First Coast and South Georgia players in the Schwab Challenge field

Colonial Country Club has been the site for PGA Tour’s Fort Worth stop since 1946

• The Charles Schwab Challenge, also known as “The Colonial,” is being held at Colonial Country Club for the 78th time.
• Scottie Scheffler, ranked number one in the world, is among the contenders.
• The tournament purse is $9.5 million, with the winner receiving $1.71 million and 500 FedEx Cup points.

The PGA Tour steps back into history this week with the Charles Schwab Challenge.  

To golf fans in Fort Worth, it will always be simply, “The Colonial.”  

The Schwab Challenge began in 1946 as the Colonial National Invitational, named for the Colonial Country Club that hosted the event and has remained one of the most venerable sites on the PGA Tour. This will be the 78th playing of the tournament, all at the John Bredemus and Perry Maxwell design.  

World Golf Hall of Fame member Ben Hogan’s name is synonymous with the course and the tournament. He won the tournament five times, including the first two and four of the first seven. Fourteen other Hall of Fame members have won at Colonial, including Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Phil Mickelson, Billy Casper and Sam Snead.  

Colonial, a par-70 course, is noted for its narrow, tree-lined fairways, making driving the ball straight a premium. It was the second-most difficult course on the PGA Tour last year for a non-major course, behind only The Memorial. 

In other words, the winner will have to have controlled his ball, especially off the tee. World No. 1-ranked Scottie Scheffler, who won the PGA last week, leaps to mind as one of the leading contenders. 

Also in the field are 2025 Tour winners Andrew Novak, Hideki Matsuyama, Harris English, Brian Harman and Ben Griffin. 

Who are the area players in the Schwab Challenge field? 

First Coast: Ricky Castillo, Bud Cauley, Nico Echavarria, Lanto Griffin, Ben Kohles, Sam Ryder, Alejandro Tosti, Karl Vilips. 

Golden Isles: Harris English, Will Gordon, Ben Griffin, Brian Harman, Zach Johnson, Patton Kizzire, Keith Mitchell, J.T. Poston, Greyson Sigg, Davis Thompson. 

Purse: $9.5 million ($1,710,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner). 

Defending champion: Davis Riley 

TV: Golf Channel (May 22-23, 4-7 p.m.; May 24-25, 1-3 p.m.); CBS (May 24-25, 3-6 p.m.). 

What other Tours are playing this week? 

LPGA 

Event: Mexico Riviera Maya Open, May 22-25, Playa del Carmen, Mexico. 

Purse: $2.5 million ($375,000 to the winner). 

Defending champion: First-year event. 

Area players: Amelia Lewis, Jessica Porvasnik. 

TV: Golf Channel (May 22-23, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; May 24, 3-6 p.m.); CBS (May 25, 1-3 p.m.). 

PGA Tour Champions 

Event: Senior PGA Championship, May 22-25, Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Md. 

Purse: $3.5 million ($630,000 to the winner). 

Defending champion: Richard Bland. 

Area players: Paul Claxton, David Duval, Fred Funk, Vijay Singh. 

TV: Golf Channel (May 22-23, 1-4 p.m.); NBC (May 24-25, 3-6 p.m.). 

Korn Ferry Tour 

Event: Visit Knoxville Open, May 22-25, Holston Hills Country Club, Knoxville, Tenn. 

Purse: $1 million ($180,000 to the winner). 

Defending champion: Harry Higgs. 

Area players: Tyson Alexander, Samuel Anderson, Chandler Blanchet, Cody Blick, Sebastian Cappelen, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Nick Gabrelcik, Tano Goya, Luke Guthrie, Philip Knowles, Russell Knox, Marcus Plunkett, Doc Redman, Brett Schell, Julian Suri, Thomas Walsh, Carl Yuan. 

TV: None.