COURSE: Colonial Country Club (Fort Worth, Texas)
ARCHITECT: John Bredemus/Perry Maxwell
YARDS/PAR: 7,209 yards/Par 70
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $7,500,000/$1,350,000
DEFENDING Champion (June 2020) - Daniel Berger - (2020 Leaderboard)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points Available/Winner: 2,989/500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @CSChallengeFW
OFFICIAL SITE: (Charles Schwab Challenge) - (Official Tournament Site)
TV COVERAGE: Thursday and Friday, May 27 and 28: 4:00pm to 7:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. On Saturday, May 29 Golf Channel’s coverage runs from 2:00pm to 5:30pm EDT and CBS takes over from 5:30pm to 7:00pm EDT. On Sunday, May 30, Golf Channel’s coverage runs from 1:00pm to 2:00pm (EDT), then CBS takes over from 2:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT).
STREAMING: It’s back to usual with PGA Tour Live streaming coverage of Featured Groups on both Thursday and Friday from 8:00am to 7:00pm (EDT). On the weekend, PGA Tour Live expands coverage with Featured Groups and Holes. On Saturday, Featured Groups runs from 9:00am to 5:30pm (EDT) and Featured Holes from 5:30-7:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, streaming coverage runs from 8:30am to 2:00pm (EDT) with Featured Groups, then finishes off with Featured Holes from 2:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Beginning on Thursday, May 27 and continuing Friday, May 28, PGA Tour Radio coverage airs 1:00pm to 7:00pm (EDT). On Saturday, hear live hole-by-hole coverage from 2:00pm to 7:00pm (EDT) and Sunday’s final round will be covered 1:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT) (or until completion of play). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com.
How to Watch: In case of changes, see: (PGATourCom)
Welcome to PGA Tour Brunch - 1st Look at Charles Schwab Challenge
The 2021 Charles Schwab Challenge is the 35th of 50 events on the PGA Tour. The tournament is played at the famed Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas and is set-up at 7,209 yards.
Last year, the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge marked the PGA Tour’s return to competition after a 12-week hiatus due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The 91-day gap between the cancellation of THE PLAYERS Championship and the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge represented the longest unscheduled break from PGA Tour competition since World War II.
Phil Mickelson, 50, won his sixth major championship title at last week’s PGA Championship, becoming the oldest major winner in history and the sixth-oldest winner of any tournament in PGA Tour history. Two of Mickelson’s 45 career PGA Tour victories have come at the Charles Schwab Challenge (2000, 2008) and he will be making his third start in the event since 2010 (T-29/2017, MC/2020). The last player to win the week after winning a major: Tiger Woods, 2006 (PGA Championship, WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational)
Dallas native Jordan Spieth has three consecutive top-10s in the state of Texas, highlighted by his 12th career PGA Tour title at the Valero Texas Open. His others: T-9/WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, T-9/AT&T Byron Nelson). Spieth, who won at Colonial in 2017, enters the week at No. 9 in the FedExCup standings.
The Basics:
Tournament Tee Times begin Thursday at 7:10am (local)/8:10am (EDT) through 1:39pm (local)/2:39pm (EDT).
Weather: Thursday’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 80s. Winds will blow at 14 mph with 69% humidity and a 10% chance of rain. The Friday forecast is calling for scattered thunderstorms and a 40% chance of rain in 80% humidity.
PGATourBrunch will be posting at 8:00am (EDT) this Thursday and Friday.
Next Week: The Memorial, presented by Nationwide (Muirfield Village, Dublin, Ohio)
Field Update:
K.H. Lee (out)
Scott Piercy (in on his own number)
Tom Lewis (in on a sponsor's exemption)
The Field - (link)
Charles Schwab Challenge Odds:
Jordan Spieth 10-1
Justin Thomas 12-1
Collin Morikawa 14-1
Daniel Berger 18-1
Abraham Ancer 20-1
Tony Finau 22-1
Patrick Reed 22-1
Sungjae Im 25-1
Will Zalatoris 25-1
Corey Conners 25-1
Scottie Scheffler 25-1
Joaquin Niemann 30-1
Justin Rose 30-1
Gary Woodland 40-1
Billy Horschel 45-1
Charley Hoffman 45-1
Phil Mickelson 50-1
Brian Harman 50-1
Jason Kokrak 50-1
Kevin Na 55-1
Kevin Streelman 60-1
Emiliano Grillo 60-1
Matt Wallace 60-1
Sergio Garcia 60-1
Ryan Palmer 60-1
Chris Kirk 66-1
Brandt Snedeker 66-1
Matt Jones 66-1
Cameron Tringale 66-1
Matt Kuchar 66-1
Si-Woo Kim 70-1
Keith Mitchell 70-1
Branden Grace 70-1
Lee Westwood 70-1
Russell Knox 80-1
Kevin Kisner 80-1
Ian Poulter 90-1
Joel Dahmen 90-1
Harold Varner 90-1
Camilo Villegas 90-1
Brendon Todd 100-1
Doug Ghim 100-1
Carlos Ortiz 100-1
Cameron Champ 100-1
Patton Kizzire 100-1
Harry Higgs 100-1
Doc Redman 100-1
Jhonattan Vegas 100-1
Talor Gooch 100-1
Cameron Davis 100-1
Lucas Glover 100-1
Peter Uihlein 100-1
Rory Sabbatini 125-1
Luke List 125-1
Adam Hadwin 125-1
C.T. Pan 125-1
Scott Stallings 125-1
J.T. Poston 150-1
Kyle Stanley 150-1
Sepp Straka 150-1
Troy Merritt 150-1
Patrick Rodgers 150-1
Zach Johnson 150-1
Matthew NeSmith 150-1
Sebastian Munoz 150-1
Richy Werenski 150-1
Scott Piercy 150-1
Pat Perez 150-1
Joseph Bramlett 150-1
Wyndham Clark 150-1
Dylan Frittelli 150-1
Maverick McNealy 150-1
Henrik Stenson 175-1
Tom Hoge 200-1
Brice Garnett 200-1
Jason Dufner 200-1
Vincent Whaley 200-1
Mackenzie Hughes 200-1
Rafa Cabrera Bello 200-1
Nate Lashley 200-1
Adam Schenk 200-1
Michael Thompson 200-1
Byeong Hun An 200-1
James Hahn 200-1
Nick Taylor 200-1
Andrew Putnam 200-1
Sahith Theegala 250-1
Chase Seiffert 250-1
Will Gordon 250-1
Brian Stuard 250-1
Graeme McDowell 250-1
Danny Lee 250-1
Robert Streb 250-1
Tyler McCumber 250-1
Brandon Hagy 250-1
Anirban Lahiri 250-1
Denny McCarthy 250-1
Henrik Norlander 250-1
Scott Brown 300-1
Adam Long 300-1
Peter Malnati 300-1
Sung-Hoon Kang 300-1
Michael Gligic 300-1
Sam Ryder 300-1
Brian Gay 300-1
Cameron Percy 300-1
Mark Hubbard 300-1
Kramer Hickok 350-1
Andrew Landry 350-1
Austin Cook 400-1
Jimmy Walker 400-1
Hudson Swafford 500-1
Robby Shelton 500-1
Xinjun Zhang 500-1
J.J. Henry 1000-1
John Augenstein 1000-1
Erik Compton 1000-1
D.A. Points 1000-1
Michael Visacki 1000-1
Keith Clearwater 1000-1
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: For the PGA Tour Com game, I’m playing: Morikawa, Zalatoris, Horschel and Neimann with Scottie Scheffler and Carlos Ortiz on the bench. For my one and done, I still have Collin Morikawa available and he’s the play.
What They’re Saying:
The First Look (PGATourCom)
Power Rankings (PGATourCom)
Horses for the Course at Colonial CC (PGATourCom)
Leaked Video Fuels a Feud (ESPN) - (And, see Partin Putts)
#SportsBiz, Sports Gambling and Golf Industry News
Outrights, Props, and More on Charles Schwab Challenge (Action Network)
Expert Picks - (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks - (PGATourCom)
Predictions, Odds for Charles Schwab Challenge - (The Lines)
R&A Eyes 75% Capacity for The Open (ESPN)
PGA of America Apologizes to Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka (Golf Digest)
LPGA Tour Names New Commissioner (Golf Digest)
On This Day in Golf History:
May 26, 1974 - Gary Player shot a final round (67) to win the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic by two strokes over runner-ups Hubert Green and Lou Graham. Player holed a sand shot on the 12th to take the lead for the first time and held on to win his 20th PGA Tour event . - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt:
Rivalry? Nah…..
