Brice Garnett shot a bogey-free 69 on Sunday at the Puerto Rico Open to reach 19-under and enter a playoff. He holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth extra hole to win his second PGA Tour title.
“We just, we stuck to our game plan. I was right there around 300 yards to the front of the green every playoff hole and that’s just too far for me to try to push a 3-wood up there. So I just continued to lay up to a really good wedge number. I hit some really good wedges in there.
“And then the fourth hole is the exact same putt I had on the first playoff hole, so I knew exactly what the putt did and I just had to hit it a little bit harder the second go-round.”
Garnett had previously won at the 2018 Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic but fell outside the top-150 last year and had lost full PGA Tour status.
With this win he becomes fully exempt through the 2026 season and earns a spot into this week’s Players as well as the 2024 PGA Championship, 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge and The Sentry in 2025.
“Just an outstanding week from the time I got here. I was excited to be here, I was thankful to be here. I wasn’t sure when my next PGA Tour start was going to come and I was kind of gearing up for this one. I think I told you earlier in the week, this is my Augusta. It didn’t get me in Augusta. I guess maybe I should put in for a special exemption, but it is a wonderful week for me that opens all kinds of new doors for a 40-year-old Tour vet.”
Eric Barnes shot a bogey-free 68 to enter the playoff but missed a 12-foot birdie putt for the win at the first extra hole and another at the fourth to finish second.
France’s Victor Perez, the only non-American in the top-5, closed with a 65 for a share of third place at 18-under alongside Hayden Springer (68) and Jimmy Stanger (70).
Overnight leader Ben Kohles failed to make a birdie until the 15th and could have joined the playoff at the 18th but three-putted from 35 feet for bogey and closedwith a 73 to finish tied for sixth at 17-under.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brice Garnett | -19 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 269 |
| 2 | Erik Barnes | -19 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 269 |
| T3 | Victor Perez | -18 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 270 |
| T3 | Hayden Springer | -18 | 68 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 270 |
| T3 | Jimmy Stanger | -18 | 68 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 270 |
| T6 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -17 | 73 | 65 | 67 | 66 | 271 |
| T6 | Joe Highsmith | -17 | 65 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 271 |
| T6 | Ben Kohles | -17 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 73 | 271 |
| 9 | Norman Xiong | -16 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 272 |
| T10 | Jackson Van Paris(a) | -15 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 273 |
| T10 | Evan Harmeling | -15 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 273 |
| T10 | Martin Laird | -15 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 273 |
| T10 | Austin Cook | -15 | 68 | 71 | 66 | 68 | 273 |
| T10 | Matti Schmid | -15 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 273 |
| T15 | Henrik Norlander | -14 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 69 | 274 |
| T15 | Max Greyserman | -14 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 274 |
| T15 | Nico Echavarria | -14 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 274 |
| T18 | Rafael Campos | -13 | 65 | 67 | 76 | 67 | 275 |
| T18 | Ryo Hisatsune | -13 | 65 | 67 | 74 | 69 | 275 |
| T18 | Richy Werenski | -13 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 275 |
| T18 | Sam Stevens | -13 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 275 |
| T18 | Vince Whaley | -13 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 275 |
| T23 | Mac Meissner | -12 | 73 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 276 |
| T23 | Kevin Chappell | -12 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 67 | 276 |
| T23 | Aaron Rai | -12 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 276 |
| T23 | Troy Merritt | -12 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 276 |
| T23 | Jacob Bridgeman | -12 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 276 |
| T23 | Michael Kim | -12 | 72 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 276 |
| T23 | Aaron Baddeley | -12 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 276 |
| T23 | Cody Gribble | -12 | 68 | 66 | 71 | 71 | 276 |
| T23 | Tyler Duncan | -12 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 276 |
| T32 | Zecheng Dou | -11 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 66 | 277 |
| T32 | S.Y. Noh | -11 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 67 | 277 |
| T32 | Tommy Gainey | -11 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 277 |
| T32 | Fred Biondi | -11 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 277 |
| T32 | Kevin Tway | -11 | 71 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 277 |
| T32 | Pierceson Coody | -11 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 277 |
| T32 | Kevin Streelman | -11 | 65 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 277 |
| T32 | Garrick Higgo | -11 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 277 |
| T32 | Robert MacIntyre | -11 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 277 |
| T32 | Rico Hoey | -11 | 65 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 277 |
| T42 | Ben Silverman | -10 | 71 | 67 | 72 | 68 | 278 |
| T42 | Ben Martin | -10 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 278 |
| T42 | Brandon Wu | -10 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 278 |
| T42 | Scott Piercy | -10 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 278 |
| T42 | Harrison Endycott | -10 | 69 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 278 |
| T42 | Raul Pereda | -10 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 278 |
| T42 | Patrick Fishburn | -10 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 278 |
| T49 | Taiga Semikawa | -9 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 279 |
| T49 | Jim Herman | -9 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 279 |
| T49 | Rasmus Højgaard | -9 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 279 |
| T49 | Chris Nido | -9 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 279 |
| T49 | Harry Hall | -9 | 69 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 279 |
| T49 | Joel Dahmen | -9 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 279 |
| T55 | Ben Griffin | -8 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 280 |
| T55 | Roger Sloan | -8 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 280 |
| T55 | Ryan Brehm | -8 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 72 | 280 |
| T58 | Ryan McCormick | -7 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 281 |
| T58 | Michael Gligic | -7 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 281 |
| T58 | Paul Haley II | -7 | 72 | 68 | 67 | 74 | 281 |
| T61 | Sean O'Hair | -6 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 282 |
| T61 | Sangmoon Bae | -6 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 282 |
| T61 | Josh Teater | -6 | 72 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 282 |
| T61 | Kyle Stanley | -6 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 282 |
| T61 | Tom Whitney | -6 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 75 | 282 |
| T61 | Chan Kim | -6 | 72 | 68 | 65 | 77 | 282 |
| 67 | David Skinns | -5 | 68 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 283 |
| T68 | Austin Smotherman | -4 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 284 |
| T68 | Brian Stuard | -4 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 284 |
| T68 | Tyler Collet | -4 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 76 | 284 |
| 71 | Chris Stroud | -3 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 77 | 285 |
| 72 | Angel Ayora | -2 | 68 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 286 |
| CUT | Russell Knox | -3 | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Justin Suh | -3 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | -3 | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | -3 | 72 | 69 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Chris Gotterup | -3 | 68 | 73 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Harry Higgs | -3 | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | William McGirt | -3 | 69 | 72 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | -3 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Robert Streb | -3 | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Justin Hastings(a) | -3 | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Trace Crowe | -3 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Wilson Furr | -3 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Sung Kang | -2 | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Adam Long | -2 | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Kevin Kisner | -2 | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Ryan Armour | -2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Jeff Overton | -2 | 69 | 73 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Ryan Cole | -2 | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Jorge Campillo | -2 | 76 | 66 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Satoshi Kodaira | -2 | 67 | 75 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Daniel Berger | -2 | 69 | 73 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Ted Potter, Jr. | -2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | S.H. Kim | -2 | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Nate Lashley | -2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Nicholas Lindheim | -2 | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Alejandro Tosti | -2 | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Paul Barjon | -2 | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Ben Crane | -1 | 72 | 71 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | D.J. Trahan | -1 | 72 | 71 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | MJ Daffue | -1 | 71 | 72 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Ricky Barnes | -1 | 73 | 70 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Kelly Kraft | -1 | 68 | 75 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Kevin Dougherty | -1 | 72 | 71 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Yuxin Lin | -1 | 73 | 70 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Parker Coody | -1 | 72 | 71 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | James Hahn | Par | 76 | 68 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Domenico Geminiani | Par | 73 | 71 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Gareth Steyn(a) | Par | 71 | 73 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Bill Haas | Par | 72 | 72 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Scott Brown | Par | 72 | 72 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Martin Trainer | Par | 73 | 71 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Nick Watney | +1 | 71 | 74 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Cameron Champ | +1 | 73 | 72 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Wesley Bryan | +1 | 71 | 74 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Julian Perico | +1 | 71 | 74 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Derek Ernst | +2 | 75 | 71 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Geoff Ogilvy | +2 | 71 | 75 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Jonathan Byrd | +2 | 71 | 75 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Aaron Wise | +2 | 76 | 70 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Scott Gutschewski | +3 | 75 | 72 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | D.A. Points | +3 | 75 | 72 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | Chandler Phillips | +3 | 75 | 72 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | George McNeill | +4 | 75 | 73 | - | - | 148 |
| CUT | Derek Lamely | +4 | 75 | 73 | - | - | 148 |
| CUT | Evan Pena(a) | +4 | 78 | 70 | - | - | 148 |
| CUT | Blaine Hale, Jr. | +4 | 79 | 69 | - | - | 148 |
| CUT | Andrew Landry | +5 | 73 | 76 | - | - | 149 |
| CUT | Jason Dufner | +7 | 76 | 75 | - | - | 151 |
| CUT | Kelvin Hernandez(a) | +10 | 74 | 80 | - | - | 154 |
| CUT | Aram Yenidjeian | +13 | 79 | 78 | - | - | 157 |
