Cole Anderson (Camden, Maine) defeated Patrick Flavin (Highwood, Illinois) in a playoff hole to capture the 2026 Diners Club Peru Open title on Sunday. The two U.S. players finished regulation in a tie for first at 21-under 267, with Anderson charging from behind with a bogey-free 7-under 65. At 23-under following an eagle on No. 14, Flavin closed the day with bogeys Nos. 15 and 18 that erased his two-shot lead. A bogey on the first playoff hole was enough for Anderson to get the job done, as Flavin went on to card a double-bogey after hitting his tee shot out of bounds.<\/p>\n
With the win in just his third career start on PGA TOUR Americas, Anderson joined Mason Greene in a tie for second on the 2026 Points List. The lead still belongs to Flavin, who missed the opportunity to claim back-to-back wins after taking the Abierto del Centro Zurich presentado por Personal three weeks ago in Argentina.<\/p>\n
\u201cSix months ago, if you had told me I would be winning this event here, I probably wouldn\u2019t have believed you. My game was not in the best of spots. I\u2019m just excited, happy, and grateful for everyone\u2019s help,\u201d said the Florida State University alum who turned pro in 2024 and earned his PGA TOUR Americas card in a Q-School playoff two months ago in Ocala, Florida.<\/p>\n
In a tie for seventh at 14-under, Anderson entered the day five shots behind Flavin, who held a two-shot lead through 54 holes. \u201cI didn\u2019t really know until late that I had a chance. I knew it was going to take a low one. I honestly thought it would need to be lower\u2026 I think that\u2019s kind of the beauty of this game, right? You\u2019re never as far away from playing well as you think, and when you\u2019re playing well, you\u2019re never as far away from playing poorly as you think. For me, it\u2019s a lesson in patience and continuing to put one foot in front of the other,\u201d added the 25-year-old winner.<\/p>\n
Joseph Winslow (Overland Park, Kansas) carded a 3-under 69 to finish solo third at 20-under, only one shot out of the playoff for the title. Connor Howe (Odgen, Utah) posted a 6-under 66 to finish solo fourth at 19-under.<\/p>\n
A Monday qualifier this week, Jose de Jes\u00fas Rodr\u00edguez (Irapuato, Mexico) finished as the leading Latin American player. He joined Conner Godsey (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida), Walker Lee (Houston, Texas), Joshua Lee (Jacksonville, Florida), and Dawson Armstrong (Spring Hill, Tennessee) in a five-way tie for fifth at 18-under.<\/p>\n
PGA TOUR Americas is now headed to Quito, Ecuador, where the 2026 Kia Open de Ecuador presentado por Diners Club will begin on Thursday at the Quito Tenis y Golf Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cole Anderson (Camden, Maine) defeated Patrick Flavin (Highwood, Illinois) in a playoff hole to capture the 2026 Diners…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[712,49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-676635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}