Justin Suh wins 118 Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro, qualifies for The Open Championship

Justin Suh earned his second Korn Ferry Tour title Sunday at the 118 Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro, carding 23-under 257 at Jockey Club for a five-shot win over Ian Holt, Cole Sherwood and S.H. Kim.

With the victory, Suh earned a spot in The Open Championship at Royal Portrush this summer. It will mark his fifth career start in a major championship.

Suh, 27, held a one-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round in Argentina, and he pulled away with three birdies in his last four holes for a closing 5-under 65. The University of Southern California alum went bogey-free for the weekend at Jockey Club (60-65).

Suh earned his first PGA TOUR card via the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour, a sparkling campaign that included a win at the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance for the No. 1 spot on the season-long standings and Player of the Year honors. He finished No. 72 on the FedExCup Fall standings as a TOUR rookie in 2023, but he lost his card at No. 165 on the 2024 FedExCup Fall.

Suh was a highly acclaimed amateur golfer who reached No. 1 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking before turning pro in 2019. Injuries and the COVID-19 pandemic briefly halted his ascent to the Korn Ferry Tour – he was a regular on the Monday qualifying circuit in his early days as a pro – but he found a quick comfort zone in his first Korn Ferry Tour campaign in 2022. Now he’s on track for another successful season on the PGA TOUR’s premier pathway circuit.

The victory moved Suh from No. 37 to No. 2 on the season-long Korn Ferry Tour Points List. The top 20 on the season-long standings, finalized after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in mid-October, will earn 2026 PGA TOUR membership.

Charting the champion

Justin Suh (champion/-23)

• Claims second career Korn Ferry Tour victory (2022 Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance)
• Earns an exemption for the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush in July with his victory
• Breaks the 72-hole tournament scoring record with a 23-under 257 (previous: 263/2024/Mason Andersen; Kris Ventura); tied for the sixth-lowest 72-hole score in Tour history (seventh occurrence)
• Broke the Jockey Club Colorada course record, set by Matthew Anderson in the second round, with a bogey-free 10-under 60 in the third round, matching the lowest 18-hole score of his career (2022 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics)
• 2-for-2 in converting 54-hole leads into victories in his Korn Ferry Tour career
• Marked second career start at the Visa Argentina Open; finished T7 in 2019 at the Jockey Club
• Finished No. 1 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn his first PGA TOUR card, fueled by a victory at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship to claim the top spot
• 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year
• Owns 89 PGA TOUR starts with 50 made cuts and five top-10 finishes (best: fourth/2023 World Wide Technology Championship)
• Played collegiately for four seasons at University of Southern California (2015-19), where he was a 2018 and 2019 All-America First Team selection, a three-time All-Pac-12 Conference First Team honoree, and the 2018 Pac-12 Player of the Year
• Resides in Las Vegas, Nevada

Additional Player Notes

• Ian Holt (T2/-18), who has made the cut in all five starts this season, posts a bogey-free 5-under 65 and logs his best result on Tour with a T2 (previous: T16/2023 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club).
• 22-year-old Cole Sherwood (T2/-18) records the best finish of his Korn Ferry Tour career with a T2 in what was his 13th start (previous: T11/2025 Panama Championship).
• S.H. Kim (T2/-18) cards a bogey-free 4-under 66 to end the week and record his second runner-up finish of the season in what was his fourth start (P2/The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island).
• Ryan Blaum (fifth/-17) records his first top-five result on Tour since the 2022 Club Car Championship (T2); logs his second top-25 and first top-10 through three starts this season.
• Third-year member Joe Weiler (sixth/-16) plays the final round bogey-free with a 4-under 66, posting his first top-10 result of the year and the second best finish of his career (best: T2/2024 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health).
• Argentinian Diego Prone (T16/-13), who made his Korn Ferry Tour debut this week, cards a final round 3-under 67 to finish inside the top-25 and earn a start at next week’s Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank.