Winning on the PGA Tour is difficult, as Eric Cole continues to know. For most of the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge, the 37-year-old journeyman pro was in the lead, looking to finally claim his first tour title after 120th career starts.
But he’ll have to wait a little longer as Russell Henley birdied the 16th, 17th and 18th holes at Colonial Country Club to catch Cole at 12 under for the tournament. Henley then made another birdie on the 18th to close out his sixth career victory in a sudden-death playoff.
“Yeah, I mean it’s very disappointing. Obviously, I felt like I played pretty well today for the most part. It’s a tricky course. I hung pretty tough when I did miss a few shots. It’s disappointing, but I played well and I’m proud of that. … I just needed to shoot one shot better.”
Cole unfortunately remains among the 22 players who have earned more than $10 million but have yet to win on the PGA Tour.
Henley, meanwhile, claimed the first-place prize money payout of $1.782 million from an overall purse of $9.9 million.
Here’s the prize money payout at Colonial
WIN: Russell Henley, -12/268, $1.782 million
P-2: Eric Cole, -12/268, $1.0791 million
T-3: Ben Griffin, -11/269, $524,700
T-3: Alex Smalley, -11/269, $524,700
T-3: Mac Meissner, -11/269, $524,700
T-6: Gary Woodland, -10/270, $322,987
T-6: Michael Brennan, -10/270, $322,987
T-6: Nivo Echavarria, -10/270, $322,987
T-6: J.J. Spaun, -10/270, $322,987
T-10: Steven Fish, -9/271, $249,975
T-10: Mackenzie Hughes, -9/271, $249,975
T-10: Ryan Gerard, -9/271, $249,975
T-13: Jordan Smith, -8/272, $193,875
T-13: Justin Thomas, -8/272, $193,875
T-13: Hideki Matsuyama, -8/272, $193,875
16: Michael Thorbjornsen, -7/273, $170,775
T-17: Rico Hoey, -6/274, $141,075
T-17: Michael Kim, -6/274, $141,075
T-17: Andrew Putnam, -6/274, $141,075
T-17: A.J. Ewart, -6/274, $141,075
T-17: Ludvig Aberg, -6/274, $141,075
T-22: Max Homa, -5/275, $92,400
T-22: Brice Garnett, -5/275, $92,400
T-22: Zach Bauchou, -5/275, $92,400
T-22: Pierceson Coody, -5/275, $92,400
T-22: Brian Harman, -5/275, $92,400
T-22: Matt Kuchar, -5/275, $92,400
T-28: Brandt Snedeker, -4/276, $69,550
T-28: Keita Nakajima, -4/276, $69,550
T-28: Akshay Bhatia, -4/276, $69,550
T-28: Doug Ghim, -4/276, $69,550
T-32: Garrick Higgo, -3/277, $59,070
T-32: Lanto Griffin, -3/277, $59,070
T-32: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, -3/277, $59,070
T-35: J.T. Poston, -2/278, $47,237
T-35: Keegan Bradley, -2/278, $47,237
T-35: Max McGreevy, -2/278, $47,237
T-35: Kevin Yu, -2/278, $47,237
T-35: Davis Thompson, -2/278, $47,237
T-35: Lee Hodges, -2/278, $47,237
T-35: Johnny Keefer, -2/278, $47,237
T-42: Kevin Streelman, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Joel Dahmen, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Emiliano Grillo, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Adrien Saddier, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Ricky Castillo, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Jeffrey Kang, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Austin Smotherman, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Sam Stevens, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Robert MacIntyre, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Billy Horschel, -1/279, $29,766
T-42: Chandler Blanchet, -1/279, $29,766
T-54: Seamus Power, E/280, $22,968
T-54: Luke Clanton, E/280, $22,968
T-54: Takumi Kanaya, E/280, $22,968
T-54: Patrick Fishburn, E/280, $22,968
T-54: Andrew Novak, E/280, $22,968
T-54: Tom Kim, E/280, $22,968
T-60: Mark Hubbard, +1/281, $21,780
T-60: Patrick Rodgers, +1/281, $21,780
T-60: Nick Dunlap, +1/281, $21,780
T-60: Matt McCarty, +1/281, $21,780
T-60: Sahith Theegala, +1/281, $21,780
T-60: Taylor Moore, +1/281, $21,780
66: Ryo Hisatsune, +2/282, $21,087
T-67: Thorbjorn Olesen, +3/283, $20,691
T-67: Jackson Suber, +3/283, $20,691
T-67: Austin Eckroat, +3/283, $20,691
70: Erik van Rooyen, +4/284, $20,295
T-71: Tom Hoge, +5/285, $19,899
T-71: Lucas Glover, +5/285, $19,899
T-71: Davis Riley, +5/285, $19,899
T-74: Kevin Roy, +6/286, $19,404
T-74: Adam Schenk, +6/286, $19,404