Check out the best shots of the day from Round 4 of the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship, featuring Blades Brown, Ben James, Ryan Gerard, Chris Kirk, and Denny McCarthy, among others.
The World Wide Technology Championship returns to El Cardonal at Diamante as the FedExCup Fall enters its final stretch, with defending champion Ben Griffin looking to become the first back-to-back winner since Viktor Hovland. Ryan Gerard headlines the field as its highest-ranked player, while Griffin arrives off a T4 in Mexico. With just three events left in the season, players around the top-100 bubble, including Tony Finau and Lucas Glover are under pressure to secure their PGA Tour status. Young talents Jackson Koivun, Ben James and Bl
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This video captures a high-stakes final round of a golf tournament characterized by a dramatic surge from 19-year-old Blades Brown and a fierce battle for the lead involving Denny McCarthy, Michael Kim, and Ben James. The competition culminates in a thrilling finish where precise shots and clutch putting determine the champion.
19-year-old Blades Brown in the mix.
He's at 18 under.
His second to the short par 4 on the 10th.
Yeah, with the slowish start from Ben James,
brought a lot of guys back into this tournament,
one of those being Blades Brown, and a beautiful shot there.
Blades Brown to 19 under.
He's got to take advantage of the easiest
par 4 on the golf course there,
the 10th, and that's a nice little run there.
Two birdies in his last three holes.
Chris Kirk, 148, helping Brees from left to right.
Really good line here.
Beautiful golf shot from Chris Kirk.
There's a small portion of the green there
at the front where that flag is.
Michael Kim on the tee.
He's trying to hoist something up in the air.
Trying to get it to come down as soft as possible.
Brilliant.
That is exactly how you draw it up.
Fly it just over the front, let it release down to the hole.
Beautiful golf shot.
It'll stand on the right-hand side.
Right there.
Wow, that ball did not move at all.
Hit it exactly where he was looking.
He made birdie and Ben James made bogey.
He makes this another two-shot swing.
Kirk birdies on one, four, and eight.
Pays off that wonderful wedge shot there.
Denny McCarthy for the bounce-back birdie at 11.
And look out if Denny McCarthy starts holing these,
which he has done in the past.
Michael Kim
within one.
Paying off that wonderful tee shot.
Nice little run there for Michael Kim.
Within one shot of the lead.
I like his chances here.
Ball stayed on the ground nicely.
Girard to 19 under.
You've got a sense right now that both Chris Kirk
and Ryan Gerrard feel like they really have a good opportunity.
We see their chance. McCarthy second to the 10th.
What a shot by McCarthy.
It looks like he will take advantage
of the easy par four beautifully done there.
That's a good leave in that front right bunker.
Denny McCarthy looking for his first win.
Now this is a seven iron 159 front edge.
That's really all you need.
It's just left of the hole if the distance is right.
And it is.
Oh, gorgeous. Four birdies in his last five
and about to make it five of six.
A little pitch across the green.
He'll land the ball probably a good eight to ten feet on the green.
No, he chose to go way up there and use that backstop.
That's an interesting play there.
We saw this from Ryan Gerrard
a few times yesterday playing the contours.
Perfect texture for players.
He's going to be disappointed with that.
As B.R. said, that was about as easy as it gets for a PGA Tour player.
Pretty difficult read here.
Come downhill, maybe move a little right at the end.
Walking it in.
And Gerrard now at 20 on it.
Who am I to question?
Curls
it in.
Nicely done there.
That's a good read there.
Not easy.
A little ridge, as B.R. was talking about.
Denny McCarthy to take the lead all by himself.
Making his 240th career start.
On the PGA Tour.
Coming in very high here.
Needs to go just a bit.
Oh, needed that.
Good kick forward.
Called a great kick forward.
You see the difference there.
Those balls landed about a yard apart.
Ryan Gerrard and Ben James.
Ball location all the way in the back left corner.
Tough to get the ball that far back.
Good spot to putt from here.
Going up the hill can be very aggressive.
Old head on young shoulders.
The 19-year-old within one of the lead.
Oh, yes.
Putt there for Ben James and a wonderful two.
And then there were two.
Not as easy as it gets right here up the hill.
Oh, that caught up quick.
Very disappointed with that.
As you say, just grabbed.
For Birdie and a share of the lead.
Weak chip, but makes up for it with a good putt there.
Just gently fall from his left to right the entire way.
It's a pretty easy read all in all.
Just pouring that in there. Perfect speed.
Gorgeous that for Birdie to get back.
Blades Brown at 15.
Three in a row for the 19-year-old.
Look out for Blades Brown.
One of the hardest holes on the golf course.
Could Kim Birdie this hole for the fourth straight day?
Okay.
Sit.
Watching it like it may be a little left.
There is a backstop.
Good job.
Thank you.
How good is that?
Kim, money.
And, George, you mentioned it right at the start.
It felt like Blades Brown and Michael Kim
were kind of drafting off each other,
and you can feel it right now.
A little bit downhill going from his right to left.
Huge moment, and he pulled it left.
They were close to starting on line.
James to tidy up his birdie.
Back within one, and back where he started the day.
Just even par for Ben James.
Saddle completely gets away from him.
That is an untimely three-putt
and really a soft bogey for Denny McCarthy with just a wedge.
What a shot
by Blades Brown.
That is special.
Grabs a little quicker
than he would have liked.
Must make for Michael Kim.
Up and down for Michael Kim.
What a final round.
23 under par.
Blades Brown.
On the last.
The teenage phenom with a 9 under 63 has a one-shot lead.
Way back in his stance.
But it almost looked like his right foot was in a hole
and he was forced to do that.
That is a tragic tee shot.
But just to your point, try to take well too much on.
It's an aggressive line.
Will it get there?
And it does.
What a shot for Ben James.
And he's going to have a chance.
He's going to have a really good chance.
Can the putter finally
deliver right here?
Really good contact, just right of the hole.
Asking for it, and that scoots on the green.
This is going to run for a while.
Should get all the way to the middle of the green.
How about the kid in the clutch?
Very similar spot to where
Ben James just made it from.
Will it?
And it's right on line.
What an answer from Ben James.
He will putt first.
Two gorgeous shots.
Punch, counterpunch.
Does this putter have some more magic in it?
Ben James, he would have got a really good read
and just played a tiny bit less break.
Eagle and the win.
Really close.
Red perfectly dead on line.
He taps for birdie.
Shouldn't be much for Ben James to do the same.
Over that shoulder on the right-hand side
and try to skip it back there.
That's what he's trying.
That's the catch.
It's
Brown.
James.
It took
until
the
second
goes
birdie
to get
the win.