cup.
• In his first full season as a professional, Michael Brennan (T10/17 under) posts his Tour-leading, seventh top-10 finish of the season off the strength of a final-round, 6-under 65; remains No. 5 in the Fortinet Cup and is the only player inside the top 10 without a victory this season.
• Open qualifier Luke Gutschewski (T14/16 under) posts a top-25 finish in what is his professional debut; Luke is the son of Scott Gutschewski, a three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner, and is set to compete on a sponsor exemption alongside his father at next week’s Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse on the Korn Ferry Tour.
• Four Canadians finish in the top 25 of the Osprey Valley Open, led by Team Canada member Chris Crisologo (T10/17 under) along with Hunter Thomson (T14/16 under), Noah Steele (T21/14 under) and Brendan MacDougall (T21/14 under).