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Alistair Docherty on his golf journey
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Alistair Docherty wins the 119 Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro to qualify for the 2026 The Open Championship via The Open Qualifying Series. Docherty birdied the 72nd hole of regulation to earn a one-stroke victory over Chris Korte and S.Y. Noh for his first Korn Ferry Tour title.
Charting the champion (stats updated through tournament)
| Category | Alistair Docherty |
| Age | 31 |
| 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List | No. 2 |
| Starts – Wins – Top 10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 2026 | 5-1-2 |
| Starts – Wins – Top 10s in Korn Ferry Tour Career | 82-1-9 |
| Starts – Wins – Top 10s at the Visa Argentina Open | 3-1-1 |
Alistair Docherty (first/22 under)
- Makes two-putt birdie on the 354-yard, par-4 18th to close with final-round, 5-under 65, highlighted by bogey-free, 3-under 33 on the back nine
- Third winner in five events this season to make birdie or eagle on the 72nd hole of regulation (Ian Holt/The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club/birdie for one-stroke victory; James Nicholas/Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard/eagle for two-stroke victory)
- Co-leader after each round of this week’s Visa Argentina Open, converting his first 18-hole lead/co-lead, second 36-hole lead/co-lead (2024 AdventHealth Championship), and first 54-hole lead/co-lead into victory
- Follows Ian Holt (The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic) and James Nicholas (Astara Golf Championship) as the third first-time winner this season
- Rises to No. 2 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour points list off the strength of Sunday’s victory and a T2 finish at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, his only other made cut in five starts this season
- Finished T16 at the 118 Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro, his second start in the event (2024/MC)
- Marks his fourth consecutive season on the Korn Ferry Tour, with previous Korn Ferry Tour Points List finishes of No. 86 (2023), No. 32 (2024), and No. 50 (2025)
- Notably finished two places out of PGA TOUR membership at the end of the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season, and one stroke shy of TOUR membership at Final Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
- Played the 2018 season on PGA TOUR Canada, recording three made cuts in 10 starts
- Played four seasons at Chico State (2012-16), an NCAA Division II program, garnering three All-America honors and earning the 2016 California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year award
- Chris Korte (T2/21 under) closes in 9-under 61, the low round of this week’s tournament, for his first top-10 in five career starts (previous career-high finish: T25/2026 Astara Golf Championship).
- PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour winner S.Y. Noh (T2/21 under), who finished No. 62 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour points list, records his first top-three finish on the Korn Ferry Tour since his victory at the 2013 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.
- Korn Ferry Tour graduate Taylor Montgomery (T4/18 under) logs his second consecutive top-10 finish (T7/The Panama Championship) and his first top-five finish on the Korn Ferry Tour since a T2 at the 2025 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health last August.
- Shad Tuten (T4/18 under), who finished No. 58 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour points list, records his highest finish on the Korn Ferry Tour since a T3 at the 2025 Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya last May.
- Argentinian amateur Segundo Oliva Pinto (T7/16 under) records the first top-10 finish by an amateur in a Korn Ferry Tour event since Cole Anderson finished T3 at the 2022 Live and Work in Maine Open.
- Ian Gilligan (T9/15 under) and Hunter Eichhorn (T9/15 under) each record their Tour-leading third top-10 finish of the season.
