The 2026 Breast Cancer Awareness Open at Farmington Hills Golf Course on Sunday, August 23rd had everything the Mulligan Tour’s most storied events are made of — a record chase, personal best performances, a putt that will grow with every telling, a putting green showdown, and, of course, another rookie victory . When it was over, Nancy Wright had her first Mulligan Tour win, the rookie class of 2026 had its seventh champion, and the tour had donated $500 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Some tournaments matter for the leaderboard. This one mattered for reasons that go well beyond it.
Early on, Greg Fobare was the story. Making the turn at -2 on a day when history was within reach — a sixth win would have been the most in a single Mulligan Tour season — Fobare looked every bit the part of a player about to make the record books. But Mike Attard, fresh off his Little Diablo Salsa Western Swing victory at Huntmore just two weeks prior, had his own agenda. Attard saved his best golf for the back nine, carding four of his six birdies after the turn, including a closing birdie on 18 that put him in the clubhouse at -3. The backslaps and congratulations came quickly. Fobare finished at -2 and took third. Attard, who posted a personal best gross 80 on the day, looked like a two-time winner. The tournament felt finished.
Nobody told Nancy Wright.
Wright came to the last hole — a par 3 — two strokes behind Attard after a bogey on 17 had seemingly ended her day. What she needed was an eagle. What she produced was exactly that. Her tee shot found the green, leaving her somewhere between 25 and 40 feet — depending on who you asked, and if the Mulligan Tour lore holds true, that putt will be remembered as 75 feet, downhill, with a triple break, circling the hole 360 degrees before it found the bottom of the cup. What is certain is that Nancy Wright buried the putt, made net eagle on the 18th hole, and tied Mike Attard at -3 to send the Breast Cancer Awareness Open to the putting green. It was the kind of finish that Farmington Hills Golf Course will be talking about for years. Both players had posted personal best gross scores. Only one was going to walk away with the trophy.
In the four-hole aggregate putt-off, Wright seized control on the third hole and never relinquished it, outlasting Attard to claim her first Mulligan Tour victory. Chase Keilitz, Paul Parent, and Mike Thacker all tied for fourth at net 72 (+1), splitting $8 apiece. Steven Laing and Chuck Withey shared seventh at net 73 (+2) for $3.50 each, with Chris Dunmore ninth at net 74 (+3) for $2. On the challenge holes, Rod Theunissen claimed the CTP at hole 13, and Nancy Hiestand took the women’s CTP at hole 5.
The victory belongs to Wright, but the day belonged to something larger. Nancy Wright is the first woman to win the Breast Cancer Awareness Open since it was renamed from the MT Ladies Open in 2019, a distinction made all the more meaningful by what the win represented personally. A close friend of Wright’s recently rang the bell at Karmanos Cancer Institute — the signal of completing cancer treatment — and Wright dedicated her first Mulligan Tour victory to her. The tour’s $500 donation to the Susan G. Komen Foundation gave the day a purpose that no scoreboard can fully capture. The 2026 rookie class now has seven tournament winners, their 13th victory of the season — a mark that surely stands as a record in Mulligan Tour history and one that has the old guard looking over their collective shoulder heading into the Tour Championship. Nancy Wright just reminded everyone that this game, and this tour, is about more than winning. Sometimes it’s about who you win for.
