Florida pro headed to PGA Championship again after remarkable bounce-back effort
BANDON, Ore. — It's not uncommon for golfers to shoot a great score one day and struggle immensely the next. Golf is certainly a bipolar game, but Tyler Collet took that to the next level at the 2026 PGA Professional Championship at Bandon Dunes this week.
Collet, the defending champion, opened with scores of 2-under 70 on the Bandon Dunes course and 3-under 68 on the Pacific Dunes course to put himself firmly in contention entering the last two rounds of the event. He had his sights set on another title and, at the very least, a top-20 finish and a ticket to the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club next month. That was until Collet imploded in the third round to the tune of a 9-over 81, plummeting more than 40 spots down the leaderboard.
Suddenly, with one round to go, he needed to fire a low score to have any hopes of making a fifth major championship appearance. He did exactly that. Collet shot 5-under 31 on the front nine, making three birdies and an eagle at the par-4 eighth.
"The last couple days we'd hit hybrid off [No. 8] tee just to kind of put ourselves back and have a full shot in," Collet said. "But I looked at my caddie and said, 'Let's just bust driver up there.
It's a good pin, we can get a better angle if we push it up there. ' He said 'Just commit to it. ' I hit a good one.