Trey Mullinax (1st/-25) birdied the 72nd hole to win his first PGA TOUR title in his 106th start this week at the Barbasol Championship.
The winning margin has been one stroke or less in all but one of seven Barbasol Championships (2015/3 strokes).
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Mullinax played a blemish-free back nine, including a final-hole birdie from 15 feet to shoot 6-under 66 for his first PGA TOUR victory in his 106th start at 30 years, 11 days.
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After making birdie on the final hole, he watched Kevin Streelman miss a birdie attempt from nine feet that would have forced a playoff.
Won 300 FedExCup points, is fully exempt on PGA TOUR and DP World Tour through the end of 2024 and earns a spot in this week’s Open Championship at St. Andrews, a championship he has never played.
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Mullinax earns starts in the Sentry Tournament of Champions, THE PLAYERS, the PGA Championship and multiple Invitational events in 2023.
Joined Grayson Murray (2017) as second player to make Barbasol Championship their first TOUR title.
Became 11th first-time winner this season and first since Matt Fitzpatrick (U.S. Open).
His previous-best result was T2 at the 2018 Valero Texas Open; T4 at Sanderson Farms Championship was his lone top-10 in 23 prior starts this season.
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Played three seasons on the PGA TOUR (rookie season: 2016-17) before being placed on a minor medical exemption to start the 2019-20 season after an errant shot during the 2019 Charles Schwab Challenge pro-am led to a series of medical issues.
Regained his TOUR card for the 2021-22 season by finishing in the top 50 on the Korn Ferry Tour after a win (his second on the Korn Ferry Tour) at the Orange County National Championship in 2020.
Making his first appearance at the Barbasol Championship, Kevin Streelman (2nd/-24) missed a 5-foot par putt at 16 before making a 9-foot birdie putt at 17; missed 9-foot birdie putt at 18 which would have forced a playoff.
Earned his 50th top-10 of his career; was seeking his third TOUR title and first since 2014 Travelers Championship, where he birdied the final seven holes to claim the title.
In his fourth appearance at the Barbasol Championship, Mark Hubbard (3rd/-22) has improved his position each time (MC/2015, T42/2017, T20/2021, 3rd/2022). His 7-under 65 marked the low round of the day and one of five bogey-free final rounds; claimed second top-3 finish of his TOUR career (T2/2019 Houston Open)
First-round leader Adam Svensson (6th/-19) posted his third top-10 this season and his best finish on TOUR (T7/Sony Open in Hawaii, T9/The Honda Classic); climbs to No. 88 in the FedExCup while attempting to reach the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time in his career.
