Julian Suri earned his first Korn Ferry Tour title in his 39th career start on Tour, winning by two strokes at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health.

Charting the champion (stats updated through tournament)

Julian Suri (first/18 under)

• Earns his first Korn Ferry Tour title in his 39th career start on Tour at 34 years, 3 months, 28 days of age
• Second-oldest Korn Ferry Tour winner this season, behind Josh Teater, who won The Panama Championship at 45 years, 9 months, 27 days of age
• Becomes the 13th first-time winner of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season
• Earns second Official World Golf Ranking-sanctioned title and first since the 2017 Danish Golf Championship on the DP World Tour
• Collects 500 Korn Ferry Tour points and rises to No. 16 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with his second top 10 of the season (T2/Veritex Bank Championship)
• Closes in 7-under 63 with birdies on five of the final eight holes (Nos. 11, 13, 14, 15, 18)
• Entered the final round five strokes behind 54-hole co-leaders Taylor Montgomery and Robby Shelton, becoming the fourth player this season to overcome a 54-hole deficit of five-plus strokes this season (Josh Teater, six strokes at The Panama Championship; Pontus Nyholm, five strokes at Visit Knoxville Open; Neal Shipley, seven strokes at The Ascendant presented by Blue)
• Five strokes marks the largest 54-hole deficit overcome by a winner at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health since 2008 (Brendon Todd/six strokes)
• Finished No. 83 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie, earning conditional status for the 2025 season
• Rose to a career-high No. 60 in the OWGR following a T19 finish at the 2018 PGA Championship, his best finish in four major championship starts
• Played four seasons at Duke University (2009-13) and prepped at Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns, Florida

Additional notes

• Class of 2022 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Taylor Montgomery (T2/16 under), who shared the 54-hole lead with Robby Shelton (T7/15 under) and carded an even-par 70 in the final round, earns his sixth career runner-up finish on the Korn Ferry Tour, tying Greg Whisman for the most runner-up finishes without a victory in Tour history.
• Open qualifier and 18-year-old professional Blades Brown (T7/15 under) records his second top 10 of the season (T2/Veritex Bank Championship) and earns Special Temporary Membership for the remainder of the 2025 season, as he eclipsed the necessary points threshold of 237.718 points, equivalent to the No. 100 finisher on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List; the most recent player to earn Special Temporary Membership on the Korn Ferry Tour was Dalton Ward in 2024.
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Johnny Keefer (T7/15 under), who stands No. 1 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and is one of two players declared #TOURBound for the 2026 PGA TOUR season, closes in 6-under 64 for his seventh top 10 of the season, tying Pierceson Coody, Mitchell Meissner and Austin Smotherman for the most top 10s on Tour this season.
• Rookie Kensei Hirata (T2/16 under), who entered the week at No. 134 in the OWGR, earns his second consecutive top-three finish (T3/NV5 Invitational) and his second runner-up finish of the season (T2/The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club).
• Rookie Barend Botha (T2/16 under), who earned Korn Ferry Tour membership with a No. 4 finish in the 2024 Fortinet Cup standings on PGA TOUR Americas, records his second top 10 of the season and first since the season-opening event (The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island/T7).
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Trace Crowe (T2/16 under) earns his first runner-up finish in what was his 53rd career start on Tour, as well as his fourth top 10 of the 2025 season; he entered 2025 with three top 10s in his previous 38 career starts on Tour (all in 2023).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Spencer Levin (T2/16 under) records his first top 10 on Tour since winning the 2023 Veritex Bank Championship.
• Farmington, Utah, native Preston Summerhays (T7/15 under) closes with a bogey-free, 5-under 65 to record his second top-10 (T7/Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS) in his seventh start on the Korn Ferry Tour since earning membership via a No. 7 finish on the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking.
• Rookie Petr Hruby (T19/13 under) ties the low round of the tournament with a 9-under 61 (Étienne Papineau in R1).
• Sponsor exemptions Bio Kim (T22/12 under), a 10-time international winner, and Cole Ponich (T22/12 under), a Brigham Young University alum making his first Korn Ferry Tour start as a professional, both earn a berth in next week’s Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse via their top-25 finishes; Ponich won the 2024 Utah State Amateur Championship at Ogden Golf & Country Club, as well as the 2025 Provo Open in his professional debut.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and Brigham Young University alum Daniel Summerhays (T22/12 under), making only his third start of the season since returning from back surgery, records his first top-25 on Tour since the season-ending 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance/T18.