Charles Schwab Challenge 2026-Event Details and Prize Pool
Golf fans are eagerly awaiting the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge, which celebrates its 80th anniversary. The Charles Schwab Challenge was an old, elite golf tournament in 1946. The Colonial National Invitation has sponsored this event since 2019. At the same time, the Charles Schwab Challenge 2026 is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in Texas. This event began with high expectations to travel along the reasonable path of the golf world.
The Charles Schwab Challenge will take place from May 28 to 31, 2026, at Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas. Now, this event will celebrate 8 decades and is one of the longest-running host venues for the PGA Tour. The Charles Schwab Challenge marks the 80th edition of the tournament.
Fred Funk, Paul Goydos, Tim Herron, Greg Kraft, and Jeff Sluman
2,800,000
504,000
1998
Tom Watson
265
Jim Furyk
2,300,000
414,000
1997
David Frost
265
Brad Faxon and David Ogrin
1,600,000
288,000
1996
Corey Pavin
272
Jeff Sluman
1,500,000
270,000
1995
Tom Lehman
271
Craig Parry
1,400,000
252,000
1994
Nick Price
266
Scott Simpson
1,400,000
252,000
1993
Fulton Allem
264
Greg Norman
1,300,000
234,000
1992
Bruce Lietzke
267
Corey Pavin
1,300,000
234,000
1991
Tom Purtzer
267
David Edwards, Scott Hoch, and Bob Lohr
1,200,000
216,000
1990
Ben Crenshaw
272
John Mahaffey, Corey Pavin and Nick Price
1,000,000
180,000
1989
Ian Baker-Finch
270
David Edwards
1,000,000
180,000
1988
Lanny Wadkins
270
Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Crenshaw, and Joey Sindelar
750,000
135,000
1987
Keith Clearwater
266
Davis Love III
600,000
108,000
1986
Dan Pohl
205
Payne Stewart
600,000
108,000
1985
Corey Pavin
266
Bob Murphy
500,000
90,000
1984
Peter Jacobsen
270
Payne Stewart
500,000
90,000
1983
Jim Colbert
278
Fuzzy Zoeller
400,000
72,000
1982
Jack Nicklaus
273
Andy North
350,000
63,000
1981
Fuzzy Zoeller
274
Hale Irwin
300,000
54,000
1980
Bruce Lietzke
271
Ben Crenshaw
300,000
54,000
1979
Al Geiberger
274
Don January and Gene Littler
300,000
54,000
1978
Lee Trevino
268
Jerry Heard and Jerry Pate
200,000
40,000
1977
Ben Crenshaw
272
John Schroeder
200,000
40,000
1976
Lee Trevino
273
Mike Morley
200,000
40,000
1975
Al Geiberger
270
Dave Stockton
250,000
50,000
1974
Rod Curl
276
Jack Nicklaus
250,000
50,000
1973
Tom Weiskopf
276
Bruce Crampton and Jerry Heard
150,000
30,000
1972
Jerry Heard
275
Fred Marti
125,500
25,000
1971
Gene Littler
283
Bert Yancey
125,000
25,000
1970
Homero Blancas
273
Gene Littler and Lee Trevino
125,000
25,000
1969
Gardner Dickinson
278
Gary Player
125,000
25,000
1968
Billy Casper
275
Gene Littler
125,000
25,000
1967
Dave Stockton
278
Charles Coody
115,000
23,000
1966
Bruce Devlin
280
R. H. Sikes
110,000
22,000
1965
Bruce Crampton
276
George Knudson
100,000
20,000
1964
Billy Casper
279
Tommy Jacobs
75,000
14,000
1963
Julius Boros
279
Gary Player
60,000
12,000
1962
Arnold Palmer
281
Johnny Pott
40,000
7,000
1961
Doug Sanders
281
Kel Nagle
40,000
7,000
1960
Julius Boros
280
Gene Littler and Kel Nagle
30,000
5,000
1959
Ben Hogan
285
Fred Hawkins
27,300
5,000
1958
Tommy Bolt
282
Ken Venturi
25,000
5,000
1957
Roberto De Vicenzo
284
Dick Mayer
25,000
5,000
1956
Mike Souchak
280
Tommy Bolt
25,000
5,000
1955
Chandler Harper
276
Dow Finsterwald
25,000
5,000
1954
Johnny Palmer
280
Fred Haas
25,000
5,000
1953
Ben Hogan
282
Doug Ford and Cary Middlecoff
25,000
5,000
1952
Ben Hogan
279
Lloyd Mangrum
20,000
4,000
1951
Cary Middlecoff
282
Jack Burke Jr.
15,000
3,000
1950
Sam Snead
277
Skip Alexander
15,000
3,000
1948
Clayton Heafner
272
Skip Alexander and Ben Hogan
15,000
3,000
1947
Ben Hogan
279
Toney Penna
15,000
3,000
1946
Ben Hogan
279
Harry Todd
15,000
3,000
Event Details for Charles Schwab Challenge 2026
Main Event: Charles Schwab Challenge
Date: May 28-31, 2026
Venue: Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
How can I watch the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge?
The Charles Schwab Challenge 2026 will be streamed on CBS and ESPN+. On other channels, the Golf Channel is a television channel that broadcasts golf events.
In the UK, you can watch the Charles Schwab Challenge live on Sky Sports Golf. You can stream the early-round and featured group coverage on FanCode or through a PGA Tour Live subscription.
Golf fans are eager to see this golf event, which will air on Kayo Sports in Australia. In addition, the Foxtel Now app will show the PGA Tour tournaments.
Course Layout
Hole
Par
Yards
1
5
581
2
4
385
3
4
475
4
3
248
5
4
476
6
4
410
7
4
480
8
3
194
9
4
413
OUT
35
3,662
10
4
407
11
5
639
12
4
457
13
3
199
14
4
456
15
4
431
16
3
197
17
4
399
18
4
442
IN
35
3,627
TOTAL
70
7,289
Charles Schwab Challenge 2026: Players to Watch
Players
Country
Ludvig Åberg
Sweden
Zach Bauchou
United States
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
South Africa
Akshay Bhatia
United States
Zac Blair
United States
Chandler Blanchet
United States
Keegan Bradley
United States
Michael Brennan
United States
Dan Brown
England
Brian Campbell
United States
Ricky Castillo
United States
Bud Cauley
United States
Davis Chatfield
United States
Luke Clanton
United States
Wyndham Clark
United States
Eric Cole
United States
Pierceson Coody
United States
Trace Crowe
United States
Joel Dahmen
United States
Cam Davis
Australia
Zecheng Dou
China
Adrien Dumont de Chassart
Belgium
Nick Dunlap
United States
Nico Echavarria
Colombia
Austin Eckroat
United States
A.J. Ewart
Canada
Tony Finau
United States
Steven Fisk
United States
David Ford
United States
Rickie Fowler
United States
Ryan Gerard
United States
Doug Ghim
United States
Lucas Glover
United States
Max Greyserman
United States
Ben Griffin
United States
Emiliano Grillo
Argentina
Harry Hall
England
Albert Hansson
United States
Nick Hardy
United States
Brian Harman
United States
Russell Henley
United States
Garrick Higgo
South Africa
Joe Highsmith
United States
Kensei Hirata
Japan
Ryo Hisatsune
Japan
Lee Hodges
United States
Rico Hoey
Philippines
Charley Hoffman
United States
Tom Hoge
United States
Rasmus Højgaard
Denmark
Max Homa
United States
Billy Horschel
United States
Beau Hossler
United States
Mason Howell
United States
Mark Hubbard
United States
Mackenzie Hughes
Canada
Sungjae Im
Korea
Stephan Jaeger
Germany
Takumi Kanaya
Japan
Jeffrey Kang
United States
Johnny Keefer
United States
Tom Kim
Korea
Michael Kim
United States
Chris Kirk
United States
Kevin Kisner
United States
Patton Kizzire
United States
Brooks Koepka
United States
Matt Kuchar
United States
Christo Lamprecht
South Africa
Hank Lebioda
United States
Haotong Li
China
David Lipsky
United States
Robert MacIntyre
Scotland
Ben Martin
United States
Hideki Matsuyama
Japan
Denny McCarthy
United States
Matt McCarty
United States
Max McGreevy
United States
Mac Meissner
United States
Keith Mitchell
United States
Taylor Moore
United States
William Mouw
United States
Keita Nakajima
Japan
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Denmark
Andrew Novak
United States
Pontus Nyholm
Sweden
Thorbjørn Olesen
Denmark
Ryan Palmer
United States
John Parry
England
Matthieu Pavon
France
Paul Peterson
United States
Chandler Phillips
United States
J.T. Poston
United States
Seamus Power
Ireland
Andrew Putnam
United States
Chad Ramey
United States
Davis Riley
United States
Patrick Rodgers
United States
Kevin Roy
United States
Marcelo Rozo
Colombia
Sam Ryder
United States
Adrien Saddier
France
Gordon Sargent
United States
Adam Schenk
United States
Neal Shipley
United States
Webb Simpson
United States
David Skinns
England
Alex Smalley
United States
Jordan Smith
England
Austin Smotherman
United States
Brandt Snedeker
United States
J.J. Spaun
United States
Hayden Springer
United States
Sam Stevens
United States
Kevin Streelman
United States
Jackson Suber
United States
Adam Svensson
Canada
Sahit Theegala
United States
Justin Thomas
United States
Davis Thompson
United States
Michael Thorbjornsen
United States
Alejandro Tosti
Argentina
John VanDerLaan
United States
Erik van Rooyen
South Africa
Kris Ventura
Norway
Karl Vilips
Australia
Camilo Villegas
Colombia
Danny Walker
United States
Vince Whaley
United States
Gary Woodland
United States
Dylan Wu
United States
Sudarshan Yellamaraju
Canada
Kevin Yu
Chinese Taipei
Charles Schwab Challenge 2026: Schedule
Date
Round/Event
Event Details
May 27, 2026
Practice Round & Pro-Am
Official practice sessions and Pro-Am activities
May 28, 2026
Round 1
Opening round of the tournament
May 29, 2026
Round 2
Second round and cut line determination
May 30, 2026
Round 3
Moving Day competition
May 31, 2026
Final Round
Championship round and trophy presentation
Prize Money
Position
Earnings (USD)
Position
Earnings (USD)
1
$1,782,000
37
$49,005
2
$1,079,100
38
$47,025
3
$683,100
39
$45,045
4
$485,100
40
$43,065
5
$405,900
41
$41,085
6
$358,875
42
$39,105
7
$334,125
43
$37,125
8
$309,375
44
$35,145
9
$289,575
45
$33,165
10
$269,775
46
$31,185
11
$249,975
47
$29,205
12
$230,175
48
$27,621
13
$210,375
49
$26,235
14
$190,575
50
$25,443
15
$180,675
51
$24,849
16
$170,775
52
$24,255
17
$160,875
53
$23,859
18
$150,975
54
$23,463
19
$141,075
55
$23,265
20
$131,175
56
$23,067
21
$121,275
57
$22,869
22
$111,375
58
$22,671
23
$103,455
59
$22,473
24
$95,535
60
$22,275
25
$87,615
61
$22,077
26
$79,695
62
$21,879
27
$76,725
63
$21,681
28
$73,755
64
$21,483
29
$70,785
65
$21,285
30
$67,815
66
$21,087
31
$64,845
67
$20,889
32
$61,875
68
$20,691
33
$58,905
69
$20,493
34
$56,430
70
$20,295
35
$53,955
71
$20,097
36
$51,480
72
$19,899
Wrap-Up
The Charles Schwab Challenge is a traditional golf event, with defending champion Ben Griffin returning to preserve his title. Several notable players include Akshay Bhatia, Russell Henley, and Gary Woodland. Meanwhile, returning champion Kevin Kisner will perform to make a historic milestone. Additionally, top contenders include Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, Max Homa, and Will Zalatoris. All categories of golfers will aim to claim victory this year.