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Colonial National Invitation

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Charles Schwab Challenge
Tournament information
LocationFort Worth, Texas
Established1946
Course(s)Colonial Country Club
Par70
Length7,209 yards (6,592 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$8,700,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate259 Zach Johnson (2010)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
United States Davis Riley
Location map
Colonial CC is located in the United States
Colonial CC
Colonial CC
Location in the United States
Colonial CC is located in Texas
Colonial CC
Colonial CC
Location in Texas

The Colonial National Invitation, titled for sponsorship reasons as the Charles Schwab Challenge since 2019, is a professional golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, played annually in May in Fort Worth at Colonial Country Club, which organizes the event. It is one of five invitational tournaments on the PGA Tour; the inaugural event was held 78 years ago in 1946.

Overview

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The tournament was founded 78 years ago in 1946,[2] and honors the history of golf by using an official Scottish tartan plaid jacket for its champions and top committee chairmen. Another tradition feeding Colonial history is the Wall of Champions on the first tee, engraved with the name and score of each champion dating back to 1946, plus the 1975 Tournament Players Championship, 1941 U.S. Open, and 1991 U.S. Women's Open.

The tournament is unofficially associated with Ben Hogan (1912–1997), the long-time Fort Worth resident who won the tournament five times,[3] the most of any player. One of the top players in golf history, he won nine major titles, six after a near-fatal automobile collision in 1949 that kept him hospitalized for two months. Hogan's final three major wins were consecutive in 1953; a statue of him at swing completion is near the clubhouse.[4]

Annika Sörenstam played in the 2003 tournament and became the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event in 58 years, since Babe Zaharias made three cuts as an amateur in 1945.[5][6] Sörenstam's participation drew high media attention, but she shot 71 and 74 and missed the cut by four strokes.[7]

In 2020, the tournament was held June 11–14 as the first PGA Tour event staged since the interruption of the regular schedule in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the interests of maximum health and safety, the event had no spectators, a PGA Tour first.

Sponsors

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The Charles Schwab Corporation, whose corporate headquarters relocated to the nearby suburb of Westlake in 2021,[8] became the title sponsor of the event for a four-year deal starting in 2019.[9]

Previous sponsors were Dean & Deluca (2016–2017), Crowne Plaza (2007–2015), Bank of America (2003–2006), MasterCard (1996–2002), and Southwestern Bell (1989–1994). There was no title sponsor in 1995 or 2018.[10]

The event name had "Colonial" in its title through 2015, when the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial was renamed the Dean & DeLuca Invitational. Even the unsponsored 2018 event used the name Fort Worth Invitational, as opposed to "Colonial National Invitation" which was used the last time the event was without a sponsor back in 1995.

The 2018 tournament, renamed the Fort Worth Invitational, was held through the support of four local corporate supporters that had stepped-in to provide financial support after Dean & DeLuca suddenly pulled-out of a six-year sponsorship agreement. American Airlines, AT&T, XTO Energy Inc. and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway agreed to help fund the 2018 tournament to allow time for the PGA TOUR and Colonial Country Club to find a new sponsor.

Invitational status

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The Charles Schwab Challenge is one of only five tournaments given "invitational" status by the PGA Tour, and consequently it has a reduced field of approximately 132 players in 2024 (as opposed to most full-field open tournaments with a field of 144 or 156 players). The other four tournaments with invitational status are the Genesis Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational, the RBC Heritage, and the Memorial Tournament. However, the 2020 event was staged with 144 players to help make up for the loss of several tournaments canceled earlier in the year.

Invitational tournaments have smaller fields (between 69 and 132 players), and have more freedom than full-field open tournaments in determining which players are eligible to participate in their event, as invitational tournaments have slightly different criteria for player eligibility in the PGA Tour Priority Ranking System. Furthermore, unlike full-field open tournaments, invitational tournaments do not offer open qualifying (aka Monday qualifying).

Field

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The field consists of at least 120 players invited using the following criteria:[11][12]

  1. Colonial winners prior to 2000 and in the last five years
  2. Colonial Winners in top 150 of prior year FedEx Cup points list
  3. The Players Championship and major championship winners in the last five years
  4. The Tour Championship and World Golf Championships winners in the past three years
  5. Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial winners in the past three years
  6. PGA Tour tournament winners since the last Colonial tournament
  7. Playing members on the last named U.S. Ryder Cup team
  8. Current PGA Tour members who were playing members on the last named European Ryder Cup team, U.S. Presidents Cup team, and International President's Cup team
  9. Two players to be selected by the current and former champions of the Colonial tournament (Champions Choices)
  10. Top 15 finishers and ties from previous year's Colonial Tournament
  11. 12 sponsors exemptions -- 2 from among graduates of Web.com Tour finals, 6 members not otherwise exempt, and 4 unrestricted
  12. Top 50 Official World Golf Ranking through the Masters
  13. Top 80 from prior year's FedEx Cup points list
  14. Members in the top 125 non-member category whose non-WGC points for the previous season equal or exceed the points earned by the player finishing in 80th position on the prior year FedEx Cup points list
  15. Top 80 from current year's FedEx Cup points list through the tournament two weeks prior
  16. If necessary to complete a field of 120 players, any remaining positions are filled from current year's FedEx Cup points list

Colonial winners prior to 2000 that are not otherwise eligible are in addition to a field of 120.

Champion's Choice tradition

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Colonial has a unique PGA Tour tradition known as the Champion's Choice invitation. Each year, former Colonial champions select two deserving young players, who otherwise would be ineligible, to compete in the tournament.

Pros who made their first appearance at Colonial as a Champion's Choice include Al Geiberger, Tom Weiskopf, Craig Stadler, Curtis Strange, Mark O'Meara, Paul Azinger, Davis Love III, and Jordan Spieth. Five Champion's Choices have eventually won the Colonial; Dave Stockton is the only Champion's Choice to win the tournament in the year selected (1967).

Course layout

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 565 389 483 247 481 406 440 199 407 3,617 408 635 445 190 464 430 192 387 441 3,592 7,209
Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 70

Source:[1]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
(US$)
Winner's
share ($)
Ref.
Charles Schwab Challenge
2024 United States Davis Riley 266 −14 5 strokes United States Keegan Bradley
United States Scottie Scheffler
9,100,000 1,638,000
2023 Argentina Emiliano Grillo 272 −8 Playoff United States Adam Schenk 8,700,000 1,566,000
2022 United States Sam Burns 271 −9 Playoff United States Scottie Scheffler 8,400,000 1,512,000
2021 United States Jason Kokrak 266 −14 2 strokes United States Jordan Spieth 7,500,000 1,350,000
2020 United States Daniel Berger 265 −15 Playoff United States Collin Morikawa 7,500,000 1,350,000
2019 United States Kevin Na 267 −13 4 strokes United States Tony Finau 7,300,000 1,314,000
Fort Worth Invitational
2018 England Justin Rose 260 −20 3 strokes United States Brooks Koepka 7,100,000 1,278,000
Dean & DeLuca Invitational
2017 United States Kevin Kisner 270 −10 1 stroke United States Sean O'Hair
Spain Jon Rahm
United States Jordan Spieth
6,900,000 1,242,000
2016 United States Jordan Spieth 263 −17 3 strokes United States Harris English 6,700,000 1,206,000
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
2015 United States Chris Kirk 268 −12 1 stroke United States Jason Bohn
United States Brandt Snedeker
United States Jordan Spieth
6,500,000 1,170,000
2014 Australia Adam Scott 271 −9 Playoff United States Jason Dufner 6,400,000 1,152,000
2013 United States Boo Weekley 266 −14 1 stroke United States Matt Kuchar 6,400,000 1,152,000
2012 United States Zach Johnson (2) 268 −12 1 stroke United States Jason Dufner 6,400,000 1,152,000
2011 United States David Toms 265 −15 1 stroke South Korea Charlie Wi 6,200,000 1,116,000
2010 United States Zach Johnson 259 −21 3 strokes England Brian Davis 6,200,000 1,116,000
2009 United States Steve Stricker 263 −17 Playoff South Africa Tim Clark
United States Steve Marino
6,200,000 1,116,000
2008 United States Phil Mickelson (2) 266 −14 1 stroke South Africa Tim Clark
Australia Rod Pampling
6,100,000 1,098,000
2007 South Africa Rory Sabbatini 266 −14 Playoff United States Jim Furyk
Germany Bernhard Langer
6,000,000 1,080,000
Bank of America Colonial
2006 United States Tim Herron 268 −12 Playoff Sweden Richard S. Johnson 6,000,000 1,080,000
2005 United States Kenny Perry (2) 261 −19 7 strokes United States Billy Mayfair 5,600,000 1,008,000
2004 United States Steve Flesch 269 −11 1 stroke United States Chad Campbell 5,300,000 954,000
2003 United States Kenny Perry 261 −19 6 strokes United States Justin Leonard 5,000,000 900,000
MasterCard Colonial
2002 Zimbabwe Nick Price (2) 267 −13 5 strokes United States Kenny Perry
United States David Toms
4,300,000 774,000
2001 Spain Sergio García 267 −13 2 strokes United States Brian Gay
United States Phil Mickelson
4,000,000 720,000
2000 United States Phil Mickelson 268 −12 2 strokes United States Stewart Cink
United States Davis Love III
3,300,000 594,000
1999 United States Olin Browne 272 −8 1 stroke United States Fred Funk
United States Paul Goydos
United States Tim Herron
United States Greg Kraft
United States Jeff Sluman
2,800,000 504,000
1998 United States Tom Watson 265 −15 2 strokes United States Jim Furyk 2,300,000 414,000
1997 South Africa David Frost 265 −15 2 strokes United States Brad Faxon
United States David Ogrin
1,600,000 288,000
1996 United States Corey Pavin (2) 272 −8 2 strokes United States Jeff Sluman 1,500,000 270,000
Colonial National Invitation
1995 United States Tom Lehman 271 −9 1 stroke Australia Craig Parry 1,400,000 252,000
Southwestern Bell Colonial
1994 Zimbabwe Nick Price 266 −14 Playoff United States Scott Simpson 1,400,000 252,000
1993 South Africa Fulton Allem 264 −16 1 stroke Australia Greg Norman 1,300,000 234,000
1992 United States Bruce Lietzke (2) 267 −13 Playoff United States Corey Pavin 1,300,000 234,000
1991 United States Tom Purtzer 267 −13 3 strokes United States David Edwards
United States Scott Hoch
United States Bob Lohr
1,200,000 216,000
1990 United States Ben Crenshaw (2) 272 −8 3 strokes United States John Mahaffey
United States Corey Pavin
Zimbabwe Nick Price
1,000,000 180,000
1989 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 270 −10 4 strokes United States David Edwards 1,000,000 180,000
Colonial National Invitation
1988 United States Lanny Wadkins 270 −10 1 stroke United States Mark Calcavecchia
United States Ben Crenshaw
United States Joey Sindelar
750,000 135,000
1987 United States Keith Clearwater 266 −14 3 strokes United States Davis Love III 600,000 108,000
1986 United States Dan Pohl 205[a] −5 Playoff United States Payne Stewart 600,000 108,000
1985 United States Corey Pavin 266 −14 4 strokes United States Bob Murphy 500,000 90,000
1984 United States Peter Jacobsen 270 −10 Playoff United States Payne Stewart 500,000 90,000
1983 United States Jim Colbert 278 −2 Playoff United States Fuzzy Zoeller 400,000 72,000
1982 United States Jack Nicklaus 273 −7 3 strokes United States Andy North 350,000 63,000
1981 United States Fuzzy Zoeller 274 −6 4 strokes United States Hale Irwin 300,000 54,000
1980 United States Bruce Lietzke 271 −9 1 stroke United States Ben Crenshaw 300,000 54,000
1979 United States Al Geiberger 274 −6 1 stroke United States Don January
United States Gene Littler
300,000 54,000
1978 United States Lee Trevino (2) 268 −12 4 strokes United States Jerry Heard
United States Jerry Pate
200,000 40,000
1977 United States Ben Crenshaw 272 −8 1 stroke United States John Schroeder 200,000 40,000
1976 United States Lee Trevino 273 −7 1 stroke United States Mike Morley 200,000 40,000
1975: No tournament
1974 United States Rod Curl 276 −4 1 stroke United States Jack Nicklaus 250,000 50,000
1973 United States Tom Weiskopf 276 −4 1 stroke Australia Bruce Crampton
United States Jerry Heard
150,000 30,000
1972 United States Jerry Heard 275 −5 2 strokes United States Fred Marti 125,500 25,000
1971 United States Gene Littler 283 +3 1 stroke United States Bert Yancey 125,000 25,000
1970 United States Homero Blancas 273 −7 1 stroke United States Gene Littler
United States Lee Trevino
125,000 25,000
1969 United States Gardner Dickinson 278 −2 1 stroke South Africa Gary Player 125,000 25,000
1968 United States Billy Casper (2) 275 −5 5 strokes United States Gene Littler 125,000 25,000
1967 United States Dave Stockton 278 −2 2 strokes United States Charles Coody 115,000 23,000
1966 Australia Bruce Devlin 280 E 1 stroke United States R. H. Sikes 110,000 22,000
1965 Australia Bruce Crampton 276 −4 3 strokes Canada George Knudson 100,000 20,000
1964 United States Billy Casper 279 −1 4 strokes United States Tommy Jacobs 75,000 14,000
1963 United States Julius Boros (2) 279 −1 4 strokes South Africa Gary Player 60,000 12,000
1962 United States Arnold Palmer 281 +1 Playoff United States Johnny Pott 40,000 7,000
1961 United States Doug Sanders 281 +1 1 stroke Australia Kel Nagle 40,000 7,000
1960 United States Julius Boros 280 E 1 stroke United States Gene Littler
Australia Kel Nagle
30,000 5,000
1959 United States Ben Hogan (5) 285 +5 Playoff United States Fred Hawkins 27,300 5,000
1958 United States Tommy Bolt 282 +2 1 stroke United States Ken Venturi 25,000 5,000
1957 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 284 +4 1 stroke United States Dick Mayer 25,000 5,000 [13]
1956 United States Mike Souchak 280 E 1 stroke United States Tommy Bolt 25,000 5,000 [14]
1955 United States Chandler Harper 276 −4 8 strokes United States Dow Finsterwald 25,000 5,000 [15]
1954 United States Johnny Palmer 280 E 2 strokes United States Fred Haas 25,000 5,000 [16]
1953 United States Ben Hogan (4) 282 +2 5 strokes United States Doug Ford
United States Cary Middlecoff
25,000 5,000 [17]
1952 United States Ben Hogan (3) 279 −1 4 strokes United States Lloyd Mangrum 20,000 4,000 [18]
1951 United States Cary Middlecoff 282 +2 1 stroke United States Jack Burke Jr. 15,000 3,000 [19]
1950 United States Sam Snead 277 −3 3 strokes United States Skip Alexander 15,000 3,000 [20]
1949 Cancelled due to flooding [21]
1948 United States Clayton Heafner 272 −8 6 strokes United States Skip Alexander
United States Ben Hogan
15,000 3,000 [22]
1947 United States Ben Hogan (2) 279 −1 1 stroke Italy Toney Penna 15,000 3,000 [23]
1946 United States Ben Hogan 279 −1 1 stroke United States Harry Todd 15,000 3,000 [2]

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Sources:[24][25][26][27]

Multiple winners

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Eleven men have won this tournament more than once through 2019.

5 wins

2 wins

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2015 PGA Hole Statistics - Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial". ESPN. May 24, 2015. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Little Ben Hogan takes Colonial golf match". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. May 20, 1946. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Ben Hogan winner in Colonial playoff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 5, 1959. p. 1C.
  4. ^ Sirak, Ron (May 17, 2011). "Spirit of Hogan remains at Colonial". Golf Digest. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  5. ^ Ferguson, Doug (May 21, 2003). "Moment of proof". Times Daily. Florence, Alabama. Associated Press. p. 5C.
  6. ^ Lozano, Juan A. (May 18, 2003). "Babe was bigger than the game". Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated Press.
  7. ^ Ferguson, Doug (May 24, 2003). "Rough cut". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. B1.
  8. ^ Jones, Hannah (December 28, 2020). "Charles Schwab to Officially Move Headquarters to Denton County on Jan. 1". KXAS-TV.
  9. ^ "Charles Schwab taking over as Colonial Country Club PGA Tour event sponsor in 2019". CBS Sports.
  10. ^ "Dean & DeLuca announced as title sponsor of Colonial event". PGA Tour. February 15, 2016.
  11. ^ Colonial National Invitation Tournament - 2016 Eligibility
  12. ^ "2015–16 PGA Tour Player Handbook & Tournament Regulations" (PDF). October 5, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2016.
  13. ^ "Vicenzo Wins Colonial Golf". St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. Associated Press. May 6, 1957. p. 14A. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  14. ^ "Souchak Wins Colonial Open". The Day. New London, Connecticut. Associated Press. May 7, 1956. p. 16. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  15. ^ "Chandler Harper Wins Colonial Golf By Eight Strokes". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. Associated Press. May 9, 1955. p. 11. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  16. ^ "Palmer Captures Colonial Golf". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. United Press. May 31, 1954. p. 10. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  17. ^ "Ben Hogan Wins $5000 First in Colonial Golf". Nashua Telegraph. Nashua, New Hampshire. Associated Press. May 25, 1953. p. 10. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  18. ^ "Hogan's Hot Finish Wins Colonial Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. May 26, 1952. p. 21. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  19. ^ "Middlecoff Wins Colonial Golf Title". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. United Press. May 28, 1951. p. 22. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  20. ^ "Snead Wins Colonial Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. May 29, 1950. p. 15. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  21. ^ "Flood Washes Out Colonial Golf Date". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Lewiston, Maine. Associated Press. May 27, 1949. p. 21. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  22. ^ "Heafner Cops Colonial Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. May 31, 1948. p. 27. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  23. ^ "Hogan Wins in Colonial National". The Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Associated Press. May 17, 1947. p. 11. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  24. ^ 2010 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Media Guide - p. 114
  25. ^ Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial – Winners – at www.pgatour.com
  26. ^ Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial – Winners Archived 2014-05-22 at the Wayback Machine – at golfobserver.com (1970–2009)
  27. ^ Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
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