Puerto Rico Open – Final-Round Notes (Sunday, March 9, 2025)
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 86. Wind 7-16 mph, gusting to 20 mph. Preferred lies were in effect in the final round.
Final Leaderboard
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
| 1 | Karl Vilips | 65 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 262 (-26) |
| 2 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 64 | 65 | 73 | 63 | 265 (-23) |
| 3 | Joseph Bramlett | 67 | 68 | 64 | 68 | 267 (-21) |
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All the facts & figures post #Aussie Karl Vilips maiden @PGATour win @PuertoRicoOpen including:
3⃣7⃣th to #PGAT
New @OWGRltd No. 1⃣0⃣6⃣ up 140 places
Among just 1⃣2⃣ players since 1970 to within first four events… pic.twitter.com/1SLtJgIuNO— Fatiha (@TOURMISS) March 10, 2025
Karl Vilips (1st/-26)
- Wins first PGA Tour title in his fourth career start at the age of 23 years, 6 months, 21 days
- Marks new 72-hole tournament scoring record of 262 (previous 267: Nico Echavarria/2023, Chesson Hadley/2014) (NB: Preferred lies the final round)
- Earns 300 FedExCup points and is projected to move from No. 161 to No. 41 in the FedExCup standings
- With the win, is fully exempt on Tour through the 2027 season
- New World No. 106 (Up from No. 246)
- Win a second pro career title in his 17th event since turning pro post June 2024 US Open
- With the win, also earns starts in the 2025 Players Championship and 2025 PGA Championship
- Records a final-round 8-under 64 including seven birdies and one eagle against one bogey
- Prior to this week, had three career PGA TOUR starts: 2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld/T72, 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches/T39, 2023 U.S.Open/MC
- Earned 2025 PGA TOUR membership by finishing No. 19 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List; in 10 Korn Ferry Tour starts last year, recorded seven top-25 finishes, highlighted by a win in his fourth start
- Turned professional in 2024 after four years at Stanford University; ranks fifth in program history in career scoring average (71.04), only behind Tiger Woods (70.96), Michael Thorbjornsen (70.40), Patrick Rodgers (70.31), Maverick McNealy (70.12)
- Ranked No. 10 in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2024
- With the win, Vilips becomes the…
- 12th player to win in one of his first four starts on TOUR since 1970
- 37th Australian to win on TOUR and the first since Cam Davis (2024 Rocket Classic)
- Fifth international winner of the Puerto Rico Open and first from Australia
- Only rookie to win on TOUR this season and the first since Matt McCarty (2024 Black Desert Championship)
- Youngest winner on TOUR this season (23 years, 6 months, 21 days)
- Fourth first-time winner this season (Thomas Detry/WM Phoenix Open, Brian Campbell/Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, Joe Highsmith/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, Karl Vilips/Puerto Rico Open)
- Clubs: TaylorMade
- Clothing: Sun Day Red
| Fewest starts before first PGA TOUR win (since 1970) | |
| 1 | Jim Benepe (1988 BMW Championship) |
| 2 | Garrick Higgo (2021 Palmetto Championship at Congaree) |
| 3 | Matt McCarty (2024 Black Desert Championship), Russell Henley (2013 Sony Open in Hawaii), Seve Ballesteros (1978 Wyndham Championship), Bob Gilder (1976 WM Phoenix Open) |
| 4 | Karl Vilips (2025 Puerto Rico Open), Nick Dunlap (2024 American Express), Matthew Wolff (2019 3M Open), Garrett Willis (2001 Tucson), Paul Lawrie (1999 The Open Championship), Fred Wadsworth (1986 Southern) |
