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Charles Schwab Cup Championship

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Charles Schwab Cup Championship
Tournament information
LocationPhoenix, Arizona
Established1990
Course(s)Phoenix Country Club
Par71
Length6,763 yards (6,184 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$3,000,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate257 Pádraig Harrington (2022)
To par−27 as above
Current champion
New Zealand Steven Alker
Location map
Phoenix CC is located in the United States
Phoenix CC
Phoenix CC
Location in the United States
Phoenix CC is located in Arizona
Phoenix CC
Phoenix CC
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.

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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  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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