New Zealand golfer Ben Campbell has produced his best finish on the LIV Golf circuit in Singapore.
Campbell, 33, closed with a four-under 67 in the third and final round at the Sentosa Golf Club on Sunday to finish alone in third at 11-under, six strokes behind the winner, Chilean Joaquin Niemann.
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The Queenstown native had six birdies, including three in his last six holes, and two bogeys in the final round to collect US$1.5 million (NZ$2.6 million) and move up to 11th in LIV Golf's individual rankings.
Starting on the second hole, Campbell made a bogey at the par-four third, before a birdie at the par-five fourth. He birdied the par-five seventh but gave a shot back immediately at the par-three eighth.
His round finally got going with a birdie at the 10th and others at the 14th, 15th and first, his closing hole, three of which were par-fours, to end one shot behind four-time major winner Brooks Koepka.
Campbell's previous best finish was a tie for 15th at the 2025 season-opening LIV Golf Riyadh tournament at 10-under.
On the PGA Tour, Kiwi No 1 Ryan Fox surged into the top-20 in the final round of the PGA Tour's Players Championship on Sunday (Monday NZ Time).
Fox made four birdies and two bogeys for a two-under 70, his equal-best round of the week at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, moving him up 13 spots into a tie for 20th at four-under.
Starting at the 10th hole, the 37-year-old opened his round with a bogey but responded with two birdies in the next three holes. After six straight pars, Fox made two birdies in four holes on the front-nine, with a bogey in between.
After missing the cut in his previous two tournaments, it was Fox's best result on the PGA Tour since finishing T11 at the Sanderson Farms Championship last October.
Meanwhile, at the Women's PGA Tour's Australian Women's Classic, Wenyung Keh was the best New Zealand finisher.
Keh produced five birdies, a bogey and a double-bogey in a two-under 68 in the final round at the West Lakes course at the Coffs Harbour Golf Club, ending tied for 27th at even-par, nine shots behind winner, Belgian Manon De Roey.
Fellow Kiwis Momoka Kobori and Amelia Garvey both finished in a share of 60th at the rain-shortened 54-hole event at five-over. Kobori closed with a three-over 73 and Garvey with a one-over 71.