Overview
- Jayden Schaper and Ryan Gerard tied at 22-under after 72 holes at Heritage La Réserve before the South African ended it by holing a chip from off the 18th green on the second extra hole.
- The 24-year-old closed with a bogey-free 64, backing up last week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship win and extending a three‑week surge that began with a runner‑up at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
- Gerard’s runner-up finish, secured with a 63-66 weekend after a 10,000‑mile trip from Florida targeting OWGR points, moved him into the year-end top 50 for his first Masters start.
- The co-sanctioned DP World Tour–Sunshine Tour stop offered one of the last ranking opportunities of the year, and updated projections put the Masters field at 86 with 13 new qualifiers via the top 50.
- India’s Shubhankar Sharma finished tied 32nd at five under with a closing 69 as he continues his return to form after regaining DP World Tour status through Qualifying School.