{"id":37837,"date":"2026-01-14T17:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/taylor-dixon-wins-korn-ferry-tour-opener-without-bogey\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:59:29","slug":"taylor-dixon-wins-korn-ferry-tour-opener-without-bogey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/taylor-dixon-wins-korn-ferry-tour-opener-without-bogey\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Dixon wins Korn Ferry Tour opener without bogey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In 2026, Taylor Dixon wins the season-opening Bahamas Golf Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour on Atlantis Paradise Island with a final round of 65, becoming the first golfer to win the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Most impressively, he did it without a single bogey through 72 holes.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Dixon&#8217;s best round of the week was a 62 in the second round on Monday. He finished at 27 under, winning by three strokes over Roger Sloan.<\/p>\n<p>The trio of Trent Phillips, Jeff Overton and Mason Andersen finished tied for third at 23 under, four strokes behind.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Taylor Dixon looks down at his shot from the 16th tee during the 2026 Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island at Ocean Club Golf Course.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dixon had joined the PGA Tour a year ago, but had made just 10 cuts in 26 starts. He earned $462,642 but then had to go back to Q School. He will begin the 2026 season on the Korn Ferry Tour and is off to a strong start, winning the season opener and his third career KFT win in his 100th start on the circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon&#8217;s 261 broke the tournament scoring record by one stroke. Chan Kim won his first tournament without a bogey at the 2023 Albertsons Boise Open.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Bahamas Golf Classic and next week&#8217;s event, the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, also held at the Abaco Club in the Bahamas, will have a unique Sunday through Wednesday format.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Taylor Dixon wins Korn Ferry Tour 2026 season opener in Bahamas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, Taylor Dixon wins the season-opening Bahamas Golf Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour on Atlantis Paradise Island with a final round of 65, becoming the first golfer to win the tournament. Most impressively, he did it without a single bogey through 72 holes. advertisement Dixon&#8217;s best round of the week was a 62 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-37837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}