Just a little under one month removed from claiming his first PGA Tour victory, albeit in the team event alongside Andrew Novak at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Ben Griffin now has the first solo win of his career at this level, holding off Matti Schmid by a single stroke to take the title at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Entering the final round tied with Schmid atop the leaderboard, the North Carolina native got off to a sizzling start at Colonial Country Club on Sunday, making an eagle at the par-5 first and following up with a birdie at the par-4 second to take a three-shot lead.
The lead was two at the turn, and Griffin kept himself in front with some clutch par saves in the middle of his second nine, making lengthy putts at Nos. 14 and 15.
Schmid pulled to within one with a birdie at the par-3 16th, where Griffin made a bogey, but a bogey at the par-4 17th following a questionable decision from a greenside bunker left the German two back heading into the final hole.
Neither found the green in regulation on the 18th, as Griffin left himself an awkward chip, which he hit beautifully to about four feet. Meanwhile, Schmid went long and left, leaving himself in a position where he had to hole out for birdie to have any chance at a playoff. And lo and behold, that's exactly what he did.
But Griffin was unphased by the theatrics and calmly walked up and knocked in his par effort to secure the victory, thus collecting the biggest paycheck of his career at $1.71 million while also moving into fifth place in the FedEx Cup standings.
Schmid picked up a solid second-place prize, earning $1.035 million.
Final 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge payouts for every player at Colonial Country Club
Here's a quick look at how much every player who made the cut at Colonial earned from the $9.5 million total purse at the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge.
- 1. Ben Griffin $1,710,000
- 2. Matti Schmid $1,035,300
- 3. Bud Cauley $655,000
- T4. Tommy Fleetwood $427,500
- T4. Scottie Scheffler $427,500
- T6. Aldrich Potgieter $299,725
- T6. Harry Hall $299,725
- T6. J.J. Spaun $299,725
- T6. Ryo Hisatsune $299,725
- T6. Robert MacIntyre $299,725
- T11. Gary Woodland $203,775
- T11. Vince Whaley $203,775
- T11. Karl Vilips $203,775
- T11. Andrew Novak $203,775
- T11. Nick Hardy $203,775
- T16. Michael Kim $140,125
- T16. Christiaan Bezuidenhout $140,125
- T16. Kris Ventura $140,125
- T16. Pierceson Coody $140,125
- T16. Emiliano Grillo $140,125
- T16. Rickie Fowler $140,125
- T22. Max Greyserman $88,667
- T22. Webb Simpson $88,667
- T22. Matt Wallace $88,667
- T22. Lucas Glover $88,667
- T22. Kurt Kitayama $88,667
- T22. Akshay Bhatia $88,667
- T28. Patrick Rodgers $60,979
- T28. Sam Stevens $60,979
- T28. Mac Meissner $60,979
- T28. Mark Hubbard $60,979
- T28. Chris Gotterup $60,979
- T28. Si Woo Kim $60,979
- T28. Eric Cole $60,979
- T28. John Pak $60,979
- T36. Erik van Rooyen $42,335
- T36. Brice Garnett $42,335
- T36. Keith Mitchell $42,335
- T36. Luke List $42,335
- T36. Jordan Spieth $42,335
- T36. Quade Cummins $42,335
- T36. J.T. Poston $42,335
- T36. Hideki Matsuyama $42,335
- T44. Tom Kim $32,775
- T44. Andrew Putnam $32,775
- T46. Austin Eckroat $25,881
- T46. Thorbjorn Olesen $25,881
- T46Jesper Svensson $25,881
- T46. Kevin Roy $25,881
- T46. Adam Svensson $25,881
- T46. Doug Ghim $25,881
- T46. Brian Harman $25,881
- T53. Sam Ryder $22,267
- T53. Lee Hodges $22,267
- T53. Harris English $22,267
- T53. Matt Kuchar $22,267
- T53. Carson Young $22,267
- T53. Jackson Suber $22,267
- T59. Henrik Norlander $20,995
- T59. Beau Hossler $20,995
- T59. Nico Echavarria $20,995
- T59. Seamus Power $20,995
- T59. Jeremy Paul $20,995
- T59. Harry Higgs $20,995
- T59. Ricky Castillo $20,995
- T66. Rico Hoey $19,950
- T66. Max McGreevy $19,950
- T66. Steven Fisk $19,950
- T66. Peter Malnati $19,950
- T70. Dylan Wu $19,285
- T70. Ben Silverman $19,285
- T70. Camilo Villegas $19,285
- T73. Taylor Moore $18,810
- T73. Ryan Gerard $18,810
- 75. Victor Perez $18,525
- 76. Will Chandler $18,335
- T77. Hayden Springer $18,050
- T77. Frankie Capan III $18,050