Adam Schenk knew the stakes.
After a poor 2025 season, the 33-year-old had just two weeks left to find a way into the top 100 of the FedEx Cup Fall rankings to keep his card.
“I know if I don’t, I have to go to Q-School if I don’t get inside 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 Port Royal Golf Course and followed it with rounds of 65 and 67 to take the 54-hole co-lead alongside Braden Thornberry. Schenk notched just two top-10 finishes during the FedEx Cup season and missed his final six cuts to finish 133rd in the standings. Schenk made his first cuts of the fall season but didn’t finish in the top 20 in any of them. He arrived in Bermuda at 134 in the standings. His PGA Tour card was on life support with two weeks remaining.
But Schenk braved the windy conditions in Bermuda and put himself in position on Sunday in Bermuda to earn his first-career PGA Tour win and grab the two-year exemption that comes with it.
Sunday would prove to be a difficult day for Schenk. Getting over the line on the PGA Tour is never easy. It’s even more difficult when you’re trying to do it for the first time.
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 steadied himself 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 over the green to the back fringe. He pulled putter and rolled his third shot down the hill but came up short, leaving himself a nervy, five-footer for the win. It was fitting that the club that had been his biggest Achilles’ heel was the one that had to deliver him a win.
Schenk surveyed the putt, gave a deep exhale and rolled it into the center of the cup. A might fist pump followed.
“I’ve putt for PGA Tour wins so many times in my barn,” Schenk told Golf Channel on the green after the win. “To actually get to do it again — I’ve done 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 $1.08 million winner’s check.
Adam Schenk salvages par to win Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Here’s how much every player made at the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
What every player made at the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Editor’s note: Amateur Tyler Watts finished in a tie for 58th place 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
Isaiah Salinda, $82,500
Sami 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 Rosenmueller, $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
Blades 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. Kevin Velo,$13,980
Taylor Dickson, $13,980
Carson Young
58. Antoine Rozner, $13,740
59. Danny Willett, $13,620
T60. Ben Kohles, $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