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Monday 26 October 2026PGA TourYear in Review
Smotherman wins Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton Parish, Bermuda · Thursday 22 to Monday 26 October 2026 · Austin Smotherman’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · Butterfield · Sunday final round cancelled for strong wind; shortened to 54 holes; sudden-death playoff played Monday 26 October
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Séamus Power IRL · 197lost sudden-death playoff on the third extra hole (16th): missed the green left and missed his par putt Austin Smotherman crowned Butterfield Bermuda champion (The Royal Gazette)
120 started · cut -5, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Port Royal Golf Course, Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton Parish, Bermuda
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Austin Smotherman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Royal Gazette
26 October 2026
That putt doesn't go in we don't even have a Monday finish.
The Royal Gazette
26 October 2026
I could feel my hands but they weren't the same and just rattled it, it goes in and is done.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Smotherman | 65 · 66 · 66 | 197 | −16 |
| 2 | Séamus Power | 66 · 64 · 67 | 197 | −16 |
| T3 | Taylor Moore | 65 · 68 · 66 | 199 | −14 |
| T3 | Ben Silverman | 63 · 67 · 69 | 199 | −14 |
| T3 | Corey Conners | 63 · 67 · 69 | 199 | −14 |
| T6 | Chan Kim | 64 · 72 · 64 | 200 | −13 |
| T6 | Tom Hoge | 68 · 67 · 65 | 200 | −13 |
| T6 | Chris Kirk | 66 · 67 · 67 | 200 | −13 |
| T6 | Danny Walker | 63 · 67 · 70 | 200 | −13 |
| T6 | Chandler Blanchet | 62 · 67 · 71 | 200 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1994-05-19, Loomis, California; USA; turned pro 2016; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 54 that week (OWGR as stated by Wikipedia infobox (as of 2026-10-25, entering the final day)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet