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PGA Tour: Riley Wins at Colonial

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FT. WORTH – Davis Riley accomplished a lot on his final day, five stroke cruise to victory at the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge:

  • He secured his second PGA TOUR victory in his 90th start at the age of 27 years, 5 months, 9 days.
  • He earned his first individual victory on TOUR with the other being a team match play tournament at the 2023 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner Nick Hardy.
  • He earned 500 points to move to No. 55 in the FedExCup standings and entry in the two remaining Signature Events this season (Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and the Travelers Championship).
  • He moved from No. 250 to No. 78 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
  • He won $1,638,000 and a new Chevy Corvette

Charles Schwab Challenge | Final Leaderboard

1 Davis Riley 66 64 66 70 266 (-14)

T2 Keegan Bradley 68 66 70 67 271 (-9)

T2 Scottie Scheffler 72 65 63 71 271 (-9)

4 Collin Morikawa 68 69 67 68 272 (-8)

Final Leaderboard: (link)

PGA Tour: Rookie Hall Holds Lead

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DALLAS/FORT WORTH – PGA Tour rookie Harry Hall seeks his first win in his 26th start on Tour after shooting 62-66 to lead the tournament by three strokes.

Harris English aced No. 8, his third hole-in-one on Tour, and the first ace at the 8th hole since 2011. English remains in sole position of second and is three back.

Emiliano Grillo seeks his second PGA TOUR title, almost eight years after winning his first. He shot an impressive 67-65 over first two rounds.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T-7) has finished T-12 or better in each of his last 13 starts on Tour while defending champion Sam Burns sits T-19 at 3-under in bid to join Ben Hogan as only players to successfully defend the tournament’s title.

Jordan Spieth missed the cut for the first time in 11 appearances at this event after posting back-to-back over-par rounds for the first time at Colonial Country Club (42 rounds) while last week’s phenom Michael Block – playing on a sponsor exemption -followed his first-round (81) with 4-over (74) to miss the cut.

Among the players missing the cut by a stroke were Tour winners Cam Davis, Tony Finau, Sungjae Im, Adam Long, Ryan Palmer and Nate Lashley.

Leaderboard | After 36 Holes at The Colonial

Harry Hall 62-66—128 (-12)

Harris English 65-66—131 (-9)

Emiliano Grillo 67-65—132 (-8)

Adam Schenk 66-67—133 (-7)

Robby Shelton 66-67—133 (-7)

Byeong Hun An 67-66—133 (-7)

Full Leaderboard (Link)

PGA Tees-It-Up at Colonial

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DALLAS/FORT WORTH – Dallas native and University of Texas alum Scottie Scheffler was the hottest golfer in the Rio Grande as he won his first four PGA Tour titles in a span of six starts but that came to a grinding halt when he missed the cut at the PGA Championship last week. It marked his second missed cut of the season and first of the calendar year. He will be making his third start in the Charles Schwab Challenge (MC/2021, T-55/2020).

Reigning PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Will Zalatoris enters the week after earning his fifth Top-10 in his eighth major championship start. The PGA Championship playoff marked the Dallas native’s second playoff appearance of the season (2022 Farmers Insurance Open).

In bid to become the first major championship winner from Chile, third-round PGA Championship leader Mito Pereira finished T-3 in his second career major start. The PGA rookie will be making his Charles Schwab Challenge debut in his 29th career start.

A year ago, Jason Kokrak defeated Jordan Spieth by two strokes to earn Kokrak’s second career PGA Tour victory at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Kokrak was the first player since Francesco Molinari (2017-18) to win their first two TOUR titles in the same season at age 35 or older. Kokrak will attempt to become only the second player to successfully defend their title in Fort Worth, Ben Hogan did it on two occasions (1946-1947, 1952-1953).

Most Top-10s in Texas on the PGA TOUR (Since 2013)

Jordan Spieth 16

Matt Kuchar 13

Ryan Palmer 9

Charles Howell II 8

Charley Hoffman 8

Dustin Johnson 8

Charles Schwab Challenge | Tournament Facts

COURSE: The Colonial Club

YARDS/PAR: 7,209 yards/Par 70

ARCHITECT(S): John Bredemus/Perry Maxwell

PRIZE Money – Purse/Winner’s Share: $8,400,000/$1,512,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jason Kokrak

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @CSChallengeFW

TV COVERAGE: The first two rounds (today and May 27) are scheduled for coverage from 4:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage is set for 2:00pm to 5:30pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 5:00 to 7:00pm (ET) on CBS.

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING on ESPN+: Streaming coverage will be featured on ESPN-Plus today and Friday with Main Feed, Featured Hole and Featured Groups from 8:15am to 4:00pm (ET). Weekend times for ESPN+ streaming run from 9:00am to 7:00pm (ET).

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live coverage of the PGA Championship with broadcasts beginning at 1:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) today and Friday. Saturday PGA Tour Radio coverage will run 2:00pm to 7;00pm (ET) and Sunday’s final round will air 1:00pm to 6:30pm (or completion of event). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATourCom.