Chile's Cristobal Del Solar earns four-stroke win at The Ascendant presented by Blue

Chile native Cristobal Del Solar earned his first Korn Ferry Tour title Sunday at The Ascendant presented by Blue, finishing 22-under at TPC Colorado for a four-stroke win over Brian Campbell and Matthew Riedel.

Del Solar trailed 54-hole leader Matt McCarty by three strokes into Sunday, but the Florida State alum stormed to the top of the leaderboard with a final-round, 6-under 66 that included eagles at the par-5 fifth and 15th holes, from 33 and 40 feet respectively. He finished in style with a chip-in birdies at the par-3 16th and par-4 18th holes.

With the win, Del Solar moves to No. 5 on the season-long Korn Ferry Tour Points List and clinches 2025 PGA TOUR membership via the top 30 on the season-long standings, which will be finalized after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance in October. Also becoming #TOURBound to date in 2024: Tim Widing, Harry Higgs, Steven Fisk and Max McGreevy.

Earlier this year, Del Solar made history as the first player to shoot 57 in a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event; the seven-year pro carded 13-under 57 in the opening round of the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard in Bogota, Colombia.

Now, Mr. 57 is headed to the PGA TOUR.

Final-round notes

• Cristobal Del Solar (first/-22) becomes the 12th first-time Korn Ferry Tour winner this season.
• Del Solar’s victory marks his sixth top-10 of the season, tying Max McGreevy for the most top-10s on Tour this season.
• Matthew Riedel (T2/-18), who finished No. 4 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking, posts his best finish in what was his fifth start (and third made cut) on the Korn Ferry Tour; he entered the week with a season-high finish of T34/Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS.
• Brian Campbell (T2/-18) records his fourth runner-up finish in a Korn Ferry Tour event, as well as his second runner-up finish of the 2024 season (P2/Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard).
• Alistair Docherty (fourth/-17) birdies the final hole in regulation to tie his career-high finish (T4/2024 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS), moves out of a six-way T5 and into a solo-fourth finish, a difference of 45 points on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List.
• Matt McCarty (T5/-16), who carried a three-stroke lead into the final round, cards a 3-over 75, tied for the fourth-highest round of the final round; McCarty posts his third top-10 of the season – all of which are top-five finishes (T3/Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank; T4/AdventHealth Championship).
  • Only two of the seven 54-hole leads of three-plus strokes this season have been converted into victories (Ryan Gerard/BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX/led by three, won by six; John Pak/Compliance Solutions Championship/led by seven, won by three).

• Christo Lamprecht (T5/-16), who finished No. 2 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking and earned fully exempt Korn Ferry Tour membership for the remainder of the 2024 season, closes in 6-under 66 and converts his first made cut on Tour into a top-five finish.
• University of Colorado alum and Korn Ferry Tour winner Jeremy Paul (T5/-16) birdies three of the final four holes (Nos. 15, 17, 18) and posts his first top-10 since winning the season-opening The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay, also records his second top-10 in three starts at The Ascendant presented by Blue (T3/2022).
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Trevor Cone (T5/-16) posts a second consecutive top-10 and his fifth top-10 of the season; he did not have more than two top-10s in a single Korn Ferry Tour season prior to this year.
• In his first PGA TOUR-sanctioned start, open qualifier Timmy Crawford (T5/-16), who recorded the fifth hole-in-one on a par 4 in Korn Ferry Tour history in Saturday’s third round, qualifies for next week’s Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper with a top-25 finish.
• Open qualifier Will Chandler (T10/-15) converts his third made cut of the season into his first top-25 finish on the Korn Ferry Tour and, subsequently, a spot in next week’s Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper.
• Australian Karl Vilips (T13/-14), who finished No. 10 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking, records a top-25 in his Korn Ferry Tour debut and earns a spot in next week’s Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper.