Adam Schenk knew the stakes.
After a poor 2025 season, the 33-year-old had just two weeks left to work his way into the top 100 of the FedEx Cup Fall rankings to retain his card.
“I know if I don’t do that, I’ll have to go to Q-School if I don’t get in the top 100, so that’s a pretty big motivator,” Schenk said after his third round of the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Schenk opened with a 69 at the Port Royal Golf Course and followed it with rounds of 65 and 67 to take the 54-hole co-lead with Braden Thornberry. Schenk had just two top-10 finishes during the FedEx Cup season, missing his final six points to finish 133rd in the standings. Schenk made his first appearances of the fall season, but did not finish in the top 20 in any of these matches. He arrived in Bermuda at 134 in the standings. His PGA Tour card was on life support for another two weeks.
But Schenk braved the windy conditions in Bermuda and put himself in position Sunday in Bermuda to earn his first career PGA Tour victory and earn the accompanying two-year exemption.
Sunday would be a difficult day for Schenk. Crossing the line on the PGA Tour is never easy. It’s even harder the first time you try to do it.
But while Thornberry and other contenders struggled in the windy conditions, Schenk started his day with one birdie and 13 pars to take a two-shot lead with four holes to play. Schenk bogeyed the hard 15th, but held his own with pars at 16 and 17 to take a one-shot lead into the 18th. Schenk split the fairway with his tee shot, but hammered his approach across the green to the back edge. He pulled the putter and rolled his third shot down the hill but fell short, leaving him a nervous five feet shy of the win. It was fitting that the club that had been his biggest Achilles heel was the one to deliver him a victory.
Schenk looked at the putt, exhaled deeply and rolled it into the center of the cup. A vigorous fist pump followed.
“I’ve putt in my shed for PGA Tour wins so many times,” Schenk told Golf Channel after the victory on the green. “To actually get to do it again – I did it twice at Charles Schwab – but to see one go in was something I’ll never forget.”
With the win, Schenk earns a two-year exemption, a spot in the Players, a spot in the PGA Championship and the winner’s check of $1.08 million.
Adam Schenk saves par to win Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Here’s how much each player earned at the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
What each player made at the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Editor’s note: Amateur Tyler Watts finished tied for 58th and will not receive a check. The payouts reflect this.
Win. Adam Schenk, $1.08 million
2. Chandler Phillips, $654,000
T3. Frankie Capan III, $274,800
Alex Smalley, $274,800
Vince Whaley, $274,800
Takumi Kanaya, $274,800
Max McGreevy, $274,800
8. Rikuya Hoshino, $187,500
T9. Zac Blair, $169,500
Camilo Villegas, $169,5000
T11. Adam Hadwin, $145,500
Seamus Power, $145,500
13. Doug Ghim, $127,500
T14. Noah Goodwin, $106,500
Jesper Svensson, $106,500
Jonathan Byrd, $106,500
Niklas Norgaard, $106,500
T18. Dylan Wu, $82,500
Michael Brennan, $82,500
Salinda Islands, $82.5
Sam Valimaki, $82,500
T22. Braden Thornberry, $54,385
Mason Andersen, $54,385
Justin Hastings, $54,385
Hayden Springer, $54,385
Rico Hoey, $54,385
Chan Kim, $54,385
Pierceson Coody, $54,385
T29. Harry Higgs, $39,300
Thomas Rosenmuller, $39,300
Matthew Riedel, $39,300
Thorbjorn Olesen, $39,300
Steven Fisk, $39,300
T34. Matti Schmid, $29,325
Will Gordon, $29,325
Kris Ventura, $29,325
Patrick Fishburn, $29,325
Taylor Montgomery, $29,325
Knives brown, $29,325
Francesco Molinari, $29,325
Kevin Roy, $29,325
T42. Martin Laird, $21,900
Sahith Theegala, $21,900
Matt NeSmith, $21,900
Brandt Snedeker, $21,900
T46. Matt Kuchar, $16,620
Jeremy Paul, $16,620
Trey Mullinax, $16,620
John Pak, $16,620
Greyson Sigg, $16,620
Nico Echavarria, $16,620
T52: Paul Peterson, $14,460
Ryo Hisatsune, $14,460
Harrison Endycott, $14,460
T55. Vehicle Beauty, $13,980
Taylor Dickson, $13,980
Carson Young
58. Antoine Rozner, $13,740
59. Danny Willett, $13,620
T60. Ben Kohls, $13,200
Lee Hodges, $13,200
Kevin Streelman, $13,200
Tyler Duncan, $13,200
Matteo Manasserro, $13,200
Hunter Wolcott, $13,200
T66. Andrew Putnam, $12,660
Kaito Onishi, $12,660
David Skinns, $12,660
69. Ryan Palmer, $12,420
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