PEBBLE BEACH, California – Joey Stills broke through for his first career victory on the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour, capturing the Cisco Invitational at Pebble Beach with a composed final-round performance Thursday on one of golf’s most iconic courses.
Stills, 28, from Orlando, Florida, posted a 71-70-71—212 at Spyglass Hill Golf Course to finish at 4-under par and one stroke ahead of Marcus Byrd and Luis Gagne. The win marked a career milestone for Stills, who earned his first APGA Tour title in his seventh season on the APGA.
“It feels so crazy,” Stills said, as the emotions surrounding his first APGA victory clearly came over him. “I have been on this tour for about seven years now, and I have been working really, really hard to get here. I can’t even tell you how I feel right now. I feel so ecstatic, I feel so happy and I’m really honored.
“I don’t want to get emotional, but I have really tried to become the best person that I can as a golfer, and I have learned so much through this tour. I can’t tell you all the times that I have been close. I’ve done so much just to get where I am to make a check. I’m just really, really excited.”
Stills finished runner-up at the 2023 Farmers Insurance Invitational and T2 at the 2024 APGA Two-Man Classic.
With his victory, Stills earned 700 points toward the APGA’s Jeff Dailey standings and a $50,000 winner’s prize from a $150,000 purse – tied for the second-largest purse and winner’s share on the APGA Tour this season.
After the opening round, Byrd and Gagne shared the lead at 4-under 68, while Stills lurked three strokes off the lead. Byrd took sole possession of the lead after a second-round 69 and entered Thursday’s final round with a comfortable four-stroke lead.
As Byrd faltered Thursday, Stills maintained his steady play and got himself in position to win. Birdies on the first, seventh and 14thholes were enough to propel him to victory.
“I started out really well – I hit it down the middle on No. 1, which is a weird tee shot,” Stills explained. “I have been blowing it in the trees the last two days. But I felt that I had a rhythm today and I could control the golf ball really well. I have been putting really well this week, so I knew that if I could just keep it in front of me and be as brave as possible, I knew I could just go. Honestly, I didn’t even look at the leaderboard. I didn’t know my putt on the last hole meant that much.”
Since joining the APGA Tour in 2019, Stills has become a model of perseverance and consistency, collecting six top-five finishes and four additional top-10s before breaking through this week. A graduate of the University of West Florida, Stills represents the next wave of emerging talent committed to advancing inclusion within the game of golf.
With his victory at Pebble Beach, Stills strengthened his position in the APGA’s season-long Jeff Dailey standings, moving into the top 10 with two tournaments to play in the 2025 season. Byrd, an eight-time APGA winner, has won twice this season and entered Pebble Beach leading the Jeff Dailey standings. Gagne, third in the standings entering the week, has a win and three runner-up finishes this season.
Full results from the Cisco Invitational at Pebble Beach can be found here.
The Cisco Invitational’s exclusive 20-player field was comprised of the top 18 golfers in the final 2025 Cisco Cup standings who accepted invitations along with the top two amateur golfers in the Cisco Junior Series standings – high school students Tye Treadwell (No. 296 American Junior Golf Association ranking), of Omaha, Nebraska, and Isaac Diaz (No. 478 AJGA ranking), of Del Rio, Texas.
The APGA Tour travels to Bradenton, Florida for its 15th tournament of the year at the Billy Horschel Invitational Presented by Cisco (October 20-22 at The Concession Golf Club). The 2025 APGA season runs through November with 16 tournaments from coast to coast.
About the APGA Tour
The APGA Tour was established in 2010 as a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring an inclusive future through the game of golf. The APGA Tour Board of Directors works diligently to accomplish this by hosting and operating professional golf tournaments, player development programs, mentoring programs, and by introducing the game to inner city young people. In addition to conducting 16 tournaments awarding more than $1 million in prize and bonus money, the APGA has organized a Player Development Program to aid golfers as they work to chase their professional golf goals.
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