by Jed Blackwell, Associate Editor-Publisher

GREER – Adrien Dumont de Chassart got the hang of the Tour golf grind fairly quickly.

The University of Illinois graduate finished second on the PGA Tour University ranking last year, earning 8-starts on the Tour and his first one was at the BMW Charity Pro-Am Presented by TD Synnex.

Dumont de Chassart, made the most of his opportunity with a back-nine charge at Thornblade on Sunday to overtake third-round leader Josh Teater.

After shooting a final round 5-under par 66. Dumond de Chassart had to wait for the third round leader to finish.

Teater shot a 4-under par 67 to tie Dumont de Chassart at 21-under par.

The Korn-Ferry Tour rookie won a one-hole playoff to win his first pro start.

“I’m not going to lie, I was very nervous out there,” Dumont de Chassart told The Golf Channel. “I was like four behind after 12, and I just remember looking at the leaderboard on 13 and then kind of got on a roll. I made a great par on 17, and three-putted from probably 80 feet on 18.”

That three-putt, paired with a par from Teater, set up the dramatic one-hole playoff. But the players traded punches long before that.

And did we mention the rain?

A rain delay of nearly four hours suspended the final round just after noon, with play resuming just before 4:00.

When the event restarted, the golfers left on the back nine took advantage of softer conditions and receptive greens.

Dumont de Chassart birdied 13, 14, and 15 before firing right at the stick with his second shot on the par-5 16^th. His bold approach paid off, as he made one of only two eagles at the hole on Sunday, taking the lead in the process.

Teater, meanwhile, gave up a shot with a bogey at 14 before rebounding with a great birdie at 15. His up-and-down from the rough at 18, paired with Dumont de Chassart’s miss, set up the playoff.

Both found the fairway off the tee at 18 on the extra hole, but neither hit a particularly good approach, with Teater on the green but some 60 feet left, and Dumont de Chassart short and in the rough in the front right of the green. His chip, though, was spectacular, resulting in a tap-in par.

“I wish I could have made it,” he said. “I’m glad I only had a foot (left).”

Teater’s putt to answer missed right, and Dumont de Chassart immediately vaulted into contention for a PGA Tour card, awarded to the Korn Ferry Tour’s top 30 money winners at the end of the year.

Dumond de Chassart earned enough points to be ranked 22nd after just one week on the Tour.

“It’s pretty exciting,” he said. “I came here with no expectations. I had a good college career, and I just came here and I told myself just to be who I was and just play my game, and that’s what I did all week. I’m glad it was enough.” 

While 10 players with local connections were in the field, only three made the cut.

Inman’s Trent Phillips followed up his second place finish in Raleigh last week with a tie for 15th at the BMW.

The three-time Georgia All-American earned enough points to move into the Korn-Ferry Tour’s top-30 at #28.

Clemson grads Billy Kennerly finished 61st and William Nottingham finished 60th.

Clemson grad Jacob Bridgeman, from Inman, missed the cut, but was able to retain his position in the Tour’s top-30, dropping two-places to 24th.