McGreevy Takes 1st Korn Ferry Title

Max McGreevy

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPRINGFIELD, Misourri — Max McGreevy shot an 8-under 64 to hold off Jose de Jesus Rodríguez by a stroke in the Price Cutter Charity Championship for his first Korn Ferry Tour victory.

McGreevy played the back nine 5-under 31, making an eagle on the par-5 11th and birdies on the par-4 10th, par-3 15th and par-4 16th. The 25-year-old former Oklahoma player finished at 21-under 267 at Highland Springs Country Club. He earned $117,000 to jump from 40th to eighth in the season race for PGA Tour cards.

“It was really just a great week,” McGreevy said. “It still really hasn’t set in. I’ve never won a four-round event before. I’ve won a lot of three-round events, but to be able to put something together on the final day and finally actually do it in a four-round event means a lot to me.”

McGreevy spent last year on the PGA Tour Series — China, winning once and earning Player of the Year honors and a return to the Korn Ferry Tour.

“It took a lot for me to go over there,” McGreevy said. “I had a fun journey with it. Fourteen weeks over there made me a lot stronger as a man and as a golfer.”

Rodríguez, from Mexico, finished with a 67. Chad Ramey was third at 19 under after a 67.