Bandon Dunes bares its teeth in third round, Phillips, Tourinho miss 54-hole cut

BANDON, Oregon (April 28, 2026) ー The Bandon Dunes course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort was certainly likely to present a difficult test. When strong, chilly, late-afternoon winds arrived on Tuesday, it did just that in the third round of the 2026 PGA Professional Championship.

Playing together in the final group, Austin Hurt (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) and Charlie Beljan (Mesa, Ariz.) weathered the challenging conditions and share a one-shot lead at 3-under-par heading into Wednesday’s finale. Hurt, the 36-hole leader, shot 5-over-par 77 while Beljan carded a 2-over-par 74.

Ben Kern (South Bloomfield, Ohio), Derek Berg (Duvall, Wash.) and Jesse Droemer (Houston, Texas) are T-3, one shot back at 2-under-par. Mark Geddes (Coronado, Calif.) is sixth at 1-under-par. Five players are T-7, three shots off the lead at even par.

Hurt, PGA Head Golf Professional at Wing Point Golf & Country Club, navigated a rollercoaster front-nine that included back-to-back bogeys on the par-3 2nd and par-5 3rd holes. He then bogeyed holes 5-6 before tallying his first birdie of the day at the par-4 7th. Going bogey-birdie on holes 8-9 closed his front-nine at 3-over.

Oklahoma pros Tracy Phillips and Andre Tourinho of Tulsa both did not survive the 54-hole cut after rounds of 77 and 82 respectively. Phillips finished at 8 over and Tourinho 9 over. The cut fell at 7 over.

72 players made the 54-hole cut at 7-over-par 222. Wednesday’s final round of the 2026 PGA Professional Championship presented by Club Car, Corebridge Financial and Rolex will be broadcast live on Golf Channel from 3-6 p.m. (PT).