Ben Griffin gained his first particular person PGA Tour victory on the Charles Schwab Problem, beating Matti Schmid by one shot at Colonial.
Schmid compelled Griffin to make a four-foot par putt on the 72nd gap after his chip from the deep tough behind the inexperienced went in for birdie.
Griffin saved par from the tough for a one-over 71 and a 12-under complete, standing within the bunker whereas choking approach down on the membership on his chip. Schmid shot 72 and ended on 11 underneath.
Griffin and Schmid, the 27-year-old German in search of his first tour win in his 79th begin, had matching scores every of the primary three days.
Schmid surged in entrance early within the third spherical, taking a three-shot lead.
Griffin had a five-shot edge after simply 5 holes within the remaining spherical, and at last let Schmid get inside a stroke with a two-shot swing at 16 earlier than getting the lead again to 2 with a gap to play.
Scottie Scheffler, the world No 1 and hometown favorite who gained the PGA Championship final week, could not match his Saturday surge from 10 pictures again. The three-time main winner started the day six pictures again, however had two birdies and a bogey in a 69 to complete eight underneath.
Scheffler fell wanting changing into the primary to win three consecutive begins since Dustin Johnson eight years in the past, and simply missed a fourth consecutive 12 months of ending within the high three at Colonial. He tied for fourth, one shot behind Bud Cauley, who shot 67.
Rickie Fowler by no means threatened the co-leaders after beginning slowly and ending his fading hopes with a seven on the par-five eleventh.
Fowler, who entered ranked 127th after being within the high 25 as lately as early 2024, shot 74.
The 29-year-old Griffin teamed with Andrew Novak, who completed six underneath at Colonial, for the victory on the Zurich Traditional in New Orleans final month. They left openings for others, simply as Griffin did Sunday.
Griffin and Schmid took a four-shot lead into the ultimate spherical, and stayed 1-2 regardless of each ending over par for the day. Schmid had six bogeys and a double bogey to go along with six birdies, whereas Griffin had 4 bogeys after opening with an eagle and a birdie.
Tommy Fleetwood shot 31 on the entrance 9 to get into rivalry, misplaced the momentum with a bogey at 11 after which had one of many match highlights along with his remaining stroke.
Fleetwood’s birdie putt on 18 stopped on the lip of the cup, and he waited virtually 30 seconds hoping the gusting wind would push the ball into the opening. Nature obliged.
Fleetwood shot 68 to tie Scheffler in his forty first top-10 end on the PGA Tour, essentially the most by a participant with out a victory since 1983.
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