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Christo Lamprecht wins Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse
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PGA TOUR Origins: South Africa’s Christo Lamprecht
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Christo Lamprecht holed out for birdie from the greenside bunker on the par-4 18th – his final hole of the day – to win the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse by one stroke over first-round leader Peter Kuest.
Charting the champion (stats updated through tournament)
Category | Christo Lamprecht |
Age | 24 |
2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List | No. 10 |
Starts – Wins – Top-10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 2025 | 17-1-3 |
Starts – Wins – Top-10s in Korn Ferry Tour Career | 27-1-4 |
Starts – Wins – Top-10s at Pinnacle Bank Championship | 2-1-1 |
Christo Lamprecht (first/-19)
- Earns first Korn Ferry Tour victory in his 27th career start on Tour at 24 years, 6 months, 11 days of age
- Cards a bogey-free 5-under 66 in the final round via birdies on Nos. 4, 6, 7, 15, 18; establishes his career-best 72-hole total score with 19-under 265 (previous best: 17-under 266/2025 Astara Golf Championship)
- Becomes the 14th first-time winner of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season and the 13th player under the age of 30 to win
- Collects 500 Korn Ferry Tour points and rises to No. 10 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with his third top-10 of the season (won/Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse; fourth/The Bahamas Great Abaco Class at The Abaco Club; T2/Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard)
- Wins in his second career appearance at the Pinnacle Bank Championship (won/2025, T29/2024)
- Earned guaranteed starts in the first 12 events of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season with a T19 finish at Final Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
- Made 10 starts during the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season with three made cuts, including a T5 finish at The Ascendant presented by Blue
- Owns six career starts on the PGA TOUR, including The 2023 Open Championship (T74) and 2024 Masters Tournament (MC); best finish came at the 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship (T23)
- Finished No. 2 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking after four seasons at Georgia Tech (2021-24), earning Korn Ferry Tour membership for the remainder of the 2024 season
- Captured two collegiate victories, garnering three All-America honors (First Team in 2023 and 2024, Third Team in 2022) and three All-Atlantic Coast Conference selections (2022, 2023, 2024), along with the 2024 ACC Player of the Year award
- Won The 128th Amateur Championship at Hillside Golf Club in England, defeating Switzerland's Ronan Kleu 3-and-2 in the championship match
- Reached No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking for the first time in September 2023, becoming the first South African to reach No. 1
- Held the No. 1 ranking for a total of 22 weeks prior to turning professional in June 2024
- A George, South Africa, native
Additional notes
- First-round leader Peter Kuest (second/-18) earns the best finish of his Korn Ferry Tour career, finishing runner-up and notching his second career top-10 on Tour and first since the 2022 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health (T5).
- Third-round co-leader Robby Shelton (third/-17), who was seeking his fifth career victory on the Korn Ferry Tour, cards two bogeys on his final two holes to finish solo third; records his fourth top-10 finish of the season and improves to No. 34 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List.
- Sudarshan Yellamaraju (fourth/-16), winner of the 2025 Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club, cards a bogey-free 7-under 64, tying the low round of the day (Barend Botha), to collect his third top-five finish of the season – highlighted by his victory – and improve to No. 13 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List.
- Trace Crowe (fifth/-15), who won the UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH, records his third top-five finish of the season and is projected to move inside the top 10 of the Korn Ferry Tour Points List to No. 9.
- Rookie Samuel Anderson (T6/-14) posts a career-best T6 finish (previous best: T10/2025 Veritex Bank Championship) and is projected to improve to No. 71 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List, making a return to the top 75 of the Points List after missing the cut in four out of his last six starts.
- Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Neal Shipley (T8/-13), who was aiming for the Three-Victory Promotion this week, records his fifth consecutive top-10 and seventh of the season, tying Pierceson Coody, Johnny Keefer, Austin Smotherman and Mitchell Meissner for the most top-10s this year.
- Second-year member Nick Gabrelcik (T8/-13) earns his third top-10 finish of the season and first since posting back-to-back top-10s earlier in the year at The Panama Championship (T2) and the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club (T6); improves 10 spots to No. 43 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List.
- First-year member Zach James (T8/-13), who was the solo leader of the Pinnacle Bank Championship through 36 holes and co-led with Robby Shelton after 54 holes, cards 2-over 73 to finish T8 and collect his third top-10 of the season.
- Third-year member Will Cannon (T8/-13), who earned his return back to the Korn Ferry Tour with a No. 6 finish in the 2024 Fortinet Cup on PGA TOUR Americas, earns his first top-10 finish of the season and his best showing on the Korn Ferry Tour since the 2020 AdventHealth Championship/finished T6.
- Rookie Matthew Anderson (T12/-12) posts his third top-25 of the season and best finish since the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank in the beginning of March; Anderson earned status on the Korn Ferry Tour for this season via his No. 3 finish in the 2024 Fortinet Cup on PGA TOUR Americas.
- Chandler Blanchet (T14/-11), who won the 2025 Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods, posts his fifth consecutive top-25 finish – highlighted by his win – to improve to No. 7 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List.
- The last man in this week’s field, Runchanapong Youprayong (T22/-9), posts his best finish of the season since his T12 showing at the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya in May; Youprayong snapped a steak of four missed cuts at last week’s Utah Championship and earned his third top-25 result this week.
- Preferred lies were in effect for Round 4.