MOBILE, Alabama (April 1, 2025) – After enduring a five-hour rain delay during the first round, San Antonio, Texas native Michael Bradham tapped in for par on the fourth playoff hole Tuesday to secure his second career APGA Tour victory over three-time U.S. Open participant Luis Gagne at the APGA at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Alabama.
Bradham, one of golf’s tallest players at nearly 6-foot-7, carded a six-under-par 65 in the second and final round to catch Costa Rican native Gagne and force a playoff.
After both players made sudden-death birdies on the 18th hole followed by two consecutive pars, Bradham chipped his third shot from just off the third green to within a foot of the cup. Gagne, who finished as a runner up for the second time in three APGA starts this season, left his first putt five feet from the hole. After Bradham tapped in for par, he secured the seesaw clash when Gagne’s second putt rolled past the cup.
“My heart was not inside my body, and I couldn’t feel my hands for a little bit,” said an emotional Bradham, who received the 2024 APGA Adrian Stills Award for the golfer who best embodies the qualities of character, sportsmanship, courage and giving back to the game and community. “I am excited that I got it done again and didn’t think about winning while I was playing.”
Bradham, who turned 37 on March 11, earned a $7,500 winner’s prize from a $25,000 overall purse and 500 APGA Tour points. The tournament, which featured a 46-player field, traveled to Alabama for the first time in the APGA Tour’s 15-year history.
After shooting a 2-under 69 in the opening round, Bradham, a father of three, recorded six birdies during regulation play Tuesday to keep pace with Gagne and send the tournament into sudden death. Bradham, who returned to golf in 2019 following a stint as a project manager at a West Palm Beach, Florida, architectural firm, credited hitting all but three greens and stellar putting in the second round with securing his first APGA victory since the 2022 Farmers Insurance Fall Series Finale.
“My putter got hot at hole five and I started pouring putts in from everywhere, said Bradham, who earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture and three SAWC All-Conference honors in golf at Prairie View A & M. “From the first to the final playoff hole, I focused on my breathing, staying in the process, and not focusing on the outcome. This is a good win and sets the tone for the rest of the year.”
The APGA is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring an inclusive future through the game of golf. The APGA Tour will next travel to the Sunshine State for its next 36-hole tournament, the APGA at Port St. Lucie. It will be played at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida, from May 18-20. The 2025 APGA season runs through November with 17 tournaments from coast to coast.
