The 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge format remains unchanged this year, with the PGA Tour event played at Colonial Country Club in Ft. Worth, Texas.
The 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge field is 132 players.
The Charles Schwab Challenge field is made up of a variety of players, namely nearly 18 top-50 players in the world.
Charles Schwab Challenge format
The Charles Schwab Challenge format is a 72-hole event. The field is divided into morning and afternoon waves for the first two rounds, with players competing in threesomes each day. The same groups play together in each of the first two rounds, with morning and afternoon windows, starting off the 1st and 10th tees.
A cut is made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who make the cut are eligible to finish the event.
For the third and fourth rounds, the pairings and tee times are made based on each player's total score through two and three rounds, respectively. Players with the highest total score go first, then in descending order until the two players with the lowest total score in the final group.
The player with the lowest total score after 72 holes is the winner and will earn the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge winner's share of the purse.
The winning player will get a two-season PGA Tour exemption. The winner earns 500 FedEx Cup points and 46.7 Official World Golf Ranking points.
Charles Schwab Challenge playoff format
A playoff to settle any ties after 72 holes will be played under PGA Tour rules. The Charles Schwab Challenge playoff format is a sudden-death format, with playoff holes being 18, played by any qualifying players. The players compete hole by hole, and the player with the lowest score wins. In the event of a tie, the players compete hole-by-hole until a winner is determined by a player scoring the lowest among the remaining players. The pin will be changed every two times the hole is played.
