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. 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 YearsVenueCity1990–1993 Hyatt Dorado Beach Dorado, Puerto Rico1994–1999 The Dunes Golf and Beach Club Myrtle Beach, South Carolina2000 TPC of Myrtle Beach Murrells Inlet, South Carolina2001–2002 Gaillardia Golf and Country Club Oklahoma City, Oklahoma2003–2009 Sonoma Golf Club Sonoma, California2010–2011, 2013 TPC Harding Park San Francisco, California 2012, 2014–2016 Desert Mountain Club (Cochise Course) 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 ofvictoryRunner(s)-upCharles Schwab Cup Championship36th 2025 Stewart Cink 264 −20 2 strokes Steven Alker35th 2024 Bernhard Langer 266 −18 1 stroke Steven Alker Richard Green 34th 2023 Steven Alker 266 −18 1 stroke Mike Weir Ernie Els33rd 2022 Pádraig Harrington 257 −27 7 strokes Alex Čejka32nd 2021 Phil Mickelson 265 −19 1 stroke Steven Alker31st 2020 Kevin Sutherland (2) 198 −15 Playoff Paul Broadhurst30th 2019 Jeff Maggert 263 −21 Playoff Retief Goosen29th 2018 Vijay Singh 262 −22 4 strokes Tim Petrovic28th 2017 Kevin Sutherland 198 −15 1 stroke Vijay Singh27th 2016 Paul Goydos 195 −15 2 strokes Bernhard Langer26th 2015 Billy Andrade 266 −14 Playoff Bernhard Langer25th 2014 Tom Pernice Jr. 269 −11 Playoff Jay Haas24th 2013 Fred Couples 267 −17 6 strokes Bernhard Langer Mark O'Meara Peter Senior23rd 2012 Tom Lehman 258 −22 6 strokes Jay Haas22nd 2011 Jay Don Blake 276 −8 2 strokes Michael Allen Mark Calcavecchia Jay Haas Loren Roberts21st 2010 John Cook (2) 267 −17 2 strokes Michael Allen20th 2009 John Cook 266 −22 5 strokes Russ Cochran19th 2008 Andy Bean 268 −20 9 strokes Gene Jones18th 2007 Jim Thorpe (3) 268 −20 3 strokes Fred Funk Denis Watson17th 2006 Jim Thorpe (2) 271 −17 2 strokes Tom Kite16th 2005 Tom Watson (3) 272 −16 1 stroke Jay Haas15th 2004 Mark McNulty 277 −11 1 stroke Tom Kite14th 2003 Jim Thorpe 268 −20 3 strokes Tom WatsonSenior Tour Championship13th 2002 Tom Watson (2) 274 −14 1 stroke Gil Morgan12th 2001 Bob Gilder 277 −11 1 stroke Doug TewellIR Senior Tour Championship11th 2000 Tom Watson 270 −18 1 stroke John JacobsIngersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship10th 1999 Gary McCord 276 −12 1 stroke Bruce Fleisher Larry NelsonEnergizer Senior Tour Championship9th 1998 Hale Irwin 274 −14 5 strokes Gil Morgan8th 1997 Gil Morgan 272 −16 2 strokes Hale Irwin7th 1996 Jay Sigel 279 −9 2 strokes Kermit Zarley6th 1995 Jim Colbert 282 −6 1 stroke Raymond FloydGolf Magazine Senior Tour Championship5th 1994 Raymond Floyd (2) 273 −15 Playoff Jim AlbusHyatt Senior Tour Championship4th 1993 Simon Hobday 199 −17 2 strokes Raymond Floyd Larry GilbertSenior Tour Championship3rd 1992 Raymond Floyd 197 −19 5 strokes George Archer Dale DouglassNew York Life Champions2nd 1991 Mike Hill (2) 202 −14 2 strokes Jim Colbert1st 1990 Mike Hill 201 −15 Playoff Dale Douglass Lee Trevino
References
External links Coverage on PGA Tour Champions' official site Charles Schwab Cup points list