Dou Zecheng hoists the trophy after winning the final round of The Ascendant presented by Blue at TPC Colorado on July 3, 2022 in Berthoud, Colorado. Photo: VCG

Chinese golfer Dou ­Zecheng has won his third career championship and first since 2019 as the Korn Ferry Tour wrapped up in Colorado, the US on Sunday. 

Following in the success of the 25-year-old Chinese golfer was his teammate Yuan Yechun who came second in the competition. It was the first time Chinese players had taken the top two spots in the Korn Ferry Tour's history. 

In the Sunday game's final round, Dou hit a five-under-par 67, and eventually won the title with 271 shots (69-67-68-67). He became the fourth Asian player to obtain a PGA Tour card for next season. 

"The first year I got there, I kind of felt I wasn't ready. But it's been three years now from that time, and I do feel like all parts of my game are set for the big Tour," Dou noted to media. 

"It feels real now." 

Yuan also performed well in Sunday's game, falling behind Dou by just one stroke, and coming in second with a total score of 272 (71-70-64-67). This season, runner-up finishes have done much to consolidate Yuan's top position at the Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List. 

Behind Yuan, Dou is ranked second on the list with a season total of 1,207 points. 

"I just feel more confident in every situation, Leading or a couple behind, I know I can play good," Dou said to media. 

After turning professional at the age of 17, Dou embarked on PGA Tour China in 2014. In 2016, he won four times on the Tour, gaining the Order of Merit. 

Meanwhile, Li Haotong emerged victorious at the BMW International Open on June 26 in Munich, Germany, giving Chinese players two top-spot finishes in two weeks. 

The win was extremely precious to the golfer, as it was the first he had made in four years. 

"No one knows how much I've gone through over the last couple of years," Li said to media. 

"Somehow, I thought that I would make that putt. I don't know how I made that stroke, how the ball went in the hole, because at the end of the day the greens were very bumpy. You just never know," said Li, after clinching the Munich game with a top-notch birdie putt.