Emiliano Grillo is now ranked 24th in the world.

Emiliano Grillo Is Tour’s Rookie Of The Year

Posted By: Tom Edringtonon: October 14, 2016In: In Other News...No Comments

For Emiliano Grillo, it all started last year at Silverado.

The likeable young man from Argentina captured his first PGA Tour win and opened with a 69 on Thursday in defense of his championship.

He got a nice boost earlier as he was named the PGA Tour’s Rookie Of The Year.

It was a close competition between Grillo, Si Woo Kim and Smylie Kaufman. Kim won the Wyndham and Kaufman played his way to victory in Las Vegas.

But it was Grillo who had the best overall season on his way to winning north of $3.37 million.

He is currently ranked 24th in the world and finished an impressive 11th in last year’s FedEx Cup standings.

Tom Edrington

Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.