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Second Round Preview | 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge | Ft. Worth
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
FT. WORTH - John Pak shot a bogey-free (63) to post a career-low PGA TOUR round by two strokes. His previous best? 65/R2/2025 Texas Children's Houston Open).
Pak’s three-stroke 18-hole lead equals the second-largest of the season, second only to Jake Knapp’s four-stroke lead after round one of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (T6).
Pak holds his first lead after any round on TOUR; previous-best position after any round came after the first round of the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open (T8; finished T56). His only Top-25 finish in 27 career starts came at the 2025 Mexico Open at Vidanta World (T17).
World No. 1 and last week’s PGA Championship winner Scottie Scheffler (T20/-2) is seeking to become the first player to win three consecutive starts since Dustin Johnson in 2017. Scheffler is also looking to win on TOUR the week after a major for the second consecutive season (2024 Masters Tournament, 2024 RBC Heritage).
The 2016 Charles Schwab Challenge champion and 13-time PGA TOUR winner Jordan Spieth (T35/-1) records an opening round 69. Spieth has eight Top 10s in 12 starts at the event, four more than any other player since 2013.
Making his professional debut, David Ford (T87/+2), carded a 2-over (72) on Thursday. He received a sponsor exemption for winning the 2024 Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational, held at Colonial Country Club. Ford is projected to finish No. 1 in the PGA TOUR University Ranking and earn TOUR membership, which will be official after the NCAA Championship concludes May 28th.
Charles Schwab Challenge | Leaderboard After 18 Holes
1 John Pak 63 (-7)
T2 Patrick Rodgers 66 (-4)
T2 Ryo Hisatsune 66 (-4)
T2 Matti Schmid 66 (-4)
T2 Matt Wallace 66 (-4)
T2 Beau Hossler 66 (-4)
T2 Bud Cauley 66 (-4)
T2 J.T. Poston 66 (-4)
T2 J.J. Spaun 66 (-4)
T2 Ben Griffin 66 (-4)
Full Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)
Charles Schwab Challenge | Tournament Facts
COURSE: The Colonial Club
YARDS/PAR: 7,289 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECT(S): John Bredemus/Perry Maxwell
PRIZE Money - Purse/Winner’s Share: $9,500,000 / $1,710,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Davis Riley
PAST RESULTS: (link)
CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE: (Overview)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @CSChallengeFW
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
Charles Schwab Challenge | The Basics
Tee Times at the Colonial begin today at 8:00am (ET) and continue until 2:51pm (ET).
Weather: Today’s forecast is for sunny skies with temperatures rising from 71 degrees to a high of 85 degrees by Noon. Humidity dropping from 83% to 55%. Winds at 4 to 9 miles per hour.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
Dallas/Ft. Worth is Central Time Zone.
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 8:00am (ET) Saturday.
Charles Schwab Challenge | How to Watch
Friday, May 23, 2025 - (All Times Eastern Daylight)
8:00am - 7:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm - 7:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on Sirius/XM and online at PGATour.com
4:00pm - 7:00pm - Golf Channel, Peacock and NBC Sports App
How to Watch - (Golf Week)
Charles Schwab Challenge - Field, Updates and Tee Times
The Field: (link)
Updates:
Friday, May 16
Akshay Bhatia (IN)
Rasmus Hojgaard (WD)
Sunday, May 18
Nicolai Hojgaard (WD), William Mouw (In)
Monday, May 19
Zach Johnson (WD); Camilo Villegas (IN on own number); Matt Wallace (IN as unrestricted sponsor exemption)
Will Zalatoris (WD); Dylan Wu (IN)
Tee Times: (link)
Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
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How to Watch Charles Schwab Challenge (Golf Week)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
Kessler Named LPGA Commissioner (ESPNCom)
On This Day in Golf History
May 23, 2010 - Then twenty-two year old Jason Day became the youngest Australian to win a PGA Tour event when he won the Byron Nelson Golf Classic by two strokes. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Next Week | The Memorial
The Memorial and The RBC Canadian Open have switched places on the schedule, so we’ll be in Dublin, Ohio next weekend.
Parting Putt
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