After finding a penalty area with his tee shot on the 72nd hole and taking a penalty drop, Emiliano Grillo (Winner/-8) made double bogey to fall to 8-under and waited before defeating Adam Schenk in a sudden-death playoff at Charles Schwab Chellenge.
In his 206th PGA TOUR start at the age of 30 years, 8 months, 14 days, won second PGA TOUR title almost eight years after his first.
Related: Adam Schenk, Harry Hall in close contest at Charles Schwab
Span between his first PGA TOUR victory, which occurred in his rookie season at the 2015 Fortinet Championship, and his Charles Schwab Challenge win is 7 years, 7 months, 10 days (2,779 days); marks the second-longest victory drought snapped this season (Chris Kirk/The Honda Classic/7 years, 9 months, 2 days).
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Both victories have come in sudden-death playoffs (defeated Kevin Na on second extra hole at 2015 Fortinet Championship).
272 (-8) total marks highest winning score at this event since 1999 (Olin Browne/272).
Joins Roberto De Vicenzo (1957) as the only players from Argentina to win the Charles Schwab Challenge; marks the 13th time an international player wins this event and first since England’s Justin Rose (2018).
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Is one of six players to win on PGA TOUR Latinoamerica (2014 VISA Open de Argentina), Korn Ferry Tour (2015 Korn Ferry Tour Championship) and PGA TOUR (2015 Fortinet Championship, 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge).
Made seven cuts in eight starts at the Charles Schwab Challenge, including 2023 victory and two additional top-10s (3rd/2018, T8/2021).
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Owns five top-10s in 20 TOUR starts this season (T5/Sanderson Farms Championship, 4th/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, T7/RBC Heritage, T5/Mexico Open at Vidanta, Win/Charles Schwab Challenge).
Was a member of the International Team at the 2017 Presidents Cup after being selected by Nick Price as a captain’s pick.
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Adam Schenk (2nd/-8), improved his eventual finish position in each TOUR event where he has held the 54-hole lead/co-lead (4th/2021 Barracuda Championship, T3/2021 Shriners Children’s Open, 2nd/2023 Valspar Championship, playoff defeat/2023 Charles Schwab Challenge); was bogey-free on the back nine this week until bogeys on Nos. 10 and 13 in the final round.
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World No. 1 and 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge runner-up Scottie Scheffler (T3/-7) made a hole-in-one at No. 8 with a 7-iron from 189 yards for the second ace of the tournament this week (Harris English/No. 8/R2) and his second ace on TOUR (2014 AT&T Byron Nelson/R3/No. 2); leads in top-10 finishes on TOUR this season (11) and has finished T12 or better in each of his last 14 starts on TOUR.
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Harry Hall (T3/-7) began the final round with back-to-back birdies, as he did in the opening round, but made no additional birdies; with five bogeys, including one on the final hole after finding the penalty area off the tee, he missed the playoff by one stroke while seeking his first PGA TOUR title in his 26th start at the age of 25; held at least a share of the 18-, 36- and 54-hole leads this week.
Defending Charles Schwab Challenge champion Sam Burns (T6/-5) birdied his final two holes to earn his fifth top-10 this season and 27th top-10 on TOUR.