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Sunday 25 May 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Griffin wins Charles Schwab Challenge
Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 May 2025 · Ben Griffin’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,500,000 USD · Charles Schwab
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/19°C · wind 19 km/h SSE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/20°C · wind 23 km/h SSE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/25°C · wind 28 km/h S, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/24°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 58 · 6.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Matti Schmid GER · 269Shared the 54-hole lead area with Griffin, closed with 72 after a 3-over start and chipped in on the 72nd hole to finish one shot back ASAP Sports transcript: Matti Schmid, May 25 2025
135 started · cut E, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Charles Schwab Challenge
Colonial Country Club, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ben Griffin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 May 2025
Hopefully I start winning by more than one because winning by one gets a little stressful, but I'm still very proud of how calm and composed I was out there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 May 2025
I just saw some people questioning my ability to win individual tournaments or the Zurich doesn't count, the Zurich shouldn't be a PGA TOUR event, stuff like that. I just used that as fuel.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 May 2025
Hit it pretty high so it would stop quite quickly and just came out a bit right and went in, yeah. A bit of luck, but deserved it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Griffin | 66 · 63 · 68 · 71 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Matti Schmid | 66 · 63 · 68 · 72 | 269 | −11 |
| 3 | Bud Cauley | 66 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | 67 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Scottie Scheffler | 68 · 71 · 64 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T6 | Aldrich Potgieter | 68 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | Harry Hall | 68 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | J.J. Spaun | 66 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | Ryo Hisatsune | 66 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | Robert MacIntyre | 68 · 70 · 64 · 71 | 273 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1996-05-06, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 2018; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 52 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Charles Schwab Challenge week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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