Stephan Jaeger lands maiden PGA Tour title as Scottie Scheffler misses short birdie putt on 18.
Scottie Scheffler missed a short five-foot birdie putt on the 18th to hand Stephan Jaeger his maiden title on the PGA Tour at the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
Scheffler was aiming to achieve what hasn’t been done since Dustin Johnson in 2017 by winning three consecutive tournaments on the PGA Tour.
The top-ranked player in the world was also hoping to secure his first championship victory in his native state of Texas.
However, Scheffler was unable to make his short five-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th, allowing Jaeger to win his first title in 135 starts on the PGA Tour.
Previously, at the age of 34, Jaeger had six victories on the Korn Ferry Tour.
The German golfer shot a 67 in the last round to end the tournament with a score of 12-under par.
Jaeger won by a narrow margin against Scheffler, Alejandro Tosti, Thomas Detry, Taylor Moore, and defending champion Tony Finau by one stroke.
Argentina’s Tosti bogeyed the final hole to fall out of the lead, while Belgium’s Detry burned the edge for eagle on 16 and again for birdie on 17.
England’s David Skinns was also in the mix for much of the final round but he bogeyed the 18th to fall into a tie for seventh on 10-under par alongside compatriot Aaron Rai, Max Greyserman and Billy Horschel.
Texas Children’s Houston Open Final Leaderboard
-12 S Jaeger (Ger)
-11 S Scheffler, T Moore, T Finau (US), A Tosti (Arg), T Detry (Bel)
-10 D Skinns, A Rai (Eng), M Greyserman, B Horschel (US)