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Sunday 8 March 2026PGA TourYear in Review
Castillo wins Puerto Rico Open
Grand Reserve Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 March 2026 · Ricky Castillo’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/24°C · wind 24 km/h ENE, gusts 48 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/24°C · wind 21 km/h E, gusts 48 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/24°C · wind 24 km/h E, gusts 48 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/23°C · wind 21 km/h E, gusts 46 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Chandler Blanchet USA · 272birdied his final hole for a closing 67 but finished one behind after Castillo birdied 13 and 14 and parred in Ricky Castillo gets his first PGA Tour win at Puerto Rico Open (BusinessDay)
120 started · cut -2, 68 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Puerto Rico Open
Grand Reserve Golf Club, Grand Reserve Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ricky Castillo
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BusinessDay (wire report)
9 March 2026
It's super special. To be able to win out here, my parents were able to watch and stuff like that. You know, I know my grandma's looking down right now all happy and stuff, so just super surreal.
Golf Monthly
8 March 2026
I feel like this still doesn't get me into The Masters and stuff like that, so I still have things to look forward to and strive for.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricky Castillo | 68 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Chandler Blanchet | 64 · 67 · 74 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Blades Brown | 69 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 4 | Davis Thompson | 72 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Paul Peterson | 72 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Luke Clanton | 69 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Matti Schmid | 71 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Kevin Streelman | 73 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 72 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | David Skinns | 68 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Zac Blair | 71 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Jesper Svensson | 67 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Gordon Sargent | 65 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Jeremy Paul | 69 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | John Parry | 72 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 2001-08-28, Yorba Linda, California; USA; turned pro 2023; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 139 that week (OWGR rank entering the week (rankBefore 139 -> rankAfter 95), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet