In the wise words of the late Yankee legend Yogi Berra, “it’s getting late, early.” Meaning, we’ve only just started July but there are only five weeks remaining until the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
The tour was at TPC Deere Run for its annual stop at the John Deere Classic, which was big for some of those lower in standing to make up ground with little time remaining in the regular season.
While that happened, it was Brian Campbell who topped Emiliano Grillo on the first hole of a playoff to earn his second PGA Tour victory of the year. He earned $1.512 million from the $8.4 million purse and joins Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin and Ryan Fox as multiple winners this year. He won the Mexico Open over Aldrich Potgieter in a playoff.
“Right now it’s surreal,” he said. “I don’t know what’s going on. I have no words.”
Campbell, 32, birdied the 17th hole, then made par at 18 and had to wait 45 minutes for those behind him to finish. The victory moves him from 59th to 28th in the FedEx Cup standings. Grillo’s birdie putt on the 72nd hole looked like it was going to drop but slid just low. In the playoff he airmailed the green with his approach shot and was not able to get up and down for par. He did, however, move from 105th to 64th in FedEx Cup standings.
David Lipsky was looking for his first PGA Tour title and eagled the 17th hole to tie Campbell and Grillo for the lead. But he blew his drive on 18 way left, had to lay up, then was not able to get up and down and made bogey to finish a shot out of the playoff. Lucas Glover and Jacob Bridgeman both shot 64 to jump into a tie for fifth place. Max Homa also tied for fifth place, but he held a two-shot lead early Sunday after making three straight birdies on Nos. 2-4. Bogeys at five and nine dropped him back and he shot 69.
Amateur Jackson Koivun, a junior at Auburn this fall, shot 70-64-68-67 and tied for 11th place.
Up next: the Genesis Scottish Open and ISCO Championship are both held next week, followed by the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. The Barracuda Championship, 3M Open and Wyndham Championship then close out the regular season.
Here’s the rundown of what each player earned who made the cut.
WIN: Brian Campbell, -18/266, $1.512 million
2: Emiliano Grillo, -18/266, $915,600
T-3: David Lipsky, -17/267, $495,600
T-3: Kevin Roy, -17/267, $495,600
T-5: Carson Young, -16/268, $278,250
T-5: Lucas Glover, -16/268, $278,250
T-5: Jacob Bridgeman, -16/268, $278,250
T-5: Matt Kuchar, -16/268, $278,250
T-5: Kurt Kitayama, -16/268, $278,250
T-5: Max Homa, -16/268, $278,250
T-11: Beau Hossler, -15/269, $174,300
T-11: Nick Dunlap, -15/269, $174,300
T-11: Si Woo Kim, -15/269, $174,300
T-11: Denny McCarthy, -15/269, $174,300
T-11: Rico Hoey, -15/269, $174,300
T-11: Austin Eckroat, -15/269, $174,300
T-11: Jackson Koivun, -15/269, $0 (amateur)
T-18: Rickie Fowler, -14/270, $128,100
T-18: Patrick Fishburn, -14/270, $128,100
T-18: Davis Thompson, -14/270, $128,100
T-21: Michael Thorbjornsen, -13/271, $91,980
T-21: Jake Knapp, -13/271, $91,980
T-21: Kevin Yu, -13/271, $91,980
T-21: Sam Stevens, -13/271, $91,980
T-21: Lee Hodges, -13/271, $91,980
T-21: Chris Gotterup, -13/271, $91,980
T-27: Garrick Higgo, -12/272, $63,840
T-27: Kris Ventura, -12/272, $63,840
T-27: Nate Lashley, -12/272, $63,840
T-27: Cameron Champ, -12/272, $63,840
T-31: Doug Ghim, -11/273, $56,280
T-31: Taylor Montgomery, -11/273, $56,280
T-33: Brandt Snedeker, -10/274, $44,940
T-33: Bud Cauley, -10/274, $44,940
T-33: Taylor Moore, -10/274, $44,940
T-33: Mark Hubbard, -10/274, $44,940
T-33: Jeremy Paul, -10/274, $44,940
T-33: Vince Whaley, -10/274, $44,940
T-33: Zac Blair, -10/274, $44,940
T-33: Camilo Villegas, -10/274, $44,940
T-41: Rikuya Hoshino, -9/275, $34,860
T-41: Brendan Valdes, -9/275, $34,860
T-41: Philip Knowles, -9/275, $34,860
T-44: Zach Johnson, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-44: Keith Mitchell, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-44: Jesper Svensson, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-44: Hayden Springer, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-44: Adam Svensson, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-44: Thriston Lawrence, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-44: Bronson Burgoon, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-44: Ben Kohles, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-44: Justin Lower, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-44: Seamus Power, -8/276, $24,964.80
T-54: Patton Kizzire, -7/277, $19,964
T-54: Cristobal Del Solar, -7/277, $19,964
T-54: Dylan Wu, -7/277, $19,964
T-57: Henrik Norlander, -5/279, $19,404
T-57: Quade Cummins, -5/279, $19,404
T-57: Joel Dahmen, -5/279, $19,404
T-60: Ryo Hisatsune, -4/280, $18,984
T-60: Eric Cole, -4/280, $18,984
62: Gordon Sargent, -2/282, $18,732
63: James Hahn, -1/283, $18,564
64: Chris Kirk, +2/286, $18,396
