Davis Riley cruised to his first particular person PGA Tour title within the Charles Schwab Problem as Scottie Scheffler did not mount a final-day cost.
Riley, who received the Zurich Traditional with Nick Hardy final yr, took a four-shot lead into the ultimate spherical at Colonial and carded a closing 70 to complete 14 below par, 5 pictures away from Scheffler and Keegan Bradley.
World No 1 Scheffler was in second place, 4 strokes again, when the day started, but no critical challengers emerged within the closing spherical as Riley, 27, responded to every of his 4 bogeys with a birdie, and elevated his result in six pictures regardless of solely going degree par over the entrance 9.
“I knew coming into today it was going to be tough,” Riley stated. “It’s obviously a very tough golf course and when you’ve got the world No 1 breathing down your neck it’s going to be difficult until the last hole.
“I am pleased with the best way I simply stayed in it, fought some adversity early, simply sort of hung in there and performed some actually good golf coming down the stretch and simply tremendous excited and pleased with myself.”
Seeking a fifth win of the season, Scheffler was three over par for his first 10 holes before making birdies on the 13th and 17th in a final round of 71.
But he was unable to close the gap on Riley, whose lead reached seven strokes after Riley’s birdie on the 11th.
Bradley was inside three pictures till a bogey on the ultimate gap, the place he had posted par in every of the primary three rounds, leaving Riley main by 4 with three holes to finish. Maverick McNealy (66) was the one participant to higher Bradley’s closing spherical, however solely tied for seventeenth.
Regardless of Riley’s breakthrough, there additionally was a sombre tone on the event simply in the future after the demise of PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray, who was entered within the occasion and withdrew in the course of the second spherical.
Golfers and caddies wore pink and black ribbons on their caps or shirts on Sunday in reminiscence of Murray, who typically wore the colors of his hometown NHL staff Carolina Hurricanes for Sunday rounds.
His dad and mom launched a press release revealing the reason for demise, expressing their devastation and thanking golfers, the Tour and others for the help.
“It’s a super sad day in the golf world,” Riley stated. “My heart just goes to him and his family. There was definitely a little extra to play for today.”
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