Charles Schwab Cup Championship

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Charles Schwab Cup Championship
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Tournament information
Location Phoenix, Arizona
Established1990
Course(s) Phoenix Country Club
Par71
Length6,763 yards (6,184 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$3,000,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate257 Pádraig Harrington (2022)
To par−27 as above
Current champion
Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker
Location Map
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Location in the United States
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Location in Arizona

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.

Contents

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

YearsVenueCity
1990–1993Hyatt Dorado Beach Dorado, Puerto Rico
1994–1999The Dunes Golf and Beach Club Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2000 TPC of Myrtle Beach Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
2001–2002Gaillardia Golf and Country Club Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2003–2009Sonoma Golf Club Sonoma, California
2010–2011, 2013 TPC Harding Park [2] [3] San Francisco, California
2012, 2014–2016Desert Mountain Club (Cochise Course) [4] [1] Scottsdale, Arizona
2017–2023 Phoenix Country Club Phoenix, Arizona

Winners

PGA Tour Champions (Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs)2016–2019, 2021–
Champions Tour (Regular event/Regular season Tour Championship)1990–2015, 2020
#YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Charles Schwab Cup Championship
34th 2023 Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker 266−181 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Weir
Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els
33rd 2022 Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington 257−277 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Alex Čejka
32nd 2021 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson 265−191 stroke Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker
31st 2021 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Sutherland (2)198−15Playoff Flag of England.svg Paul Broadhurst
30th 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Maggert 263−21Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen
29th 2018 Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh 262−224 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tim Petrovic
28th 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Sutherland 198−151 stroke Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh
27th 2016 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goydos 195−152 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
26th 2015 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Andrade 266−14Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
25th 2014 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Pernice Jr. 269−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas
24th 2013 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 267−176 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior
23rd 2012 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lehman 258−226 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas
22nd 2011 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Don Blake 276−82 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Michael Allen
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Calcavecchia
Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas
Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts
21st 2010 Flag of the United States.svg John Cook (2)267−172 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Michael Allen
20th 2009 Flag of the United States.svg John Cook 266−225 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Russ Cochran
19th 2008 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Bean 268−209 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Gene Jones
18th 2007 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe (3)268−203 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Fred Funk
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Denis Watson
17th 2006 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe (2)271−172 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite
16th 2005 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson (3)272−161 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas
15th 2004 Flag of Ireland.svg Mark McNulty 277−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite
14th 2003 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe 268−203 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson
Senior Tour Championship
13th 2002 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson (2)274−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan
12th 2001 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Gilder 277−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Doug Tewell
IR Senior Tour Championship
11th 2000 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson 270−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg John Jacobs
Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship
10th 1999 Flag of the United States.svg Gary McCord 276−121 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson
Energizer Senior Tour Championship
9th 1998 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin 274−145 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan
8th 1997 Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan 272−162 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin
7th 1996 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Sigel 279−92 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Kermit Zarley
6th 1995 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Colbert 282−61 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Floyd
Golf Magazine Senior Tour Championship
5th 1994 Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Floyd (2)273−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jim Albus
Hyatt Senior Tour Championship
4th 1993 Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Simon Hobday 199−172 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Floyd
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Gilbert
Senior Tour Championship
3rd 1992 Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Floyd 197−195 strokes Flag of the United States.svg George Archer
Flag of the United States.svg Dale Douglass
New York Life Champions
2nd 1991 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Hill (2)202−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jim Colbert
1st 1990 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Hill 201−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Dale Douglass
Flag of the United States.svg Lee Trevino

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References

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  2. ↑ "Harding Park to host future Tour events". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.

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