Brandt Snedeker received a text message from his daughter Lily on Sunday morning that said three words: "Go play fearless." That's all the 45-year-old needed to hear—well, that and a little help from someone chasing his first win in 274 career starts.

It had been 2,821 days since Snedeker's last PGA Tour victory at the Wyndham Championship in 2018—nearly eight years. A lot has changed since then. He's now a U.S. Presidents Cup captain. He underwent surgery in December 2022 to treat severe manubrium joint instability in his sternum. And he's faced plenty of self-doubt along the way.

But late Sunday at Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, Snedeker found himself with tears in his eyes. Twice. He bogeyed the 72nd hole and thought he'd blown the tournament. Then, 20 minutes later, fate smiled: Mark Hubbard bogeyed the last hole, handing Snedeker a one-shot victory at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic.

This win marks Snedeker's 10th PGA Tour title—a milestone he desperately wanted to reach. It also secured the last spot in the PGA Championship field this week at Aronimink. For a player who hasn't won in eight years, that's a remarkable turnaround.

"There's points in the last couple of years I didn't think I could win again," Snedeker said. "My golf game wasn't very good. My body wasn't feeling great. Lots of self-doubt."

But Snedeker did what he always does—he worked through it. No excuses. Just answers. He dug it out of the dirt. "And every time I did it, I kept getting a little bit better and a little bit better, and my confidence started growing, and I felt like I could play," he said. "It's been a long last three years. Eight years since I won, but really since I came back from my sternum surgery it's been a long time to feel like this."

Ranked 273rd in the world, Snedeker's results didn't scream "winner." There was a tie for ninth at the Bank of Utah Championship last fall, followed by four straight missed cuts to start this season—a painful setback. But at the Valspar Championship in March, something shifted. And now, with a daughter's message ringing in his ears and a 10th career win under his belt, Snedeker heads to the PGA Championship with renewed belief.