Adam Schenk knew stocks.
After a poor 2025 season, the 33-year-old had just two weeks left to find a way to break into the top 100 of the FedEx Cup fall rankings to retain his card.
“I know if I don’t, I have to go to Q-School if I don’t make 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 that up with rounds of 65 and 67 to take the 54-hole lead along with Braden Thornberry. Schenk posted just two top-10 finishes during the FedEx Cup season and missed his last six finishes to finish 133rd in the standings. Schenk made his first cuts of the fall season, but did not finish in the top 20 in any of them. He arrived in Bermuda ranked 134th. His PGA Tour card was on life support with two weeks left.
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 snap the two-year ban that comes with it.
Sunday would be a difficult day for Schenk. Getting over the line on the PGA Tour is never easy. It’s even harder when you try it for the first time.
But while Thornberry and the other contenders struggled in windy conditions, Schenk started his day with a birdie and 13 pars to take a two-shot lead with four holes to play. Schenk bogeyed the tough 15th but hung on with pars at 16 and 17 to take a one-shot lead at the 18th. Schenk split the fairway with his putt but hammered it over the green to the back end. He pulled the putter and rolled his third shot down the hill but came up short, leaving himself a nervous five-footer for the win. It was fitting that the club that had been his biggest Achilles’ heel was the one to hand him a win.
Schenk observed the putt, took a deep breath and rolled it into the center of the cup. A fist pump followed.
“I’ve nailed PGA Tour wins a lot of times in my barn,” Schenk told Golf Channel on the green after the win. “To get to do it again — I’ve done it twice at Charles Schwab — but to see one like that 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 saves the draw to win the Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Here’s how much each player earned at the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
What each player did at the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Editor’s note: Amateur Tyler Watts finished in a tie for 58th and will not receive a check. Payments 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 Rosenmueller, $39,300
Matthew Riedel, $39,300
Thorbjorn Olesen, $39,300
Steven Fisk, $39,300
T34. Matti Schmid, $29,325
Will Gordon, $29,325
Chris 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
Grayson 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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