New Zealand golfers Ben Campbell and Nick Voke have both produced top-10 results on the Asian Tour.
Campbell finished in a tie for fourth and Voke a share of seventh after the final round of the US$2 million Black Mountain Championship on Sunday at the Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand.
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Campbell, a winner on the Asian Tour earlier this year, fired an eight-under 64 that featured nine birdies and a lone bogey to move up 11 places at 20-under, three strokes behind the winner, Michael Maguire, who defeated fellow American John Catlin in a playoff.
The 33-year-old was almost perfect from tee-to-green, hitting 13-of-14 fairways and 15-of-18 greens in regulation as he put together back-to-back birdies on three occasions - at the first and second, fifth and sixth, and 12th and 13th.
Campbell, who defeated Catlin in a playoff to win the International Series Morocco tournament in July, had earlier rounds of 68, 70 and 66.
He remains second in both the Asian Tour Order of Merit and International Series, some distance behind Catlin in both. The Order of Merit winner qualifies for The Open, while the International Series winner earns a place in the LIV Golf League.
Voke closed with a bogey-free seven-under 65 to also move up from a tie for 11th after 54 holes, along with Campbell. It was his best result since finishing T-5 at the Players Series Sydney tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia in February.
The Aucklander, who celebrated his 30th birthday early last week, banked birdies at the third, fourth, sixth, seventh, 12th, 16th and 17th holes to finish at 19-under, following rounds of 68, 67 and 69.
With six tournaments remaining in 2024, Voke is 76th on the Order of Merit, with the top-60 earning Asian Tour cards for 2025. Denzel Ieremia is the only other Kiwi on the rankings, at 158th.
In South Korea, Lydia Ko has finished tied for 12th at the LPGA Tour's BMW Ladies Championship, north of Seoul.
Ko compiled rounds of 67, 66 and 71 before closing with a second straight one-under 71 in the final round on Sunday, finishing at 13-under, six shots adrift of the winner, Australian Hannah Green.
The 27-year-old made just two bogeys in 72 holes in her country of birth. The second came at the 10th hole in the final round, before back-to-back birdies at the 14th and 15th holes got her back into red numbers.
Thanks to three victories in 2024, Ko remains second behind American Nelly Korda in the LPGA's Race to the Globe rankings with four tournaments before the season-ending Tour Championship.
In the US, Ryan Fox still has work to do to earn his PGA Tour card for 2025 after another modest finish during the FedEx Cup Fall series.
Fox carded a two-under 69 in the final round of the Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas on Sunday (Monday NZ Time) but dropped six spots into a share of 34th at 11-under, 11 behind the winner, American JT Poston.
The 37-year-old completed golf bingo, with an eagle, three birdies, a bogey and double-bogey in his up-and-down final round, leaving him 105th in the rankings, with the top-125 earning cards.
Like Fox, Daniel Hillier already has playing status on the DP World Tour next year but his chances of reaching the European tour's playoffs this year faded further over the weekend.
Hillier closed with a second consecutive even-par 72 in the fourth round at the Andalucia Masters in Spain on Sunday (Monday NZT), finishing in a tie for 43rd at seven-under, 14 strokes below the champion, Frenchman Julien Guerrier.
Despite dropping 18 places on the final day after making two birdies and two bogeys, Hillier will move up two spots to 96th in the DP World Tour's Road to Dubai rankings. The top-70 qualify for the two-tournament playoffs.
The 26-year-old will likely need a top-five finish at the final event, this week's Genesis Championship in Incheon, South Korea, to have a chance, a similar scenario facing fellow Kiwi Sam Jones, currently 142nd, to rise into the top-115 to earn his DP World Tour card for 2025.
No such playing card drama for Steven Alker on the PGA Tour Champions as he remains second to Ernie Els at the top of the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
Alker fired a bogey-free three-under 69 in the last round of the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Richmond, Virginia, climbing 11 rungs into a share of 37th at one-under, 12 strokes away from American Tim O'Neal.
The 53-year-old rolled in birdie putts at the 15th, sixth and ninth holes on Sunday (Monday NZT), after earlier rounds of 71 and 75, which uncharacteristically left him well off the pace after 36 holes.
Just one tournament remains before next month's season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship, which Alker won last year.