Emiliano Grillo suffered, but achieved his second victory on the PGA TOUR

The Argentine defeated Adam Schenk in a tie-breaker to win the Charles Schwab Challenge title.

After double-bogeying the final hole and giving up a two-shot lead, Emiliano Grillo was able to birdie the second playoff hole and win the Charles Schwab Challenge title, played on the historic Colonial Country Club course. , in Fort Worth , Texas.

It was Grillo’s second victory on the PGA TOUR, nearly eight years after his first title. In addition, it was the second victory of an Argentine in this field, since Roberto De Vicenzo won there in 1957.

The Argentine closed a round of 2-under par 68, to add 272 shots (-8) and could have had a more comfortable finish, but his exit on hole 72 found the penalty area and cost him a double bogey , which He opened. the door for Adam Schenk, with a par on the final hole to force the tiebreaker.

After getting tied on the first playoff hole, Grillo hit a great shot on the par-3 16th, and after a favorable spike, his ball was just over a meter away for birdie. After Schenk missed his approach, Grillo didn’t hesitate to get his putt out and that left him with his second victory, which meant not only promotion to 18th place in the FedEx Cup but also the classification of majors. .

“It was a long road, it makes me think of everything I have experienced since I started, I recently had my first child and everything changed and I started to give importance to other things in my life,” the 30-year-old Argentine said excitedly. “They say that the second title is always more difficult than the first and it really is so”commented Grillo who never doubted his second victory.

“The most difficult thing between the first title and this is the waiting. In the same way, I know very well that I will win again, I have no doubts, what happens is that the years pass and it does not come and one starts to wonder what’s going on, but I think now I’m more mature and I have other things beyond golf that I care about more and maybe that’s it”, he said in a press conference.

With this victory, Grillo will join the wall of champions, a place that reminds all the Colonial winners from 1946, including Roberto De Vicenzo, who won in 1957: “It’s a pride to now be on the wall of champions with Roberto De Vicenzo, every time someone walks by and sees his name it’s a pride. And now my name will be close to his, hopefully also in the Open I can add the name I’m like him, I hope in my Open I can add my name like his”.

More statements:

“Regarding those kids, the head is a bit clear on something else, but it’s the same thing that José Cóceres once did to me, when I was 7 years old and that marked me for a lot of my career.”

“At 18 I know very well what is happening because the same thing happened to me 4 or 5 years ago. So I want to get 5 out as it is”.

“Colonial is a course that I always said I could win because you have to play well from tee to green. Also, I see them well on the green, that’s why I always like it. Several tournaments ago it was already happening close by and coming to this course that suits me is great”.

“The strategy that Schenk played on the 16th was incredible, to applaud him all afternoon, but everything was in my hands and then you start working to keep your head positive and luckily did I’ll take it out”.

“The hardest thing between the first title and this is the waiting. Anyway, I know very well that I will win again, I have no doubt, what happens is that years go by and it doesn’t come and one starts to wonder what will happen, but I think now I’m more mature and I have other things besides golf that are more important to me and maybe that’s it.”

Leaderboard

• * Emiliano Grillo 67-65-72-68—272 (-8)
• Adam Schenk 66-67-67-72—272 (-8)
• Scottie Scheffler 67-67-72-67—273 (-7)
• Harry Hall 62-66-72-73—273 (-7)
• Paul Haley II 73-68-66-67—274 (-6)
• *Won the tiebreaker on the second hole (16) with a birdie