In what served as the final edition under its current title sponsorship, the Sanderson Farms Championship ended with quite an impressive display of fireworks Sunday afternoon. In the mix of it all, it was PGA TOUR rookie Steven Fisk who provided the grand finale by emerging victorious.

Beginning the final round T2 and two strokes off the lead, the 28-year-old Georgia native followed birdies on three of his first five holes with birdies on each of his last three to close with a career-low-tying 8-under 64, good for a two-stroke margin of victory at 24-under 264 over 36- and 54-hole outright leader, Garrick Higgo.“

We all think we're good enough to compete out here and to win,” Fisk said. “So, to come out here today and play like I did, I truly know now that I'm good enough to be a PGA TOUR winner…and that is really cool.”

Fisk’s 64 in the final round came on the heels of back-to-back 7-under 65s in rounds two and three. After sinking 35’5”, 57’6” and 91’9” of putts in rounds 1-3, respectively, Fisk blew those numbers away in the final round with a total of 144’8” made putts.

“I've struggled on the greens this year a lot and have been talking to my sports psychologist for a long time about putting,” Fisk said. “He wanted me to read, ‘Putting Out of Your Mind’ by Dr. Rotella. I downloaded the audiobook Friday night of this week and listened to a little bit of it. It helped me focus on the right things. One chapter focused on being target-oriented, not worrying about anything else, and just believing that it's going to be a good putt and have a chance to go in.”Apparently, it worked.

After winning the Club Car Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour last year, Fisk earned his first PGA TOUR card for the 2025 season. In 22 starts this season before this week, his lone top-10 finish was a T4 at the Puerto Rico Open.Fisk, who graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2019 with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, came into the week having been unable to crack the top 25 in his last nine starts on the PGA TOUR.

“I can’t lie. That's the degree you try and get when you want to be on the golf team,” Fisk laughed. “I had a wonderful time at Georgia Southern…four amazing years. I met some of my best friends there, my wife, and I wouldn't have wanted to go anywhere else.”

With the win, Fisk, who lost his father earlier this year, began playing golf at the age of five when his parents built and owned a par-3 course and driving range in his hometown of Stockbridge, Georgia.“

I think it opened when I was four or five years old, and it's still there…Rum Creek Golf Course,” Fisk said. “I think I had a golf course as a playground my whole childhood. All those greens were pushed up and were really small. Truly, I believe it has made me the iron player I am today. It's a special place, and it will always be cool that it led to this.”

Fisk not only collects first-place prize of $1,080,000 and 500 FedExCup points, but a two-year exemption to the PGA TOUR. After opening this week’s Sanderson Farms Championship with a 7-Under 65 to claim a share of the 18-hole lead, South African Garrick Higgo led outright after rounds two and three. Beginning the final round with a 2-stroke lead, Higgo offset back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 10 and 11 with three straight birdies on Nos. 13-15 before signing for a 4-under 68 and settling for second place at 22-under 266.

“My tempo just felt slightly off, and you just can’t be off, even slightly, out here,” Higgo said. Like, my 4-iron on 10…I was trying to hit a nice high fade with 4-iron to hold it against the wind and just pulled it. Then, I felt like I hit a good putt and just broke more than I thought. On 11, it actually didn't feel like a bad swing, but that ended up being just a mess of a hole. Steven just played that well, so congratulations to him.”

On a more lighthearted note, what turned as many heads as the strength of Higgo’s game was the length of his hair. “I had it cut a bit, because it was too long. It's no longer a barber. I've upgraded to a salon now,” Higgo laughed. “It still gets really fluffy, so I put stuff in it to keep it from going all afro.”

The question begs, does he have this new salon style it a certain way?

“No,” Higgo responded quickly. “I'm not that far yet.”After finishing his third round on his 30th birthday with five consecutive birdies to shoot 7-under 65 and reach a share of second place, 18-hole co-leader and PGA TOUR rookie Danny Walker closed with a 3-under 69 to net a share of third place with Vince Whaley and Rasmus Hojgaard.

Coming into the week on the heels of eight consecutive missed cuts, this marked Walker’s first start in the Sanderson Farms Championship. The secret weapon to Walker’s performance was clearly his putter. In round one, he needed a total of just 24 putts to sink a total of 152’0” of putts. In rounds two and three, he added 129’10” and an astounding 169’6”, respectively. That 451’4” total became the most feet of putts made through three rounds in the Shotlink era. In Sunday’s final round, his 64’6” resulted in a grand total of 515’10” in made putts.

“It was a lot of fun…it's always fun to have a chance to win on Sunday on the back nine,” Walker said. I played and hit it well, for the most part. Today was probably the best ball-striking day I've had this week. I didn't make all the putts I did the first few days. But I can't complain. I'll take a T3 after this week.”

Walker’s T3 marks his second top-10 finish of the season, joining a T7 at THE PLAYERS Championship.

Angling to become the first player to successfully defend a Sanderson Farms Championship title, 2024 winner Kevin Yu closed with a 5-under 67 to finish T11 at 15-under 273.

Other players of note: Eric Cole (-16/T9), Matt Kuchar (-13/T18), Max Homa (-13/T18), Zach Johnson (-11/T29).