Aidan Thomas defeated Jhared Hack by one shot to win the 2025 New Mexico Open in his first professional start.
The 2025 New Mexico Open was played at Turtleback Mountain Golf and Resort in Elephant Butte, NM. This event will be hosted at this course through 2027. The golf course played just over 7,300 yards as a par 72. The New Mexico Open has been played since 1954 and has some notable winners like Lee Trevino and Notah Begay III.
The field included four-time PGA Tour winner Begay III, two-time PGA Tour winner Matt Every and former PGA Tour player and current caddie of Sungjae Im, Will Wilcox. The apparel company Every co-founded, Live Forever Golf, was the official apparel partner of the 2025 New Mexico Open. The $100,000 purse pushed the 2025 New Mexico Open into the top 10 of PGA Section Tournaments in the United States based on total purse.
Ryan Sullivan led after the first round at 8-under. He was at 11-under after the first 14 holes after making seven birdies and two eagles, but a bogey on the 15th hole and double bogey on the 18th hole caused him to slip. Zac Jones and Alejandro Armijo were tied for second at 6-under.
Thomas took the lead after two rounds at 12-under. He shot 8-under during the second round to tie the lowest round of the day. His round included seven birdies, one eagle and one bogey. Brian Stark was in second place at 10-under after shooting rounds of 69 (-3) and 65 (-7) in the opening two rounds. First round leader Sullivan shot a round of even par to sit four shots back of the leader. Players who shot 4-over or more were cut after the second round.
Stark tied Thomas atop the leaderboard after Thomas bogeyed the 12th hole. But Thomas bounced back with birdies on the 13th and 14th holes to regain his two-shot lead. Stark fell out of contention with a bogey on the 16th hole. Hack got to 12-under but bogeys on the 16th and 18th left him one shot back of the leader despite a hole-in-one on the 17th. Devin Miertschin also made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole during his third round on Wednesday.
Thomas needed to two-putt from over 20 feet to secure his first career win in his first professional start. He lagged his putt up right next to the hole and tapped in for bogey, finishing at 13-under for the tournament.
