Taylor Dickson wins Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open for second career title

Things to know

• Taylor Dickson, who entered the final round four shots behind the 54-hole leader, cards a final-round 5-under 65 and claims his second Korn Ferry Tour victory of the season
• Dickson finishes the week with rounds of 64-64-68-65, marking a career-best 72-hole total score of 261
• With the win, Dickson climbs from 17th to third on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• Wichita native Sam Stevens, who led by three strokes entering Sunday, finishes T2 after carding an even-par 70
• Second-year member William Mouw clinches his best career finish of T2
• Kevin Velo places T4 to notch his second straight top-five finish and third of the season

Charting the champion

Taylor Dickson (winner/-19)

• Claims his second career Korn Ferry Tour title and second of the 2024 season
  • First win came at the 2024 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank
• With the win, climbs from 17th to third on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• Entered the final round four shots behind 54-hole leader Sam Stevens before carding a final-round 5-under 65 via six birdies against one bogey
  • Birdied two par 5s (Nos. 2, 14) and four par 4s (Nos. 3, 4, 10, 11)
  • Lone bogey of the day was on the par-4 16th
• Tallied just four bogeys through 72 holes, tied for the fewest holes of bogey-or-worse by any player this week
• Recorded rounds of 64-64-68-65 to clinch a career best 72-hole total score of 261 (previous best: 265)
• This week marked his fifth ever start at the Wichita Open (previous best prior to this week was T43 in 2023)
• Joins Tim Widing and Harry Higgs as the only two-time winners this season on the Korn Ferry Tour
• Last season, finished 39th on the points list after posting eight top-25 finishes, including a runner-up at the 2023 Magnit Championship
• Fourth-year member who originally joined the Tour in 2020 via a T13 finish at Final Stage of the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament
• In his 89th career start on the Tour this week, earns his second win, 10th top-10 finish and 16th top-25
• Turned professional in 2015
• Played four seasons collegiately at Winthrop University (2011-15) where he won one individual title
• Plays from Gastonia, North Carolina

Quotables

Taylor Dickson on if he was looking at the leaderboard throughout the day: “Yeah, absolutely. I kind of knew where I was and just tried to keep the pedal down. I mean, like I said, Sam's an unbelievable player. I knew he wasn't going to go away so I just kept trying to make birdies and see where it put me and luckily it was enough.”

Dickson on his emotions after winning:“Couldn't be happier. It was fun to get one with my caddie, Lee. He wasn't there in Chile, so it was really fun to get a win with him. He told me it's been coming for a while and I’m just pumped really.”

Dickson on his mindset entering today:“Just play my best, same thing I did in Chile. Just play as good as I can, see what happens. Didn't really expect to be in it at the end there. I mean, Sam's an unbelievable player, but just golf and couldn't be more excited.”

Additional final-round notes

• William Mouw (T2/-18) finishes the week with rounds of 66-66-65-65 and clinches the best finish of his Korn Ferry Tour career (previous best: T5/2024 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank)
  • A second-year member on the Tour, Mouw earned conditional Korn Ferry Tour membership by finishing No. 6 in the 2023 PGA TOUR University Ranking following four collegiate seasons at Pepperdine University (2019-23)
• Wichita native and Crestview Country Club member Sam Stevens (T2/-18) cards a final-round even-par 70, including bogeys on each of his last two holes (Nos. 17-18), and settles for runner-up in his first Korn Ferry Tour start of the season
  • Stevens held a three-shot lead entering the day after opening the week with rounds of 66-63-63
  • Stevens earned his first PGA TOUR card at the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Finals and has remained on the TOUR since; in 17 starts on TOUR this season, Stevens has six top-25 finishes and sits 94th in the 2024 FedExCup Standings
• Following a third-round 62 that tied his career low, Kevin Roy (T4/-16) cards a final-round 3-under 67 and records his third top-10 and fifth finish of T15 or better this season
• Kevin Velo (T4/-16) finishes inside the top five for the second consecutive event after also placing T4 at last week’s BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX
  • Velo earns his fourth straight top-25 finish and the seventh of the season in 14 starts
• Nelson Ledesma (T6/-15) cards a final-round 5-under 65 and records his second top-10 finish of the season after placing third two weeks ago at the UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH
• Following a final-round, bogey-free 2-under 68, Davis Chatfield (T6/-15) notches the best finish of his Korn Ferry Tour career (38 total starts from 2023-24)
• Patrick Cover (T6/-15) sat in solo second after 54 holes and finished T6 after a final-round even-par 70, his second top-10 finish of the season (T2/LECOM Suncoast Classic)
• Rookie Marcus Byrd (ninth/-14), in his eighth career start on the Tour, claims his second consecutive top-10 finish (T9 at last week’s BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX)
• In his second start of the season, open qualifier Chase Johnson (T12/-12) finishes the week with a bogey-free 5-under 65 to finish T12, earning a start in next week’s Compliance Solutions Championship (via top-25 finish)
• Dawson Armstrong (T17/-11), who carded a season-low 63 in the second round, finishes inside the top 25 for the first time this season to earn a start in next week’s Compliance Solutions Championship