Akshay Bhatia produced seven birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey at the par-4 5th for 9 points on Sunday to close with a total 40.
Overnight leader and fellow American Patrick Rodgers made four birdies and two bogeys to add six points to his tally for a total of 40 as well.
Rodgers’ ball found a divot in the fairway in the playoff leading to a bogey while Bhatia’s par won him his first PGA Tour title at the Barracuda Championship in his 36th Tour start at the age of 21 years, 5 months and 23 days.
“It’s obviously really just crazy that I got it done today. I mean, that first nine I was playing very bad. Hitting shots that I don’t normally hit. The feelings that I had, telling myself stories of what could happen, what if I hit it bad, what if I hit it great. What if I miss four 3-footers tomorrow. Anything could happen, right. I just kept reminding myself that I can do it. I had a lot of belief in my caddie today. He’s done it for a long time. We’ve only worked four weeks together and we got a win. So it’s pretty special.”
Bhatia joined the Tour as a Special Temporary Member after the 2023 Puerto Rico Open where he finished second. With this victory he joins as a full-time member and appears in the FedExCup standings for the first time.
With the top 70 players following the Wyndham Championship advancing to the FedExCup Playoffs he earns full exempt status on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour through 2025.
One of only two players to amass 20-or-more points in a round this week, DP World Tour member Julien Guerrier of France made ten birdies and eight pars in the final round for 20 points and a share of third place with 37 total points total.
Sweden’s Jens Dantorp tied for third after an eagle at the par-4 16th, six birdies and two bogeys for 15 points.
36-hole leader Ryan Gerard of the United States, competing out of the Special Temporary Membership category, made four birdies and five bogeys for three points for a total of 36 and a fifth place finish.
Scoring
The Barracuda Championship utilizes the Modified Stableford scoring format, the first PGA Tour event to use the format since The International in 2006. Players are allocated points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole with the goal of achieving the highest overall score.
Albatross +8
Eagle +5
Birdie +2
Par 0
Bogey -1
Double bogey or worse -3
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akshay Bhatia | +6 | +8 | +17 | +9 | +40 |
| 2 | Patrick Rodgers | +15 | +11 | +8 | +6 | +40 |
| T3 | Julien Guerrier | +11 | +4 | +2 | +20 | +37 |
| T3 | Jens Dantorp | +7 | +6 | +9 | +15 | +37 |
| 5 | Ryan Gerard | +16 | +14 | +3 | +3 | +36 |
| T6 | Chesson Hadley | +11 | +7 | +3 | +14 | +35 |
| T6 | Erik van Rooyen | +8 | +3 | +10 | +14 | +35 |
| T6 | James Hahn | +14 | +5 | +8 | +8 | +35 |
| T6 | Beau Hossler | +17 | +5 | +8 | +5 | +35 |
| T10 | Sean Crocker | +10 | +11 | -2 | +15 | +34 |
| T10 | Sebastian Soderberg | +9 | +2 | +9 | +14 | +34 |
| T10 | JC Ritchie | +5 | +10 | +6 | +13 | +34 |
| T10 | J.J. Spaun | +10 | +4 | +7 | +13 | +34 |
| T10 | Ryo Hisatsune | +1 | +16 | +6 | +11 | +34 |
| T10 | Mark Hubbard | +8 | +7 | +8 | +11 | +34 |
| T10 | Joel Dahmen | +10 | +3 | +16 | +5 | +34 |
| T17 | Marcus Armitage | +10 | +5 | +8 | +10 | +33 |
| T17 | Chad Ramey | +10 | +6 | +9 | +8 | +33 |
| T17 | Cameron Champ | +9 | +11 | +8 | +5 | +33 |
| T20 | Martin Laird | +13 | +1 | +8 | +10 | +32 |
| T20 | Marcus Kinhult | +8 | +11 | +4 | +9 | +32 |
| T20 | Kevin Roy | +8 | +7 | +10 | +7 | +32 |
| T20 | Johannes Veerman | +5 | +8 | +13 | +6 | +32 |
| T20 | Rico Hoey | +2 | +10 | +14 | +6 | +32 |
| T25 | Vincent Norrman | +11 | +12 | +1 | +7 | +31 |
| T25 | Nathan Kimsey | +13 | E | +13 | +5 | +31 |
| T25 | James Morrison | +12 | +7 | +8 | +4 | +31 |
| T28 | Matt NeSmith | +8 | +9 | +2 | +11 | +30 |
| T28 | Jason Scrivener | +8 | +6 | +7 | +9 | +30 |
| T28 | S.Y. Noh | +23 | -5 | +6 | +6 | +30 |
| T31 | Wesley Bryan | +11 | +2 | +6 | +10 | +29 |
| T31 | Charley Hoffman | +4 | +8 | +7 | +10 | +29 |
| T31 | Martin Trainer | +7 | +6 | +14 | +2 | +29 |
| T34 | MJ Daffue | +8 | +6 | +3 | +11 | +28 |
| T34 | Justin Suh | +7 | +5 | +8 | +8 | +28 |
| T34 | Stephan Jaeger | +8 | +6 | +6 | +8 | +28 |
| T34 | David Lipsky | +7 | +10 | +4 | +7 | +28 |
| T34 | Carl Yuan | +12 | +7 | +3 | +6 | +28 |
| T39 | Robert Streb | +6 | +5 | +5 | +11 | +27 |
| T39 | Zecheng Dou | +5 | +16 | -2 | +8 | +27 |
| T39 | Sam Stevens | +9 | +6 | +4 | +8 | +27 |
| T39 | Edoardo Molinari | +5 | +6 | +8 | +8 | +27 |
| 43 | Carson Young | +15 | E | +4 | +7 | +26 |
| T44 | Kevin Chappell | +9 | +7 | 0 | +9 | +25 |
| T44 | Brent Grant | +13 | +4 | +1 | +7 | +25 |
| T44 | William McGirt | +6 | +9 | +6 | +4 | +25 |
| T47 | Andy Sullivan | +6 | +7 | -2 | +11 | +22 |
| T47 | Russell Knox | +7 | +4 | +9 | +2 | +22 |
| T47 | Kyle Westmoreland | +12 | -1 | +10 | +1 | +22 |
| T50 | Augusto Núñez | +9 | +3 | +3 | +6 | +21 |
| T50 | Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez | +7 | +4 | +4 | +6 | +21 |
| T50 | Troy Merritt | +11 | +2 | +3 | +5 | +21 |
| T50 | Alexander Levy | +16 | +2 | 0 | +3 | +21 |
| T50 | Michael Gligic | -2 | +14 | +5 | +4 | +21 |
| T55 | Tano Goya | +5 | +6 | +1 | +8 | +20 |
| T55 | Trevor Werbylo | +8 | +8 | -2 | +6 | +20 |
| T55 | Chase Hanna | +4 | +7 | +1 | +8 | +20 |
| T55 | Chez Reavie | +7 | +8 | +7 | -2 | +20 |
| 59 | Peter Kuest | +9 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +19 |
| T60 | Maximilian Kieffer | +15 | +1 | -1 | +2 | +17 |
| T60 | Austin Cook | +7 | +5 | +3 | +2 | +17 |
| T60 | Joakim Lagergren | +3 | +11 | +3 | 0 | +17 |
| 63 | Nick Hardy | +3 | +8 | +7 | -2 | +16 |
| T64 | Aaron Cockerill | +7 | +5 | -5 | +5 | +12 |
| T64 | Bastien Amat(a) | +3 | +10 | -6 | +5 | +12 |
| 66 | Trevor Cone | +3 | +8 | +3 | -3 | +11 |
| CUT | Kevin Tway | - | - | - | - | +10 |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | - | - | - | - | +10 |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | - | - | - | - | +10 |
| CUT | Eddy Lai | - | - | - | - | +10 |
| CUT | Andrew Novak | - | - | - | - | +10 |
| CUT | Henrik Norlander | - | - | - | - | +10 |
| CUT | Greyson Sigg | - | - | - | - | +10 |
| CUT | Freddy Schott | - | - | - | - | +10 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | - | - | - | - | +9 |
| CUT | Lukas Nemecz | - | - | - | - | +9 |
| CUT | Ashun Wu | - | - | - | - | +9 |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | - | - | - | - | +9 |
| CUT | S.H. Kim | - | - | - | - | +9 |
| CUT | John Catlin | - | - | - | - | +9 |
| CUT | Scott Jamieson | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Keith Mitchell | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Simon Forsström | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Grayson Murray | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Harry Higgs | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Wil Besseling | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Robin Sciot-Siegrist | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Jonas Blixt | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Matthieu Pavon | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Austin Smotherman | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Kelly Kraft | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Kyle Reifers | - | - | - | - | +8 |
| CUT | Nico Echavarria | - | - | - | - | +7 |
| CUT | Mikael Lindberg | - | - | - | - | +7 |
| CUT | Martin Simonsen | - | - | - | - | +7 |
| CUT | Justin Lower | - | - | - | - | +7 |
| CUT | Adam Long | - | - | - | - | +7 |
| CUT | Angel Hidalgo Portillo | - | - | - | - | +7 |
| CUT | Chris Stroud | - | - | - | - | +7 |
| CUT | Jeong Weon Ko | - | - | - | - | +7 |
| CUT | Taylor Pendrith | - | - | - | - | +6 |
| CUT | Harrison Endycott | - | - | - | - | +5 |
| CUT | Brandon Matthews | - | - | - | - | +5 |
| CUT | Niklas Norgaard | - | - | - | - | +4 |
| CUT | Dale Whitnell | - | - | - | - | +4 |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | - | - | - | - | +4 |
| CUT | Marcus Helligkilde | - | - | - | - | +4 |
| CUT | Paul Haley II | - | - | - | - | +4 |
| CUT | Jeremy Freiburghaus | - | - | - | - | +4 |
| CUT | Marcel Schneider | - | - | - | - | +4 |
| CUT | Geoff Ogilvy | - | - | - | - | +4 |
| CUT | Tyson Alexander | - | - | - | - | +4 |
| CUT | Matthias Schwab | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Nicolai Von Dellingshausen | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Masahiro Kawamura | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Doc Redman | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | J.J. Henry | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Adrien Saddier | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Ricky Barnes | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Sung Kang | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Scott Harrington | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Jesse Mueller | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Ethan Cairns | - | - | - | - | +3 |
| CUT | Oliver Hundeboll | - | - | - | - | +2 |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | - | - | - | - | +2 |
| CUT | Matti Schmid | - | - | - | - | +2 |
| CUT | Tapio Pulkkanen | - | - | - | - | +2 |
| CUT | Fabrizio Zanotti | - | - | - | - | +1 |
| CUT | Richy Werenski | - | - | - | - | +1 |
| CUT | Santiago Tarrio | - | - | - | - | +1 |
| CUT | Cody Gribble | - | - | - | - | +1 |
| CUT | Nick Watney | - | - | - | - | +1 |
| CUT | Charles Porter | - | - | - | - | +1 |
| CUT | Ryan Moore | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| CUT | Corey Pereira | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| CUT | Greg Chalmers | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| CUT | Scott Piercy | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| CUT | Louis de Jager | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| CUT | Alexander Knappe | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | - | - | - | - | -1 |
| CUT | Harry Hall | - | - | - | - | -2 |
| CUT | Kramer Hickok | - | - | - | - | -2 |
| CUT | Sam Bennett | - | - | - | - | -2 |
| CUT | Tommy Gainey | - | - | - | - | -2 |
| CUT | Sean O'Hair | - | - | - | - | -2 |
| CUT | Satoshi Kodaira | - | - | - | - | -3 |
| CUT | Darius Van Driel | - | - | - | - | -3 |
| CUT | Ted Potter, Jr. | - | - | - | - | -3 |
| CUT | Dylan Frittelli | - | - | - | - | -4 |
| CUT | Daan Huizing | - | - | - | - | -4 |
| CUT | Matt Ryan | - | - | - | - | -4 |
| CUT | Derek Ernst | - | - | - | - | -5 |
| CUT | Clément Sordet | - | - | - | - | -6 |
| CUT | Michael Duncan | - | - | - | - | -7 |
| CUT | Brian Stuard | - | - | - | - | -8 |
| CUT | Grant Booth | - | - | - | - | -9 |
