PGA Tour one-and-done is perhaps the best fantasy golf game, with season-long leagues that give players a chance to pick one player for each tournament in the league season.
Once again in 2025, we offer weekly PGA Tour one-and-done golf picks for leagues of all kinds, including survivor leagues where the selected player must make the cut for the entry to continue to the next tournament.
We continue our 2025 PGA Tour one-and-done picks with the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge, concluding at the 2025 Tour Championship, keeping track of our picks all along the way.
Before we begin, if you're not familiar with game, read this primer on the one-and-done fantasy golf format, and welcome to the game. It really is as easy as it sounds, but you have to take a long-term view of the season to figure out how best to use players.
This week, we have the Charles Schwab Challenge, with the PGA Tour moving to Ft. Worth at the restored and renovated Colonial Country Club.
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It's Charles Schwab Challenge week! Scottie Scheffler is playing! This really is a fun tournament, though it does have a tendency to reward players with experience and some patience.
It was a tough week last week with JT missing the cut at Quail Hollow after a win and T-2 in his prior two starts at a place he loves. But, Scottie won, and I already used him, so there's that.
My one-and-done recommendations fall into one of two categories: players who are in current form and those who have great course experience.
2025 Charles Schwab Challenge One and Done picks
Current form
- Scottie Scheffler: The best player in the world is in action, so plan accordingly.
- Aaron Rai: Rai has been showing that last year was no fluke, and his ballstiking should come in handy here.
- Keith Mitchell: Mitchell is the FRL king of 2025, but he finished T-7 at the Truist, so maybe he's playing all four rounds now.
- Maverick McNealy: McNealy was solid at the PGA Championship, and he's a top-15 player in the world.
Course history
- Jordan Spieth: Spieth was lost at the PGA Championship, but maybe he finds something here this week at a place he likes.
- Emiliano Grillo: Grillo won here a few years ago to end a long, long skid on the PGA Tour.
- Harris English: English is a bit of a stretch as a horse-for-course play, but add in his PGA T-2, and we like him.
- Davis Riley: Riley is the defending champion and was T-4 in 2022.
My pick this week is Maverick McNealy.
2025-2025 PGA Tour One-and Done Picks
| EVENT | PICK | RESULT |
|---|---|---|
| The Sentry | Patrick Cantlay | T-15 |
| Sony Open in Hawaii | Keegan Bradley | T-6 |
| The American Express | Sungjae Im | MC |
| Farmers Insurance Open | Tony Finau | MC |
| AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | Sepp Straka | T-7 |
| WM Phoenix Open | Billy Horschel | MC |
| The Genesis Invitational | Taylor Pendrith | T-50 |
| Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | Stephan Jaeger | T-6 |
| Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches | Daniel Berger | T-25 |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | Scottie Scheffler | T-11 |
| Puerto Rico Open | Karl Vilips | WIN |
| The Players Championship | Hideki Matsuyama | MC |
| Valspar Championship | Corey Conners | T-8 |
| Texas Children's Houston Open | Aaron Rai | MC |
| Valero Texas Open | Tommy Fleetwood | T-62 |
| The Masters | Rory McIlroy | WIN |
| RBC Heritage | Shane Lowry | T-18 |
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| Corales Puntacana Championship | Alex Smalley | T-63 |
| The CJ Cup Byron Nelson | Si Woo Kim | T-15 |
| Truist Championship | Collin Morikawa | T-17 |
| OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic | Sami Valimaki | T-7 |
| PGA Championship | Justin Thomas | MC |
| Charles Schwab Challenge | Maverick McNealy | TBD |
