This Korn Ferry golfer thought he was done. Then he made Wichita Open history
Myles Creighton thought he was out of the tournament. Then he made history.
Convinced he had no chance of making the cut, Creighton entered the back nine of his second round Friday at the Wichita Open just hoping to have some fun.
The 29-year-old Canadian was struggling to adjust to the gusty conditions at Crestview Country Club and sat at 1-over-par at the turn — well outside the projected cut of 3-under.
“I said to my caddie, ‘Well, let’s just try to have fun on the back,’” said Creighton, who was ranked 74th on the Korn Ferry Tour points list entering the week. “I was weirdly so nervous because I felt like I had no business making the cut.”
Then came the most remarkable stretch of his career.
Creighton rallied with a hole-in-one and a hole-out eagle on the back nine Friday to squeak inside the cut line. He returned Saturday and made even more magic: an 11-under round of 59, matching the course and tournament record set just two days earlier by Adrien Dumont de Chassart.
He capped the historic round with a 25-foot chip-in for birdie on No. 18.
How’s that for fun?
“That is insane,” Creighton said to himself in disbelief as he was walking off the final green.
In his last 27 holes, Creighton has racked up 14 birdies and two eagles to surge from the brink of elimination to a share of the 54-hole lead with Quade Cummins at 15-under-par. The final pairing will tee off at 12:50 p.m. Sunday.
Creighton also became the first Canadian to shoot a sub-60 round on the Korn Ferry Tour. This week marks just the second time in the tour’s 36-year history that two players have recorded rounds in the 50s at the same event.
“I didn’t feel like it was real,” Creighton said. “I just tried to carry over the momentum from Friday and play the same way — just have fun, hit shots, and see what happens.”
Creighton birdied five of the first seven holes on Saturday, and after a bogey on No. 8, bounced back with birdies on Nos. 9 and 10. He then strung together four consecutive birdies from holes 13 through 16 to put a 59 within reach.
Even after missing the green on No. 18, he believed his chip shot could drop.
“I told my caddie I should probably just putt it, because it felt like I was making everything,” Creighton joked. “I would have been an annoying guy to play with today. I still can’t believe it went in.”
The ball trickled on line and fell into the cup, prompting a celebratory fist pump and another moment of disbelief in a week that’s become unforgettable.
This story was originally published June 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM.
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