Palmer Jackson captured his first professional title with a commanding six-shot victory at the Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge on the HotelPlanner Tour, held at Golf Resort Kaskáda in Brno, Czech Republic.
The 24-year-old American produced a brilliant final-round 64 (-7) to finish at 21 under par, pulling away from the field to seal a comfortable win over Matthew Cheung (Hong Kong) and Tobias Jonsson (Sweden), who tied for second on 15 under.
Jackson began Sunday’s round tied for the lead with England’s Joshua Berry but quickly surged ahead with three birdies in his first four holes. Despite a bogey on the 5th, he responded with an eagle on the par-4 seventh, followed by more birdies to take full control of the leaderboard. He closed with a confident back nine to seal the win.
“I didn’t let myself feel anything until the last putt dropped,” Jackson said. “It’s one of the best feelings of my life. I just focused on getting to 20 under, and that was my goal.”
Arriving in Brno after missing cuts in his previous two starts, Jackson’s win marks a massive turnaround. The victory vaults him 142 places up the Road to Mallorca Rankings, landing at 15th, putting him in strong contention for DP World Tour promotion.
“This week really exceeded my expectations,” he said. “It’s Father’s Day in the U.S., and my mom—who’s battling health issues—asked me to win one for her. I’m so happy I could.”
Cheung and Jonsson finished joint second, with Czech Filip Mruzek taking solo fourth at -14. Christian Jacobsen, Sebastian Garcia, and Will Enefer shared fifth at -13.
Elsewhere, two-time winner Renato Paratore moved to the top of the Road to Mallorca Rankings with a top-30 finish, overtaking Daniel van Tonder. Despite a final-round 74, Joshua Berry remains third in the standings.
About the HotelPlanner Tour
The HotelPlanner Tour, formerly the Challenge Tour, had its first official season in 1989, and has developed into a proven training ground, where the champions-in-waiting compete across the globe for a place on the DP World Tour.
Many players who have progressed from the HotelPlanner Tour have gone on to become Major Champions – including Justin Rose, Matt Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka – and Ryder Cup stars, such as Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre, Nicolai Højgaard and Tyrrell Hatton.
Using its vast international schedule and relationships with golf federations and PGAs, the HotelPlanner Tour is widely accessible to professionals from across the globe, giving players from developing golfing nations the opportunity to test their skill amongst some of the most talented up and coming stars in world golf.
HotelPlanner, a leading travel technology company, has been the title partner of the HotelPlanner Tour since the start of the 2025 season.
About the European Tour group
The European Tour group administers the DP World Tour, the HotelPlanner Tour, the Legends Tour and the G4D Tour and, as the Managing Partner of Ryder Cup Europe LLP, stages golf’s greatest team contest, the Ryder Cup, in partnership with the PGA of America.
The European Tour group has Strategic Partnerships with the PGA TOUR, the Sunshine Tour, the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association (CGA), the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO), the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA), and the TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India. These partnerships provide global pathways for players from across the world to compete internationally on the DP World Tour, the main men’s professional golf Tour of the European Tour group which was established in 1972, as well as the HotelPlanner Tour.
