FORT WORTH, Texas — Ben Griffin has his first individual PGA Tour victory a month after winning a team event, hanging on to beat Matti Schmid at Colonial after breaking a tie with his co-leader for good on the first hole Sunday.

Griffin (71), a University of North Carolina graduate who shared his first PGA Tour title with Andrew Novak last month in the Zurich Classic, made a 4-foot putt on the final hole to assure the victory after Schmid (72) chipped in for birdie from 28 feet away from behind the green to cut his lead to one shot.

Ben Griffin and Matti Schmid matched each other again Saturday, and will go into the final round at Colonial tied four strokes ahead of the field and with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler lurking not much further back.

FORT WORTH – Scottie Scheffler gave his sizable Charles Schwab Challenge gallery the kind of third-round charge it wanted to see on Saturday morning. Scheffler played his first 11 holes at Colonial Country Club in seven-under par, reducing his 10-shot overnight deficit on the leaders to just three at one point.

Scottie Scheffler knew he had to make a bunch of birdies in the third round at Colonial for any chance to win in his third consecutive start

Scottie Scheffler knew he had to make a bunch of birdies in the third round at Colonial for any chance to win in his third consecutive start. The world’s No. 1 player did just that, but also