{"id":897815,"date":"2026-10-28T18:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897815\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:24:11","slug":"defending-mexico-open-champ-brian-campbell-is-heading-right-from-vallarta-to-his-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897815\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending Mexico Open champ Brian Campbell is heading right from Vallarta to his wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ll have to get research to confirm, but this could be a first for a PGA Tour player: Successfully defend his title the week prior to his own wedding coming off a two-plus-month break from golf.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Brian Campbell is attempting to pull off this week in Vidanta Vallarta, Mexico, where he won in February 2025.<\/p>\n

Fast forward 20 months, the tournament is part of the Tour\u2019s fall season and the first of two stops south of the border. Oh right, and Campbell has successfully proposed and is now getting married to Kelsi McKee \u2014 his then-girlfriend who leaped into his arms on the 18th green after the career breakthrough victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cFocusing on getting married,\u201d Campbell told reporters when asked what he\u2019s been up to since his last start at the Wyndham Championship in early August. \u201cGoing to have to make it home and make sure we keep a happy wife.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut she\u2019s here this week and we\u2019re looking forward to just enjoying this week just like we did last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the wedding planning, an injury has limited Campbell\u2019s time on the course. <\/p>\n

He revealed after missing the cut at the Wyndham he had a procedure to remove a cyst from his shoulder after dealing with some neck pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a huge thing I had been dealing with for the last couple years,\u201d Campbell admitted at his pretournament presser. \u201cMix that with lots of time off \u2014 sometimes you just need to get away from it. I like to say unlearn bad habits and relearn good habits and that was kind of what I was doing. And getting wedding stuff ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The opening round of the VidantaWorld Mexico Open is underway at Vidanta Vallarta Golf Course in Vallarta, Mexico.<\/p>\n

Campbell\u2019s decision to get the procedure came after multiple conversations with physical therapists who said the cyst would continue to cause irritation in the neck and shoulder areas if not treated. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey said if you have the time you might as well get rid of it. But it wasn\u2019t something that was necessary, but I felt like I had the time [in the] offseason, let\u2019s just get it done,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Campbell edged Aldrich Potgieter in a playoff to reach the winner\u2019s circle for the first time in Mexico. He followed that up with another playoff win \u2014 this time over Emiliano Grillo at the John Deere Classic in July 2025<\/p>\n

This year has been much more challenging. He enters the Mexico Open sitting No. 176 in the FedExCup fall standings after just one top-25 finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely a struggle,\u201d he said assessing the year. \u201cIt was kind of like still dealing with injury stuff I\u2019d say and trying to find physical therapists working with different swing stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Campbell\u2019s trying to keep his focus on the 36 \u2014 and hopefully 72 \u2014 holes ahead of him and not the steps to his first dance routine.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne week, yeah,\u201d he said about the wedding. \u201cThe highlights have just been I think putting together invitations and reaching out to everyone that\u2019s going to attend. I\u2019m just looking forward to celebrating a big party with people that I care about.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wyndham Clark is the favorite to grab his fourth trophy of the year at Vidanta Vallarta. Here\u2019s who oddsmakers believe will contend with the 2026 U.S. Open winner in Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019ll have to get research to confirm, but this could be a first for a PGA Tour player:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-897815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}