Thankfully for Brian Campbell, the optimistic golfer's adage that trees are 90 percent air was not proved right late Sunday at Vidanta Vallarta. On the tee on 18, in the second playoff hole against 20-year-old South African Aldrich Potgieter,

How is that for a first professional victory? Brian Campbell overcame a one-stroke deficit Sunday at Vidanta Vallarta to win the 2025 Mexico Open, battling through two playoff holes to finally topple 36- and 54-hole leader Aldrich Potgieter.

The PGA Tour moved south for its annual stop at the Mexico Open, offering a $7 million purse with $1.26 million to the winner. In a playoff of contrasts featuring the Tour’s biggest hitter in 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter and shortest hitter in 31-year-old Brian Campbell, the veteran won on the second playoff hole.