Freddy Schott what's in the bag 2026

A playoff disaster by Scotland’s Calum Hill handed the Bahrain Championship to Germany’s Freddy Schott as American Patrick Reed narrowly missed out on back-to-back wins on the DP World Tour.

Reed, who won the Dubai Desert Classic, joined Hill and Schott on 17 under par after 72 holes. The American dropped a shot on the first playoff hole and was eliminated. Hill and Schott returned to the 18th tee, where the Scot hit his first drive out of bounds and had to reload. He then hit a shank that found the water and ended up conceding to Schott, who claimed his maiden DP World Tour victory.

The trio were locked together at 17 under par after 72 holes after Reed shot 67 on Sunday to make up a four-shot overnight deficit to Hill, who began the day two clear but had to settle for a 71 after a bogey at the difficult final hole. Schott carded 69 to join the pair.

Reed bogeyed the first playoff hole to drop out of contention and after Hill went out of bounds second time round, before sending his fourth shot into the water, he sportingly conceded without making Schott putt out for the win.

Schott said: "It's just amazing, I'm just extremely happy, surprised... I don't know what's happening right now. I'm just so happy. I could have done it the regular way, that would have also been fine! But to do it this way feels even more special so I'm just glad it happened this way."

Who is Freddy Schott?

Schott was born in Dusseldorf on May 26, 2001 and became a scratch golfer when he was just 13 years old. His mentor is Marcel Siem, whom he caddied for on the European Tour in 2020 to gain experience on tour.

Schott won several amateur events in North Rhine-Westphalia, and in 2019 he was runner-up at the German National Boys Championship, and the South African Juniors International.

He won silver for Germany at the 2019 European Boys’ Team Championship in France as Germany lost the final to the host nation 5-2.

Schott turned professional in 2021 and joined the Sunshine Tour, where his best finish was a tie for seventh at the Cape Town Open before joining the Challenge Tour. He also made a start on the third-tier Pro Golf Tour in the Netherlands, where he won the FaberExposize Gelpenberg Open wire-to-wire, his first professional title

In 2022, Schott won the Frederikshavn Challenge in Denmark and recorded another six top-five finishes to finish ninth in the rankings, and graduate to the DP World Tour for 2023.

In his rookie season, Schott recorded a season best tie for 10th at the Made in Himmerland and finished 144th in the rankings, losing his card. He topped the 2023 qualifying school to keep full playing privileges. In 2024 he finished 117th in the rankings, and in 2025 102nd.

This was his 91st start and his maiden success, having made just 42 cuts, with three top 10 finishes.

Last 10 Events

Bahrain Championship - 1st

Hero Dubai Desert Classic - T49th

Crown Australian Open - CUT

BMW Australian PGA Championship - T41st

DP World India Championship - T17th

Open de Espana - CUT

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - T15th

FedEx Open de France - T17th

GAC Rosa Challenge Tour - CUT

Omega European Masters - CUT

Key Stats

Driving Distance - 310.25 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 52.82%

Greens in Regulation - 62.22%

Sand Saves - 58.33%

Putts Per Round - 28.40

Scoring Average - 71.40

What's in Freddy Schott's golf bag?

Driver: PING G440 Max

Mini Driver: PING Prototype 

Utility Iron: PING iDi

Irons (4-9): PING Blueprint Forged S

Pitching Wedge: PING Blueprint Forged S

Wedges (50, 56 & 60-Degree): PING S259

Putter: PING PLD Ketsch Proto

Ball: Titleist Pro V1 (2023)