Laporta's feat: the 35-year-old from Castellana qualifies for the European PGA Tour playoffs.

Andrea Pavan made a remarkable feat in the Genesis Championship. With a superb final round of 66 (-5), for a total of 277 (69 68 74 66, -7) strokes, he rose from 29th to fourth place and with this result, moved from 82nd to 65th in the Race to Dubai (order of merit), entering the field (top 70 players admitted) for the first of two DP World Tour Playoffs (Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Rolex Series, November 6-9, United Arab Emirates) that will close out the season. Joining the 36-year-old Roman will also be Francesco Laporta, 35, from Castellana Grotte (Bari), who, in 14th place with a 279 (73 69 70 67, -5), moved from 59th to 54th in the rankings. On the par-71 Woo Jeong Hills Country Club course in Cheonan, South Korea, Korean Junghwan Lee won at home with a 273 (71 65 73 64, -11) after a swing-and-go tournament in which he started in 59th place, took over the lead in the second round, slipped to 12th in the third, and then overtook everyone with a sprint to 64 (-7), the best score of the day, obtained with eight birdies, five in a row, after a bogey at the start. He left Spaniard Nacho Elvira and Englishman Laurie Canter, a former LIV Golf player, second on 276 (-8), three strokes behind, while Pavan was joined by Japanese Yuto Katsuragawa and Englishman Andy Sullivan.

Pavan, who signed the second partial of the round, had seven birdies and two bogeys, Laporta had six birdies and two bogeys for a 67 (-4), and Migliozzi set a 70 (-1) with four birdies and three bogeys. Now in Abu Dhabi, Laporta and Pavan's goal will be to finish among the top 50 in the rankings for the final event of the season, the DP World Tour Championship (Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth Course, Dubai, November 13-16, Rolex Series). At the end of the Genesis Championship, spots for the 2026 circuit were awarded to the top 115 in the Race to Dubai. Gregorio De Leo, ranked 130th, failed to secure a spot, and will benefit from a Category 10 reserved for those placed 116th to 130th, unless they improve their spot at the Qualifying School.