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Josele Ballester and Justin Hastings each had a week to remember at the 2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld.
The duo are among college golf’s best, and they got to tee it up in Vidanta Vallarta. Ballester is the 2024 U.S. Amateur champion and Hastings captured the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship earlier this year. They each received a sponsor exemption in the Mexico Open, where they were among the best in a field full of professionals.
Hastings, a senior at San Diego State, finished at 13-under 271 for the week, good for a T-13 finish. Ballester, a senior at Arizona State, was a shot behind at 12 under, with a stellar round of 6-under 65 in the final round moving him 28 spots up the leaderboard Sunday.
This was Hastings’ second PGA Tour start, his first being a missed cut in Puerto Rico last March. For Ballester, it’s his first made cut in his third start. He missed the cut in the WM Phoenix Open earlier this month.
The duo have probably got used to seeing each other’s name recently, but for good reasons. First, they’re two of the five amateurs set to tee it up in April at the 2025 Masters. Second, they are both in the PGA Tour University rankings for the Class of 2025, with Ballester in fourth and Hastings in 15th. It’s the tightest race for a PGA Tour card yet, and their top-20 finishes in Mexico are bound to push them up the standings as the time to earn points continues to tick down.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Pair of college golfers earn top-20 finishes at Mexico Open 2025
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