in a dramatic finish with double bogey included he won Charles Schwab Challenge in the tiebreaker

The Argentinian Emiliano Grillo He lived an unforgettable day in the United States this Sunday. It is that he consecrated himself champion of the Charles Schwab Challenge, en Fort Worth, Texasafter a dramatic finish, with an unusual double bogey on the last hole and a tight playoff victory against the American Adam Schenk, who had started the day as the leader.

This is the second title for the man from Chaco on the competitive PGA Tour. Grillo, 30, had made his debut as a winner on the world goal circuit on October 18, 2015 at the Frys.com Open, where the American Kevin Na was in a tiebreaker. He had to wait seven years, seven months and eleven days or 2,780 days to lift a trophy again, this time also going through sudden death.

“It was really hard for me to win for the second time on tour. I would have liked to finish at 72, but in the end I hit two good shots in the playoff on the 16th hole and that was enough. It’s been a long journey. I don’t forget where I come”, Grillo was honest in dialogue with the official transmission. For his victory, he pocketed the not inconsiderable figure of $1,566,000 and 500 points for the FedEx Cup, the annual ranking, where he ranks 18th.

The golfer from Resistencia, who had failed to make the qualifying cut at the PGA Championship a week ago, had a quick revenge and celebrated after two extra holes in the playoff against Schenk. It was a high-level tournament for the Argentine, who delivered a card of 68 strokes (-4) this Sunday and completed the tour with 272 impacts (eight under par).

His victory, however, was jeopardized on the last hole, where he experienced an unusual situation: his tee shot ended up in a drainage channel through which the ball sailed for several metres.

When the ball came to rest, hitting a stone, Grillo had to choose whether to hit the moving ball or drop with penalty. He went with the second option and took his third shot from a path parallel to the field. He reached the green, but completed the hole with a double bogey and his two shot advantage over Schenk and the British Harry Hall vanished as if by magic, or rather, as if by a pipe.

However, Hall dropped out of the title race because he completed the course with a bogey. Thus, after sending the ball into the water, the Briton was relegated to third place along with the talented American Scottie Scheffler, who tried to win from a run over, but did not reach him. And everything was between Grillo and Schenk. Relaxed, the chaco while waiting for a wink of fortune, began to practice with two little boys who were looking at him from outside.

On the first playoff hole, again at the 18th, no two-putter advantage was taken each. But on the second extra hole, the par 3 of the 16th, Grillo got a favorable rebound off the tee that made the ball end up in an excellent position, less than two meters from the hole, while Schenk went long and had to return to start from the rough.

Grillo did not forgive this new opportunity, who did not fail with the final putt to be crowned champion in Fort Worth.

Grillo, who this season has already been among the top ten five times in 19 tournaments played, emulated the legendary Roberto De Vicenzo, who had won this historic Texan course back in 1957. Not a minor fact. Do you know how much the Master of Ranelagh won 66 years ago in the tournament then called the Colonel National Invitational? Just five thousand dollars. 0.3 percent of what Grillo has just pocketed.