Jordan Gumberg won the 2026 Hainan Classic presented by MAEXTRO after holding off playing partner Jorge Campillo on the final day. The American, who only kept his DP World Tour card for this season thanks to a hole-out eagle on the 72nd hole of last October's Genesis Championship in South Korea, can add China to his list of favourite Asian destinations after a one-stroke victory at Mission Hills. A final round of 70 saw him finish 19 under par, with Campillo's birdie putt at the last staying up as he finished 18 under. Gumberg said in his press conference after the trophy presentation: “It feels unbelievable, this is a dream-come-true week. "After the finish of last year, to be standing on the podium again and holding a trophy is unreal, it’s incredible. It was Gumberg's second DP World Tour win, just over two years on from his SDC Championship success in South Africa in March 2024. He said: “Two years ago I won my first event, I wasn’t actually a member of the Tour at that point, I was playing on sponsor invites, it was kind of a whirlwind of a change of schedule and being able to be a DP World Tour player. “The first year was kind of me learning the ropes and learning the golf courses, and it took a while. There’s a big learning curve – I mean, these guys are good! Every player in this field is a hell of a player and can win." The leaders both started with birdies on Sunday, as playing partner Dylan Frittelli made a bogey to immediately fall three shots behind. Gumberg gave the shot back at the third but then birdied the par-five sixth to return to 18 under. Campillo was briefly ahead again after a birdie at the eighth but then bogeyed the next two. A four-over-par front nine ended Frittelli's challenge but Gumberg marched on with a birdie at the 11th, Campillo responding at the next two cut the gap back to one. Marcus Armitage picked up a birdie at the 12th, his fourth of the day, to reach 16 under and third place on his own, while Adrian Otaegui set the clubhouse target at 15 under with a bogey-free 64, featuring an eagle at the 12th in addition to six birdies. Home favourite Wenyi Ding was one shot off the lead after an outward nine of 33, but then made three double-bogeys in four holes to drop back into the pack. More problems were to be found after the turn in general, with Ugo Coussaud mixing three birdies and four bogeys in an adventurous back nine. Three straight pars for both of the leaders set up a duel over the final three holes and as birdie putts continually refused to drop, their scores remained unchanged as Gumberg safely closed out the win with a well-judged up-and-down at the last. “Jorge played unbelievably," he said. "He was hitting some amazing shots down the stretch, definitely applying the pressure to me. “I felt that pressure but we just said, ‘keep doing our own thing, keep our head down and keep going, and it’ll all work out how it’s going to work out and there’s nothing we can do to change that’. “So he played unbelievably. And so did Dylan too, he had a rough day today but from the first tee onwards it was pressure and ‘go time’. “Every time I hit a good shot, they hit a good shot. Every time I made a good putt, they made a good putt. So it was a nail-biter to the end, I’m really happy I came out on top but they’re phenomenal players and I expect to see them in this situation very soon.” "After the finish of last year, to be standing on the podium again and holding a trophy is unreal, it’s incredible. Gumberg was thankful to his support network of wife Luka, who celebrated with him on the 18th green, and caddie Ethan Marcus. “I have my best friend on the bag, Ethan, who keeps me in it, and my wife as well, every week she’s so, so helpful, being out here and just handling everything that I don’t have to worry about.” A closing bogey denied 17-year-old Chinese star Yanhan Zhou a fourth successive 68 but he still shared third place on 15 under with Armitage and Otaegui. Thriston Lawrence, Euan Walker and Daniel Rodrigues shared sixth place on 14 under with Yuto Katsuragawa, Andy Sullivan, Eddie Pepperell and Martin Couvra a further shot back. Article from DP World Tour website

Yanhan Zhou was proud after finishing in a sensational tie for third place on home soil at the 2026 Hainan Classic presented by MAEXTRO. Zhou, aged just 17, finished 15 under par after he followed up three successive 68s with a final round of 69 at Mission Hills. That left him tied with previous DP World Tour winners Adrian Otaegui and Marcus Armitage and behind only winner Jordan Gumberg and runner-up Jorge Campillo. "I'm very proud," he said. "I never thought I'd come in the top five this week. "I just wanted to do my best, there's a lot of my friends coming here and family coming here, I just want to do my best and just let it go." A closing bogey denied him a fourth straight 68 but Zhou nonetheless received the prize for the leading Chinese player. He was grateful for the support of the home fans, with several oversized cutouts of his face seen behind the tee boxes along the way. "They were cheering when I made birdie or I made par, which encouraged me a lot," he said. "I just wanted to focus on every shot, every hole, and it was a good result. "When you play outside (of China), for me there's not a lot of spectators to watch me. For this week, they really encouraged me a lot." The result swelled Zhou's bank account by the small matter of just over 114,000 euros - equivalent to almost 912,000 Chinese Yuan - lifted him to 73rd on the Race to Dubai Rankings delivered by DP World and offered encouragement for his next outing on the DP World Tour next month. "This will give me very much confidence to play well for the next events," he said. "I'm very much looking forward to playing the Volvo China Open." Article from DP World Tour website

Jordan Gumberg finished his first round with five straight birdies to lead the 2026 Hainan Classic presented by MAEXTRO. The American was in the chasing pack at three under par after he dropped a shot at the fourth, his 13th hole - but took full advantage of the remaining five to reach eight under par, one shot ahead of Spaniard Jorge Campillo at Mission Hills. Gumberg turned in 33 after birdies at the 12th, 17th and 18th on the Blackstone Course - the tournament's traditional home, before reverting to a two-course set-up this year. He added another at the third before his one dropped shot proved the prelude to that dramatic finishing burst. He said: "I just got the putter rolling. It’s been a little while since I’ve had the putter actually go my way. I made a little switch in that break area, going back to a short putter, and I just have a lot of confidence in it right now. It’s feeling good. "I kind of didn’t even realise it, to be honest with you. I knew I birdied two in a row and was kind of just plugging along, and just kept hitting good shots. I didn’t really realise it was five in a row, not that that makes a difference, but it was nice to see it on the card for sure. "It’s always great to be in a good spot after Thursday. You’ve just got to keep your head down and keep going. It’s a long golf tournament, there are still three rounds left and we play a different golf course tomorrow, so it will be interesting." Campillo made back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth holes and another at the ninth to turn in 35, three under par for the long front nine on the Vintage Course. A run of four straight birdies from the 11th saw him surge to the head of the field and though he bogeyed the 15th, he bounced straight back with an eighth birdie of the day at the next. He said: “It was good, I played quite solid. I hardly missed any shots besides the hole that I made bogey, I hit the bunker and I got a bad lie there, but besides that I played very solid. “I made a few putts and not very many. It was very nice. “I hit my irons very good, driver was in play all the time. I think everything was good. I think my irons were phenomenal, I would say.” “I got easy birdies on three and four which helped the round. I missed quite a few birdies in the front nine, and the back nine it was much better. “I putted good and I was able to finish with two pars in the last two hole, which are really tough.” The two-course set-up is a new innovation for this tournament, with last year's maiden co-sanctioned event hosted solely on the Blackstone Course. Campillo said of the Vintage Course: “It's nice. It's quite entertaining to play actually. I enjoy it a lot. “If I have to play one of the two, I'd probably play Vintage. It's very entertaining, tricky greens. It's a little short but it's very fun to play really.” Home favourite Wenyi Ding had two eagles in his 66 on the Vintage Course, one at the 12th to leave him three under through three holes having started on the back nine and then another at the third. Three birdies and a single bogey completed an impressive 66. Jason Scrivener matched that score, with six birdies in a bogey-free round, as did Dylan Frittelli with seven birdies and a bogey. Thriston Lawrence had eight birdies and two bogeys - both on par-fives - on the Blackstone Course, where Aaron Cockerill also shot 66 with seven birdies and a bogey. Martin Couvra and Taehoon Ok shared eighth place on five under while 17-year-old Chinese player Yanhan Zhou was one of ten players at four under.