Blake Davis
After a dramatic PGA Championship, the PGA Tour returns to action for the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge. Traveling once again to Colonial Country Club, players will face a new test after the golf course underwent extensive renovations following the edition of 2023 of the tournament.
A year ago, Emiliano Grillo defeated Adam Schenk in the playoffs, with Scottie Scheffler missing extra holes. The world No. 1 headlines this year after a busy week in Louisville. The Dallas-Fort Worth area resident is looking to get back to winning ways in a place where he has done everything but lift a trophy.
Winning four of his last six events, Scheffler comes to Colonial after finishing T3 in 2023 and losing in a playoff to his good friend Sam Burns in 2022. Scheffler is joined on the field by several of his US Ryder Cup teammates, including Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Max Homa and Brian Harman.
Morikawa continues to advance towards his previous quality by once again winning a major championship. A member of the final group of the final round of the season’s first two major championships, the two-time major champion aims to win his first title of 2024 in Texas.
Speaking of Texas, Spieth hopes a return to his backyard brings a return to form. There may be no other spot on the PGA Tour calendar more conducive to the 30-year-old’s success, as he boasts eight top-10 finishes in 11 starts, including a victory in 2016.
Si Woo Kim, Sungjae Im, Min Woo Lee and Tom Kim round out a large international contingent at Colonial with Tony Finau, Denny McCarthy and Chris Kirk also in the mix.
Charles Schwab 2024 Challenge Schedule
Dates: May 23rd to 26th | Location: Colonial Country Club – Fort Worth, Texas
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2024 Charles Schwab Challenge Field, Odds
- Scottie Scheffler (5/2): Outside of Saturday’s performance, Scheffler was nearly perfect at Valhalla with rounds of 67-66-73-65. If he can get past last week and still finish in the top 10, one has to wonder if this is truly his floor. It’s been the last nine tournaments as he hasn’t finished worse than T10 since the end of January. He has gained strokes in six consecutive events, has an incredible history on this golf course and remains by far the best player in the world. A fifth win of the season wouldn’t surprise anyone.
- Colin Morikawa (12-1): Since the Masters, Morikawa has started putting together quality matches. He recovered five consecutive top 25s, including top fives at the first two major championships of the year and another top 10 at the RBC Heritage. The 27-year-old insists he is close to finding the golf swing that led to his early success, but the numbers don’t necessarily match up yet. Morikawa has enjoyed a fantastic month on and off the greens, with his iron game slowly returning. If his approach to the game matches his short game prowess this week, Morikawa should love his chances.
- Jordan Spieth (20-1): If you haven’t already sounded the alarm about Spieth, this week should be the last straw if things get complicated. The three-time major champion has a top-20 finish in a 10-tournament streak that includes four missed cuts and one disqualification. Despite some concerns about his game and wrist, Spieth has started to show that he may be heading in the right direction. He continues to drive the golf ball as well as ever and the short game problems of the early season appear to be a thing of the past. The missing link is easy to identify when looking at his stat sheet: his iron play.
- Max Homa (20-1): Victory seems close and could very well happen this week. Homa comes to Texas after finishing in the top 10 in three of his last seven events, including two weeks ago at Quail Hollow. He has his whole game cooperating, and a slight increase in the big stick can yield a big result. After a slow start to his Colonial career, Homa finished T23 and T9 in his last two matches.
- Tony Finau (30-1): Finishing T18 at the PGA Championship may have been the worst thing Finau could have done with the way he hit the irons at Valhalla. The 34-year-old only gained about 10 strokes on the approach at Louisville, only to be undone by some poor driving and putting numbers. The good news for Finau is that he tends to play well at Colonial, evidenced by his second-place finish in 2019 and his T4 finish in 2023.
- Harris English (33-1)
- Si Woo Kim (35-1)
- Sungjae Im (35-1)
- Brian Harman (40-1)
- Denny McCarthy (40-1)
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