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Todd Kelly

What you need to know about the 2024 Charles Schwab Cup Championship

The 2024 Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs, the three-event postseason on the PGA Tour Champions, are here.

Unlike the PGA Tour’s postseason, the senior ciruit’s playoffs can, and often does, produce one winner at the season finale who’s different from the season-long Charles Schwab Cup race.

A year ago, Steve Stricker enjoyed such a dominant regular season that he was able to skip all three playoff events and still claim the season-long title.

This year, Ernie Els will head into the postseason in the No. 1 spot.

Who qualifies for the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs?

The top 72 in the season-long race advance to the postseason. Es is No.1 with Steve Alker second, Stephen Ames third, Richard Green fourth and Stricker fifth. Jerry Kelly, who won the regular-season finale, climbed two spots into the top 10. Angel Cabrera, solo fourth at the season finale, had the biggest move up, as he jumped 15 spots to 54th. Lee Janzen, meanwhile, finished in the No. 72 spot, making him final man in the playoffs.

Pos. Player
1 Ernie Els
2 Steven Alker
3 Stephen Ames
4 Richard Green
5 Steve Stricker
6 K.J. Choi
7 Y.E. Yang
8 Paul Broadhurst
9 Jerry Kelly
10 Padraig Harrington
11 Doug Barron
12 Ricardo Gonzalez
13 Darren Clarke
14 Stewart Cink
15 Ken Tanigawa
16 Rocco Mediate
17 Alex Cejka
18 Retief Goosen
19 Bernhard Langer
20 Joe Durant
21 Greg Chalmers
22 Bob Estes
23 Thongchai Jaidee
24 Mark Hensby
25 Mike Weir
26 Shane Bertsch
27 Stuart Appleby
28 Thomas Bjørn
29 Ken Duke
30 Miguel Angel Jimenez
31 Scott Dunlap
32 Vijay Singh
33 Charlie Wi
34 Steve Allan
35 David Toms
36 Tim Petrovic
37 Paul Stankowski
38 Rod Pampling
39 Cameron Percy
40 Brian Gay
41 Kevin Sutherland
42 Robert Karlsson
43 Billy Andrade
44 Steve Flesch
45 Hiroyuki Fujita
46 Mario Tiziani
47 Matt Gogel
48 Michael Wright
49 Jason Caron
50 Justin Leonard
51 Chris DiMarco
52 Kenny Perry
53 Kirk Triplett
54 Angel Cabrera
55 Tim O’Neal
56 David Bransdon
57 David Duval
58 Dicky Pride
59 Paul Goydos
60 Marco Dawson
61 Scott Parel
62 Heath Slocum
63 John Senden
64 Harrison Frazar
65 Glen Day
66 Boo Weekley
67 Gene Sauers
68 Scott McCarron
69 Brett Quigley
70 Billy Mayfair
71 Woody Austin
72 Lee Janzen

Who climbed into playoffs, who dropped out?

Woody Austin was 73rd heading into the regular-season finale but climbed two spots to 71 and on the good side of the line. Arjun Atwal, on the other hand, was 72nd but dropped to 73rd. Austin tied for 17th at the SAS Championship while Atwal did not play the event. Those were the only ones to flip from one side of the line to other.

Where are the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs tournaments?

The first two of the three playoff events use the Champions Tour’s typical 54-hole format. The finale is a 72-hole affair, the lone non-major on the Champions circuit to have 72 holes.

These are the tournaments:

Dominion Energy Charity Classic

The Country Club of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Oct. 18-20

Field size: 72

Defending champion: Harrison Frazar

Simmons Bank Championship

Pleasant Valley Country Club, Little Rock, Arkansas

Oct. 25-27

Field size: 50

Defending champion: Padraig Harrington

Charles Schwab Cup Championship

Phoenix Country Club, Phoenix

Nov. 12-15

Field size: 36

Defending champion: Steven Alker

Past Charles Schwab Cup champions

Year Winner
2023 Steve Stricker
2022 Steven Alker
2020-21
Bernhard Langer
2019 Scott McCarron
2018
Bernhard Langer
2017
Kevin Sutherland
2016
Bernhard Langer
2015
Bernhard Langer
2014
Bernhard Langer
2013 Kenny Perry
2012 Tom Lehman
2011 Tom Lehman
2010
Bernhard Langer
2009 Loren Roberts
2008 Jay Haas
2007 Loren Roberts
2006 Jay Haas
2005 Tom Watson
2004 Hale Irwin
2003 Tom Watson
2002 Hale Irwin
2001 Allen Doyle

 

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