World No.451 Junghwan Lee posted the low round of the week to roar back from five strokes off the pace and win the 2025 Genesis Championship, consequently securing a DP World Tour card for the next two seasons.
Lee began four strokes behind co-leaders Mikael Lindberg and Nacho Elvira before quickly dropping to five back after a bogey at the second.
However, five consecutive birdies from the third catapulted the 34-year-old into contention, just one stroke behind Elvira who was at 10-under.
As others near the top of the leaderboard stumbled, Lee made gains at 14 and 18 to post 11-under and sign for the low round of the week, a seven-under 64.
A birdie to finish for Junghwan Lee 👌He sets the clubhouse target at -11. #GenesisChampionship pic.twitter.com/vXWaEhyGCIOctober 26, 2025
Forced to watch on nervously in the clubhouse, Lee saw Elvira retake the lead with a birdie at the 15th before bogeys at 17 and 18 dropped the Spaniard back into a share for second alongside Laurie Canter, who drained a 100-foot eagle putt at the last.
In the end, Lee’s margin of victory was three strokes and the South Korean – who saw off the likes of Hideki Matsuyama, Si Woo Kim and defending champion, Byeong Hun An – was able to celebrate a life-changing victory in front of his home fans.
As a result of his win, Lee will compete in next week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship – the first round of the DP World Tour Playoffs – and has achieved his dream of making it to the historic European circuit.
Speaking afterwards, Lee said: “I feel like I’m in a dream, I still can’t believe I won so it’s really hard to describe how I’m feeling right now.
“I think overall I played very well, but on 12 I had a tee-shot miss and I thought I was done there. But I was able to save that ball, and that’s when I thought the tables are turning and the gods are looking down on me.
“I really feel like I’m dreaming. I really, really wanted to go to DP World Tour and I was actually working really hard towards that goal, but somehow I was coming up…
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