Scottie Scheffler rolled in a 26-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona, and won his first title on the PGA Tour after Patrick Cantlay missed his chance to extend.
Scheffler landed his tee shot on that hole in a bunker right of the fairway, but he rescued himself with a second shot that found the green and set up a straight, uphill putt.
The 25-year-old Texan was ranked 15th in the Official World Golf Ranking this week and played for the victorious American team at last fall’s Ryder Cup, beating Spanish star Jon Rahm in singles. But a PGA Tour win was missing from his resume until Sunday, when he drew the plaudits of an enthusiastic TPC Scottsdale crowd.
“Such a great place,” Scheffler said. “Such a fun week and I’m very pleased.”
Scheffler and Cantlay each shot five-under-par 67s in their final round and finished at 16-under 268. Scheffler charged up the leaderboard with four birdies in his final six holes.
Both players missed birdie putts at the par-4 18th hole to get to 17 under, so they replayed No 18 three times before a winner was decided.
“Patrick is obviously a phenomenal player, and I knew one of us was going to have to make a birdie,” Scheffler said. “Par wasn’t going to do it. This is a really hard tee ball for me. It’s hard for me to get it in play, so I knew if I had an opportunity I really had to take advantage of it.”
Xander Schauffele (68) and Brooks Koepka (69) also tied for third at 15 under. Koepka posted a colorful back nine, with bogeys at 10 and 16 and birdies at 11, 13, 15 and 17.
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Waste Management Phoenix Open TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
(USA unless stated, Par 71):
268 Scottie Scheffler 68 71 62 67 (won at the third extra play-off hole), Patrick Cantlay 67 66 68 67
269 Brooks Koepka 66 66 68 69, Xander Schauffele 67 65 69 68, Sahith Theegala 66 64 69 70
270 Billy Horschel 67 69 68 66, Alexander Noren (Swe) 67 68 67 68
271 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 68 68 66 69, Justin Thomas 67 70 68 66
272 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 70 68 67 67, Patton Kizzire 71 65 68 68, Keith Mitchell 69 69 66 68, Jon Rahm (Spa) 67 70 68 67
273 Brian Harman 68 68 70 67, Tom Hoge 69 66 67 71, Max Homa 69 65 68 71, Chris Kirk 70 66 69 68, Martin Laird (Sco) 70 67 69 67, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 70 67 69, Bubba Watson 67 69 68 69
274 Garrick Higgo (Rsa) 70 69 64 71, Scott Stallings 67 70 68 69
275 Sebastian Munoz (Col) 70 67 70 68, J. T. Poston 69 66 70 70, Sam Ryder 72 64 71 68
276 Keegan Bradley 68 68 74 66, Talor Gooch 70 64 67 75, Adam Hadwin (Can) 66 68 68 74, Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor) 70 70 71 65, Si Woo Kim (Kor) 70 68 71 67, Brendon Todd 68 69 67 72, Cameron Young 68 69 72 67
277 Russell Henley 71 69 68 69, Russell Knox (Sco) 72 68 67 70, Carlos Ortiz (Mex) 69 67 74 67, Rory Sabbatini (Svk) 69 68 67 73
278 Lucas Glover 73 65 70 70
279 Corey Conners (Can) 72 66 69 72, Kevin Kisner 67 69 74 69, Kyoung-Hoon Lee (Kor) 65 70 74 70, Troy Merritt 72 67 68 72, Adam Scott (Aus) 68 70 69 72
280 Abraham Ancer (Mex) 68 67 71 74, Kevin Chappell 70 69 68 73, Stewart Cink 67 71 70 72, Zach Johnson 69 70 69 72, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 70 69 73 68, Martin Trainer 71 69 68 72
281 Doug Ghim 69 71 72 69, Branden Grace (Rsa) 68 69 72 72, Harry Higgs 66 72 76 67, Ryan Moore 69 71 68 73
282 Joseph Bramlett 73 66 71 72, Brice Garnett 69 69 74 70, Kramer Hickok 70 67 72 73, Luke List 73 66 73 70, Kevin Tway 68 70 75 69
283 Matt Jones (Aus) 72 68 72 71, Brian Stuard 71 69 68 75
284 Jordan Spieth 70 69 72 73, Hudson Swafford 71 69 71 73
285 Joel Dahmen 71 69 74 71, Stephan Jaeger (Ger) 73 67 72 73
286 Austin Eckroat 70 69 69 78
287 Peter Malnati 69 71 75 72
291 Sepp Straka (Aut) 72 68 73 78
293 Charley Hoffman 67 72 79 75
