Argentine Emiliano Grillo today climbed to 42nd in the World Golf Rankings (OWGR) after winning the Charles Schwab Championship last weekend, in competition analogous to the PGA Tour in the United States.
The 30-year-old player from Chacko has risen 38 places in the standings and has a coefficient of 2,283.
The golfer from the Résistance won the tournament, played in the city of Fort Worth, Texas, after tying for first place in 272 shots (eight-under par for a basketball court) by defeating North American Adam Schenk on the second hole in a playoff.
For the win at Colonial Country Club, the Argentinian received a check for $1,566,000, as well as a light blue 1973 Schwab Bronco automobile.
#golf Emiliano Grillo and a historic victory at the Charles Schwab Challenge in the USA!
Chacko’s man clinched his second PGA title after Roberto de Vicenzo (1957) won at Colonial Country Club, 66 years after two playoff holes. pic.twitter.com/qXJNhjVu98
— Sport Argentina (@SportsAR) May 29, 2023
The representative of Argentine golf at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games thus becoming the second best ranked South American golfer. The first is Joaquin Niemann of Chile, who is ranked 31st with 2,616 disabilities.
Grillo, who won the Fries Open in California in the 2016 season, is the best-placed Argentine in the classifier, ahead of Alejandro Tosti.
The 26-year-old from Rosario also made great strides (he was ranked 286) and is ranked 238, after finishing fourth at the Knoxville Open in Carn Ferry, Tennessee, with a record of 0.618. Tour Tournament.
The other best-ranked Argentines are Augusto Núñez from Tucumán (286), Estanislao Goya (454) from Córdoba, Nelson Ledesma (476) from Tucumán and Fabian Gómez from Chaco (593).
The first five places in the rankings are unchanged from last week, so American Scotty Scheffler remains on top with 11,136; It is followed by Spaniard Jon Rahm (10,638) and Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (8,376).
On the other hand, North Americans Patrick Cantlay (7,322) and Xander Schaafele (6,547) are fourth and fifth respectively.
