Steven Fisk wins first PGA Tour title at Sanderson Farms Championship

Steven Fisk closed with an 8-under 64 on Sunday to capture his first PGA Tour title at the Sanderson Farms Championship, finishing at 24-under 264 at The Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi. Fisk birdied the final three holes to finish two shots ahead of 54-hole leader Garrick Higgo of South Africa and secured a two-year PGA Tour exemption through 2027.

Fisk began the final round three shots behind and opened with birdies on two of his first three holes. His only blemish came with a bogey at the par-4 fourth, but he recovered with a birdie at the fifth and took the lead with a two-putt birdie from 48 feet at the 11th. The turning point came down the stretch, when Fisk holed a 40-foot birdie putt at the 16th, converted from close range at 17 after a wedge left him inside four feet, and then stuck his approach at 18 to four feet for his ninth birdie of the day.

Higgo — who had led after 54 holes — faltered with bogeys at Nos. 10 and 11 but rallied with four straight birdies on the back nine to briefly match Fisk. A missed birdie attempt from about five feet at the 17th proved decisive. Higgo finished at 22-under. "My mindset was to birdie every hole. I almost did that....