VICTOR, N.Y. (FLX) — The 2025 season came to a close under sunny skies and unforgiving slopes of Ravenwood Golf Course on Saturday, October 4.

48 youngsters entered the competition — a record turnout for an FLX Tour event — with the first group teeing off just before 12 p.m. After many drops, shanks, tops, and slices, the cream eventually rose to the top.

“Uncle Chris” Miers, the 2024 FLX Cup Champion and 2023 Young Man of the Year, came out on top with a net score 69, taking home the $575 and a slick new trophy (except I still have the trophy in my dining room because … reasons.”

“Uncle Chris, you life is about to change forever, again,” FLX Tour Co-Commissioner Matt Driffill said.

Alex ‘Dooley’ Mikalajo had a chance win his first major, but an unfortunate sequence of events on 18 landed the young man in second place, followed by Tom Dieure in third place rounding out the podium.

This was the second FLX Cup victory for Uncle Chris’ as the standout ascends the Tour’s GOAT rankings, but he wasn’t the only winner that day.

FLX Tour Co-Commissioner Shane Driffill shot a net 72, good for a T4, securing him enough points throughought the 2025 campaign to earn the distinguished Danny Ott Young Man of the Year Award.

“He’s a young man,” Matt Driffill said. “He was firing triple digits this spring with his handi in the mid-20s. I was very concerned to be honest, and even though it’s bittersweet to have let that opportunity slip through my fingers, I’m proud of and happy for him.”

“They can never take this away from me,” Shane said.

No they can’t, and they also can’t take away a full season of surprises, standouts, and smiles. As we close this chapter on the fourth season of FLX Tour history, it’s hard not to get sentimental about this thing we’re doing. Turning a hobby into a community is special work, and kudos to all involved, whether you’re a returning champ or a rookie you are appreciated, and we look forward to teeing it up with you next year.

Although, the golf season ain’t over just yet. 14 Tour pros are set to compete against a rival team (Jobson and his buddy) Sunday at Greystone in the (terribly named) Rochester Cup. We hope to make you proud.

And, of course, the banquet. We got some slush fund dollars to spend and we want to spend it on you. Stay tuned for a date and location (Shamrock Jack’s almost definitely), where we can get together, have some snacks and drinks, hand out some awards, and say a few words. Nice time.

57 of you teed it up with us this year. Maybe we’re at capacity, maybe we’ll continue to #GrowTheGame. We don’t know. All we know is that we love this game; it’s an honor and a privilege to play it.

— Shoutout to Zach Stedman with a shot of the year candidate on hole 18, chipping the ball from the wedding reception for a tap in. Special

— Shoutout to Donut Guy/Cookie Guy/DSI Op./ Jesse Cramer; who made a special appearance at the course with his daugher, handing out treats and smiles. We’re a family organization.

— Shoutout to Dooley. Kid played his heart out this tournament and all season long. Missed a chance for history, but we all know he’s a winner and is an owner of one of the all-time highest fun meters.

2025 FLX Cup results

Rank	Tour Pro	Net Score	YMOTY Points
1	Chris Miers	69	48
2	Alex ‘Dooley’ Mikalajo	70	47
3	Tom Dieure	71	46
T4	Chad Christ	72	45
T4	Shane Driffill	72	45
T4	Shane Partiss	72	45
T7	James Franz	73	42
T7	Dom Trento	73	42
8	Mike Petote	74	40
T9	Joe Mortillaro	75	39
T9	Chuck Pace	75	39
T9	Nico Mattle	75	39
T12	Danny Driffill	76	36
T12	Brandon Moynihan	76	36
T12	Ryan Netchke	76	36
T12	Jasson Jobson	76	36
16	Jon Thorpe	79	32
T17	Chris Trento	80	31
T17	Mike Mortillaro	80	31
T17	Scott Stedman	80	31
T17	Ben Annal	80	31
T21	Tim Dorsheimer	81	27
T21	Josh Valletta	81	27
T21	John Laganello	81	27
T21	Kyle Pierce	81	27
T25	Zach Stedman	82	23
T25	Mike DiMuro	82	23
T25	Jarred Shrader	82	23
T28	Matthew Driffill	83	20
T28	Dan Driffill Sr	83	20
T30	Patrick Moynihan	84	18
T30	Ryan Wirth	84	18
T32	Dan Riesenberger	86	16
T32	Lou Englert	86	16
T32	Eric Spanbeur	86	16
35	Jeff Reyes	87	13
T36	Boston Siwiec	88	12
T36	Nick Hawes	88	12
T36	Mike Petote	88	12
39	Sean Sawyer	89	9
T40	Brandon Burris	92	8
T40	Nick Kozak	92	8
42	Kevin Moynihan	93	6
T43	Nathan Wirth	94	5
T43	Brier Koroly	94	5
T45	Kenny Rogers	95	3
T45	Alex Wrth	95	3
47	Mike Converse	98	1
48	Josh Kowalski	99	0

2025 Young Man of the Year standings

Rank	Tour Pro	YMOTY Points
1	Shane Driffill	125
2	Alex ‘Dooley’ Mikalajo	123
3	Chad Christ	122
4	Danny Driffill	112
5	Ryan Netchke	111
T6	Dan Driffill Sr.	110
T6	Chris Miers	110
8	Mike Petote	106
9	Scott Stedman	103
T10	Matt Driffill	100
T10	Tim Dorsheimer	100
T12	Brandon Moynihan	96
T12	Tom Dieure	96
T12	Shane Partiss	96
15	Eric Spanbauer	90
16	Nico Mattle	89
T17	Kyle Pierce	88
T17	Mike Mortillaro	88
19	Jonathon Thorpe	86
20	Zach Steadman	82
T21	Nick Kozak	81
T21	Sean Sawyer	81
T21	Joe Mortillaro	81
24	Ben Annal	79
25	Dom Trento	78
26	Boston Siwiec	77
27	Mykola Prokopenko	76
28	Ryan Wirth	73
29	Chuck Pace	70
30	Lou Englert	66
31	Mike DiMuro	65
32	Nick Hawes	64
33	Patrick Moynihan	62
T34	Dan Graves	61
T34	Jarred Schrader	61
T36	Dan Riesenberger	60
T36	Jimmy Franz	60
38	Josh Valletta	57
39	Jasson Jobson	56
40	Brier Koroly	52
41	John Laganello	51
42	Nathan Wirth	49
43	Josh Kowalski	43
T44	Vaughn Rowell	39
T44	Evan Santiago	39
46	Brandon Burris	34
47	Brendan Milward	32
48	Chris Trento	31
49	Gene Ferrera	22
50	Kevin Moynihan	16
51	Jeff Reyes	13
52	Kenny Rogers	12
53	Michael Converse	10
T54	Todd Horne	8
T54	Steve Nally	8
T55	Jesse Cramer	8
57	Alex Wrth	4
58	Victor Sanchez Jr.	2