Xander Schauffele
Xander Schauffele

The Greenbrier Classic: Xander Schauffele birdies the 72nd hole to claim title


Xander Schauffele birdied the 72nd hole to win the Greenbrier Classic by just one shot from Robert Streb.

Final leaderboard


-14 Xander Schauffele

-13 Robert Streb

-12 Sebastian Munoz, Jamie Lovemark

Scroll down for full collated scores 

Day four report


Xander Schauffele came from three shots behind to register his debut PGA Tour win at the Greenbrier Classic thanks to a birdie at the 72nd hole.

The 23-year-old's two at the par-three last, after hitting his tee shot to three feet, saw him post a 14-under total and he secured the title when Robert Streb, in the final group immediately behind, failed to do the same from the back fringe.

Schauffele's three-under round of 67 was two better than any of his fellow challengers could manage with Columbian Sebastian Munoz, who had led on each of the previous three days, shooting a 72 to slip to joint third.

Streb's 69 was good enough for second outright with Jamie Lovemark a stroke further back, alongside Munoz, on 12 under.

Some consolation for Streb, Munoz and Lovemark was that they all secured qualification for the Open later this month along with Schauffele, who finished joint fifth in June's US Open.

"I am lost for words. This has changed my life. I need a little time to take it all in," Schauffele said in his post-round interview.

Final-round collated scores


(USA unless stated, par 70):

266 Xander Schauffele 64 69 66 67

267 Robert Streb 65 68 65 69

268 Sebastian Munoz (Col) 61 67 68 72, Jamie Lovemark 69 64 66 69

269 Russell Henley 68 64 68 69, Kelly Kraft 67 66 67 69

270 Tony Finau 69 66 67 68, Ryan Blaum 68 67 71 64

271 Danny Lee (Nzl) 64 68 70 69, J.B. Holmes 68 69 66 68, Chad Campbell 70 69 65 67, Nick Taylor (Can) 64 69 69 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 66 71 70 64

272 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 72 66 67 67, David Hearn (Can) 65 69 70 68, Bryson DeChambeau 70 66 71 65, Webb Simpson 69 68 69 66

273 Brandon Hagy 69 70 67 67, Jimmy Walker 68 70 70 65

274 Chris Stroud 69 69 67 69, Graham DeLaet (Can) 64 70 71 69, Phil Mickelson 67 72 71 64, Roberto Castro 73 65 68 68, Curtis Luck (Aus) 69 69 68 68, James Hahn 71 64 69 70, Mackenzie Hughes (Can) 69 67 71 67, Jonathan Randolph 67 68 70 69, Patrick Reed 66 69 72 67

275 Peter Malnati 69 69 68 69, Harold Varner III 67 71 70 67, Joaquin Niemann (a) (Chi) 68 68 75 64, Davis Love III 63 69 68 75, Michael Kim 68 71 69 67, J.J. Spaun 68 69 71 67, Harris English 69 70 67 69, Kevin Streelman 67 69 70 69

276 Nick Watney 70 64 72 70, Shawn Stefani 69 70 69 68, Smylie Kaufman 68 66 75 67, Hunter Mahan 67 71 69 69, Ben Martin 64 67 75 70, Ted Potter, Jr. 68 68 72 68, Bill Haas 69 69 69 69, Ryan Brehm 72 67 69 68

277 J.J. Henry 69 67 72 69, Robert Garrigus 69 68 72 68, Brian Campbell 68 67 71 71, John Huh 70 68 72 67, Charles Howell III 69 70 69 69

278 Keegan Bradley 70 67 70 71, Trey Mullinax 73 65 72 68, Martin Flores 71 68 70 69, Camilo Villegas (Col) 68 68 72 70, Brett Stegmaier 69 70 69 70, Seamus Power (Irl) 68 71 67 72, Mark Anderson 68 68 71 71

279 Gary Woodland 71 68 71 69

280 Hudson Swafford 65 66 72 77, Scott Stallings 67 69 71 73, Mark Hubbard 70 68 70 72, Stewart Cink 70 68 69 73, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 69 71 71, Jonathan Byrd 69 70 73 68

281 Matt Jones (Aus) 66 70 75 70, Dan Obremski 69 70 71 71, David Lingmerth (Swe) 64 74 72 71, Tommy Gainey 70 68 73 70

282 Julian Etulain (Arg) 69 69 71 73, Cheng-Tsung Pan (Chn) 65 74 70 73

283 Patrick Rodgers 68 71 70 74, Bubba Watson 69 67 75 72

284 Brian Gay67 72 72 73

285 Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa) 70 69 75 71, Zac Blair 70 69 75 71

Day three report


Sebastian Munoz is on the brink of a first PGA Tour victory as he goes into the final day of the Greenbrier Classic with a two-shot lead.

The Colombian posted a two-under-par 68 to reach 14 under in total as he recovered from a shaky start that saw him one over through five holes as the pack closed quickly on his three-shot overnight lead.

But birdies on his sixth, 13th and 15th holes put him back on top and clear of nearest pursuer Robert Streb, who climbed up the leaderboard thanks to a 65.

Rookie Xander Schauffele (66), who played so well at the US Open, is three behind Munoz alongside Jamie Lovermark (66) while two dropped shots in his closing three holes left Russell Henley in the group four back.

That includes Kelly Kraft and veteran Davis Love III after a 67 and 68 respectively on Saturday.

Love would become the oldest-ever winner on the PGA Tour should he come out on top and believes his experience gives him an advantage over his rivals.

He told reporters: "Under the pressure, I know how to handle things. I've seen some guys this week kind of go up and down and make some rookie mistakes, including myself. I'm going to make mistakes too, but hopefully the experience will pay off."

Phil Mickelson is well off the pace on level par for the tournament after his second consecutive over-par round and he signed for a 71.

Day two report


Sebastian Munoz opened up a three-shot advantage at the halfway stage of the Greenbrier Classic as veteran Davis Love III remained in contention in West Virginia.

Munoz surpassed Love as clubhouse leader after a late barrage of birdies on the opening day saw him fire a sparkling nine-under 61, and he added a resolute 67 on day two over the Old White TPC at Sulphur Springs despite faltering over the second half of his round.

The Columbian, who is languishing at 198th in the FedExCup standings after posting just one top-30 finish in his 11 starts this season, began with a birdie at the 10th and rolled in a superb 30-foot putt for another at the long 12th.

Further birdie putts dropped from outside 20 feet at the 13th and 16th as Munoz raced clear of the chasing pack on 13 under, although he then found the going tougher on the front nine as he three-putted the third green before a poor drive at the sixth cost him another shot.

But Munoz bounced back with a birdie-three at the next after clipping a superb approach to 12 feet from a fairway bunker, and he scrambled a battling par at his final hole to remain three clear of the field on 12 under par.

Hudson Swafford birdied two of the last three holes to return a flawless 66 and earn a share of second with fellow American Ben Martin (67), while Love is a further stroke adrift after an erratic 69.

Last year's winning Ryder Cup captain, now 53, bogeyed the 11th - his second - before reeling off three straight birdies only to make further mistakes at 15 and 17, where he three-putted from 40 feet, although he atoned immediately by holing from similar range for a bonus birdie at the 18th.

Love came within a whisker of holing his 170-yard approach to the second, and he set up another tap-in birdie with a sublime second to the fourth before he lost ground on Munoz when he needed three putts to get down at the eighth.

The former PGA champion closed on eight under alongside Danny Lee and Shell Houston Open champion Russell Henley, who carded seven birdies in an excellent 64 which matched Jamie Lovemark and Nick Watney for the low round of the day.

Ryder Cup star Patrick Reed was flirting with the cut when he slipped to three over for the day with seven holes to play and appeared to be struggling with a back issue, but he got back on track with four birdies in five holes to salvage a 69.

Reed is seven off the lead and one ahead of two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, who showed glimpses of his best after a torrid season so far as he carded a five-birdie 67.

Phil Mickelson's much-publicised first tournament with his brother on his bag almost ended in an early exit as he mixed three birdies with five bogeys to hand in a 72, but that proved enough to scrape into the weekend with nothing to spare.

Day one report


Sebastian Munoz shot a nine-under 61 to take a two-shot lead at The Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia from veteran Davis Love III.

The 24-year-old Colombian, who has never had a top-10 finish on the PGA Tour, was six under through 10 holes before missing a short birdie attempt on the 12th and dropping his first shot of the day at the 13th.

However, he responded in style by sinking birdies at his next four holes.

Love is looking for his first victory sin the 2015 Wyndham Championship would become the oldest winner on the PGA Tour if he comes out on top.

Love birdied four of his first five holes on his way to a seven-under 63 and told reporters: "I've been working real hard the last couple of weeks on trying to fix my swing to kind of swing around a stiff back and a stiff hip.

"I've given up on hitting it a long way. I'm just saying I've got to hit it straight, and this is the perfect golf course for me to get it in the fairway. A lot of hard work is kind of starting to pay off."

Defending chmapion Danny Lee shot a six-under 64 to hold a share of third place with Ben Martin, David Lingmerth, Graham DeLaet, Xander Schauffele and Nick Taylor.

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