The American golfer finished two shots behind Ben Griffin at El Cardonal at Diamante and climbed more than 30 spots in the FedEx Fall standings to break into the top 100 — the positions that allow players to retain their playing rights for 2026.
All right, Chad, great playing just overall all week. Best finish on tour this season. Can you just talk through how you’re I mean, I feel good. I kind of hung in there well. Um haven’t had the best season so far, but um but I mean everything feels good. Like I I feel like it’s been good for a while. I just haven’t quite got the results. So to kind of finally get some really good results out of it, it’s nice. What did playing in one of the last two groups do for your confidence going into this final round today? Um I I mean it always helps when you’re there because you you know you’re close to the lead, but um I I’ve been there before and you know I’ve won out here before so I know I can do it and just to like I said just to go out and you know post a good number. Ben Ben played great today so I I can’t I didn’t beat myself. He he beat me. It was really anyone’s game today. Um, how aware were you of how everyone else was playing out there on the course? The only I I I was pretty aware of what Ben was doing and I knew he I knew he was in the lead or close to the lead. So, honestly, I had no idea what everyone else was doing. I I just kind of kind of my I told myself going into today that I wasn’t going to beat myself. You know, somebody was going to have to play good to beat me and and he played great. Your play this week is projected you into the top 100 in the FedEx call fall sandings. Is that something that you were thinking about going into the week or 100%. I mean that’s I mean at the end of the year that’s the goal. Keep your PGA Tour card. I mean I know you know Ben Ben’s top 50. His you know he didn’t have to worry about it. But the rest of us out here are you know that’s that’s on the top of our goals. Appreciate the time. Thank you. Um, when you needed when you needed the most, you made three straight birdies to end the day. I know you came up just a little bit short, but how how’s that mentality? How do you like I just I just stayed stayed like aggressive, you know, like mentally. I didn’t take any crazy aggressive lines, but I just stayed aggressive. Um, I I was making good swings. Like even on the front, I played the front great. I just didn’t didn’t quite make the putts. So, I mean, I just just kept it rolling. finally stuck a few in there pretty close and ended with three straight birdies. Thank you,
