Final-Round Notes – 2025 Puerto Rico Open
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)
- 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
- 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)