After fellow golfers Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele missed easy putts just moments apart, Daniel Berger earned his third PGA Tour victory with a win at the Charles Schwab Challenge in a playoff on Sunday afternoon.
In the playoff on the 17th hole, Berger was able to beat out Morikawa after the latter missed a 3-footer that would have extended the playoff and sent the golfers to the 18th tee. As it was, Morikawa’s putt spun out, and Berger was the winner.
Daniel Berger won the #SchwabChallenge last night 🏆
Collin Morikawa missed this three-foot putt in the play-off to hand him the title.
Golf is a cruel sport sometimes… pic.twitter.com/6h5cayNJab
— BetConnect (@betconnect) June 15, 2020
Schauffele should have been in the playoff, but his 3-footer for par on the 17th in regulation lipped out for bogey, dropping him a stroke behind Berger and Morikawa with one hole left to play.
Xander Schauffele just lost the tournament on this.
My club would be thrown! pic.twitter.com/1KjvW7u8eC
— Bob Jones (@lxJoneZxl) June 14, 2020
“If there are fans and everything with the ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs,’ I’d probably be a little more (ticked) off,” Schauffele said. “Maybe that’s a good thing for me right now. But it was definitely weird.”
Though it wasn’t a win for Schauffele or Morikawa, the PGA Tour’s first event back since the outbreak of the coronavirus was a success in the ratings department. It was also a victory for Berger, who jumped all the way from being ranked 107th in the world up to 31st in the OWGR rankings, his best position since January of 2018.
FULL Final Round Highlight @CSChallengeFW
• Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele miss short putts
• Daniel Berger comes up clutch in a playoff👇🎥🏌️♂️ pic.twitter.com/3GAScvQ2Sa
— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) June 14, 2020
“There were so many times today where I could have given it up or let the pressure get to me, but I hung in there and I played practically some of the best golf I’ve played the last six years the last five holes today,” Berger said on Sunday. “A little different for sure, but in the end, I was holding the trophy – and that’s all that matters to me.”
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