Alvaro Ortiz fired a final-round 63 to win the Simmons Bank Open by four shots, breaking the tournament scoring record at 26-under par.
Alvaro Ortiz didn’t just win the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation on Sunday. He turned the final nine holes into a statement.
Ortiz closed with a 7-under 63 at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tennessee, pulling away from Sandy Scott to win by four strokes at 26-under 254. The victory was Ortiz’s second of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season and moved the 30-year-old to No. 5 on the season-long points list.
The decisive stretch came after Ortiz and Scott entered the final round tied for the lead.
Ortiz caught fire on the back nine, shooting 5-under 30 and making six birdies over his final 10 holes. Scott couldn’t match the surge and settled for second place at 22-under.
Ortiz’s 254 total also rewrote the tournament record book. He broke the previous 72-hole Simmons Bank Open scoring mark of 257, set by Zach Bauchou in 2025, while tying the fourth-lowest 72-hole score in Korn Ferry Tour history.
His week was packed with low numbers.
Ortiz shot a 9-under 61 in the second round, matching both his career-low Korn Ferry Tour round and the tournament’s 18-hole scoring record. He played the final 54 holes in 21-under 189 and finished the tournament with 31 birdies, tying for the fourth-most in a 72-hole event in Tour history.
The four-shot victory was also the largest winning margin in Simmons Bank Open history.
Ortiz has now converted two of his three career 54-hole leads or co-leads on the Korn Ferry Tour into victories. Through 22 starts this season, he owns two wins and three top-10 finishes.
Scott still left Tennessee with a significant result. His runner-up finish was the best of his Korn Ferry Tour career and moved him to No. 13 on the points list.
The tournament also opened the four-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals, where positioning becomes increasingly important. Lanto Griffin made one of the week’s biggest moves, jumping from No. 149 to No. 86 after tying for third at 21-under. Joshua Creel also climbed inside the top 132, moving from No. 134 to No. 114.
But Sunday belonged to Ortiz, whose closing charge turned a tight final-round battle into one of the most dominant finishes the event has seen.
