Byung-Hoon An Ties for Fourth... 'Best Result of the Year'

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Byung-Hoon An achieved his best personal result of the year.

On October 12 at Yokohama Country Club (par 71, 7,315 yards) in Yokohama, Japan, during the fourth round of the PGA Tour Baker Rent Classic (total prize money of 8 million dollars), he delivered a flawless performance with five birdies and no bogeys. He finished tied for fourth place with a final score of 14-under-par 270. This surpasses his previous best result, a tie for sixth at the RBC Canadian Open in June.

Byung-Hoon An is teeing off at the 2nd hole of the 4th round of the Baker Rent Classic. Yokohama=AP Yonhap News

This marks Byung-Hoon An's third top-10 finish of the season, raising his FedEx Cup ranking from 78th last week to 71st. If he remains within the top 70 in the FedEx Cup rankings by the conclusion of the fall series next month, he will qualify for two signature events at the start of the 2026 season.

World No. 4 Xander Schauffele of the United States surged to victory with a 7-under-par 64, finishing at 19-under-par 265. This is his 10th career win and his first since capturing The Open in July last year, a span of one year and three months. He earned a winner’s prize of 1.08 million dollars (approximately 1.5 billion won). The victory is even more meaningful as it came at his 200th career PGA Tour appearance.

Xander Schauffele is carefully reading the green in the fourth round of the Baker Rent Classic. Yokohama=AFP Yonhap News

Max Greyserman finished second (18-under-par 266), while Michael Thorbjornsen (also of the United States) took third (16-under-par 268). Lee Minwoo (Australia) tied for 10th (11-under-par 273), Collin Morikawa (United States) tied for 14th (10-under-par 274), and Im Sungjae, Kim Siwoo, and Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), the 2021 and 2023 champion, all tied for 20th (8-under-par 276). Adam Scott (Australia) and Alex Noren (Sweden) tied for 27th (7-under-par 277).

Established in 2019, this tournament was held under the name Zozo Championship until last year. From this year, Japanese consulting firm Baker Rent has become the title sponsor. The tournament course was Narashino Country Club in Chiba Prefecture from 2021 to last year, but it moved to Yokohama Country Club this season. The PGA Tour will continue its schedule with the Utah Bank Championship (total prize money of 6 million dollars) starting on October 23.

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