The Charles Schwab Cup Championship is the final event of the season on the U.S.-based PGA Tour Champions, the world's leading golf tour for male professionals aged 50 and above. Played in late October or early November each year, it is PGA Tour Champions' equivalent of the PGA Tour's Tour Championship, and was formerly known as the Senior Tour Championship. Like the Tour Championship, it has a small field (30 from 1990 through 2015, and 36 from 2016 forward) and no half-way cut.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Established | 1990 |
| Course(s) | Phoenix Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,763 yards (6,184 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$3,000,000 |
| Month played | November |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 257 Pádraig Harrington (2022) |
| To par | −27 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Steven Alker | |
| Location map | |
  Phoenix CC Location in the United States  Phoenix CC Location in Arizona | |
Through 2015, the top 30 money winners made up the field. Since 2016, 36 golfers have competed, and the event is the final stage of a three-tournament playoff similar to that used by the regular PGA Tour for its FedEx Cup.[1] Through 2015, the tournament had another distinction that made it unique on PGA Tour Champions – it was the only event, other than the tour's five majors, contested over four rounds. In 2016 and 2017, it returned to being held over three rounds. In 2018, it returns to being held over four rounds. Since 2013, the purse has been $2,500,000, with $440,000 going to the winner.
Tournament hosts
edit| Years | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|
| 1990–1993 | Hyatt Dorado Beach | Dorado, Puerto Rico |
| 1994–1999 | The Dunes Golf and Beach Club | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| 2000 | TPC of Myrtle Beach | Murrells Inlet, South Carolina |
| 2001–2002 | Gaillardia Golf and Country Club | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2003–2009 | Sonoma Golf Club | Sonoma, California |
| 2010–2011, 2013 | TPC Harding Park[2][3] | San Francisco, California |
| 2012, 2014–2016 | Desert Mountain Club (Cochise Course)[4][1] | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 2017–2023 | Phoenix Country Club | Phoenix, Arizona |
Winners
edit| PGA Tour Champions (Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs) | 2016–2019, 2021– | |
| Champions Tour (Regular event/Regular season Tour Championship) | 1990–2015, 2020 |
| # | Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Schwab Cup Championship | ||||||
| 34th | 2023 | Steven Alker |
266 | −18 | 1 stroke |  Mike Weir Ernie Els
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| 33rd | 2022 |  Pádraig Harrington |
257 | −27 | 7 strokes |  Alex Čejka
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| 32nd | 2021 |  Phil Mickelson |
265 | −19 | 1 stroke | Steven Alker
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| 31st | 2021 | Kevin Sutherland (2) |
198 | −15 | Playoff |  Paul Broadhurst
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| 30th | 2019 | Jeff Maggert |
263 | −21 | Playoff | Retief Goosen
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| 29th | 2018 |  Vijay Singh |
262 | −22 | 4 strokes | Tim Petrovic
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| 28th | 2017 | Kevin Sutherland |
198 | −15 | 1 stroke | Vijay Singh
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| 27th | 2016 | Paul Goydos |
195 | −15 | 2 strokes | Bernhard Langer
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| 26th | 2015 | Billy Andrade |
266 | −14 | Playoff | Bernhard Langer
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| 25th | 2014 | Tom Pernice Jr. |
269 | −11 | Playoff | Jay Haas
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| 24th | 2013 | Fred Couples |
267 | −17 | 6 strokes | Bernhard Langer Mark O'Meara Peter Senior
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| 23rd | 2012 | Tom Lehman |
258 | −22 | 6 strokes | Jay Haas
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| 22nd | 2011 | Jay Don Blake |
276 | −8 | 2 strokes | Michael Allen Mark Calcavecchia Jay Haas Loren Roberts
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| 21st | 2010 | John Cook (2) |
267 | −17 | 2 strokes | Michael Allen
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| 20th | 2009 | John Cook |
266 | −22 | 5 strokes | Russ Cochran
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| 19th | 2008 | Andy Bean |
268 | −20 | 9 strokes | Gene Jones
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| 18th | 2007 | Jim Thorpe (3) |
268 | −20 | 3 strokes | Fred Funk Denis Watson
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| 17th | 2006 | Jim Thorpe (2) |
271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Tom Kite
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| 16th | 2005 | Tom Watson (3) |
272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Jay Haas
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| 15th | 2004 | Mark McNulty |
277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Tom Kite
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| 14th | 2003 | Jim Thorpe |
268 | −20 | 3 strokes | Tom Watson
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| Senior Tour Championship | ||||||
| 13th | 2002 | Tom Watson (2) |
274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Gil Morgan
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| 12th | 2001 | Bob Gilder |
277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Doug Tewell
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| IR Senior Tour Championship | ||||||
| 11th | 2000 | Tom Watson |
270 | −18 | 1 stroke | John Jacobs
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| Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship | ||||||
| 10th | 1999 | Gary McCord |
276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Bruce Fleisher Larry Nelson
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| Energizer Senior Tour Championship | ||||||
| 9th | 1998 | Hale Irwin |
274 | −14 | 5 strokes | Gil Morgan
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| 8th | 1997 | Gil Morgan |
272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Hale Irwin
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| 7th | 1996 | Jay Sigel |
279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Kermit Zarley
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| 6th | 1995 | Jim Colbert |
282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Raymond Floyd
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| Golf Magazine Senior Tour Championship | ||||||
| 5th | 1994 | Raymond Floyd (2) |
273 | −15 | Playoff | Jim Albus
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| Hyatt Senior Tour Championship | ||||||
| 4th | 1993 |  Simon Hobday |
199 | −17 | 2 strokes | Raymond Floyd Larry Gilbert
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| Senior Tour Championship | ||||||
| 3rd | 1992 | Raymond Floyd |
197 | −19 | 5 strokes | George Archer Dale Douglass
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| New York Life Champions | ||||||
| 2nd | 1991 | Mike Hill (2) |
202 | −14 | 2 strokes | Jim Colbert
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| 1st | 1990 | Mike Hill |
201 | −15 | Playoff | Dale Douglass Lee Trevino
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References
edit- ^ a b "Champions Tour announces 2016 schedule and format for inaugural Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs" (Press release). PGA Tour. November 11, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- ^ "Harding Park to host future Tour events". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
- ^ "Historic Harding Park Golf Course joins TPC network" (Press release). PGA Tour. November 3, 2010. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ "Schwab Cup C'ship moving to Desert Mountain in 2012" (Press release). PGA Tour. October 13, 2011. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.