World No. 250 Riley Achieves 2nd Career Win... Avenges Defeat to Scheffler

Charles Schwab Challenge Victory After 1 Year
Scheffler and Bradley Tied for 2nd, Morikawa 4th
Im Sungjae 9th, Kim Juhyung 24th, Lee Kyunghoon 32nd

It is the rebellion of Davis Riley (USA), ranked 250th in the world.

Davis Riley is holing out a par on the 16th hole of the 4th round at the Charles Schwab Challenge. [Fort Worth, USA=AFP·Yonhap News]

On the 26th (local time), at the Colonial Country Club (par 70, 7,289 yards) in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, the final round of the PGA Tour Charles Schwab Challenge (total prize money $9.1 million) concluded. Riley exchanged 4 birdies for 4 bogeys, failing to reduce his score, but secured a commanding 5-stroke victory (14-under 266). This marks his second career win, one year after first topping the podium in April last year at the Zurich Classic, a two-man team event, alongside Nick Hardy (USA). The winner's prize money was $1,638,000 (approximately 2.2 billion KRW).

Riley started with a 4-stroke lead and collected the winner's trophy without major trouble. He recorded 2 birdies and 2 bogeys on both the front and back nine. He relied on his long drives, reaching up to 382 yards (ranked 10th), and a greens in regulation rate of 61.11% (tied 9th). He avenged the pain of his defeat to world number one Scottie Scheffler (USA) in the final of the 2013 US Junior Amateur Championship after 11 years.

Scheffler, who has won 4 times this year, made 3 birdies and 3 bogeys to finish tied for 2nd place (9-under 271). He was satisfied with his 11th top-10 finish in 12 tournaments. Keegan Bradley (USA) reduced his score by 3 strokes to join the group tied for 2nd. Collin Morikawa finished 4th (8-under 272), and Tony Finau (both USA) tied for 17th (2-under 278).

Im Sung-jae made 2 birdies but 4 bogeys, losing 2 strokes. He finished tied for 9th (4-under 276), the best among Korean players. This is his third top-10 finish this year. Kim Joo-hyung tied for 24th (1-under 279), Lee Kyoung-hoon tied for 32nd (even par 280), Kim Si-woo tied for 56th (4-over 284), and Kim Sung-hyun finished tied for 61st (5-over 285).