Ben Griffin Leads Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial With 132 Entrants
The charles schwab Challenge is back at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, with 132 entrants in the field. Colonial has hosted all 80 editions of the tournament, a run that gives this week’s stop a familiar frame even as the field size keeps the margin for error thin.
Colonial Country Club Field
Ben Griffin won the Charles Schwab Challenge, and that result sits inside a week that also marks the fourth stop in the PGA TOUR’s 2026 Texas series. The tour has five stops across the 2026 season in Texas, so this event lands near the middle of that stretch rather than at the start or end.
Colonial’s place in the schedule is not the only marker that stands out. The tournament has reached an 80-year milestone as a site for the PGA TOUR, and the event’s long stay at the same venue gives it a continuity few stops can match.
Ryan Palmer At Colonial
Ryan Palmer arrives for his 23rd appearance in the tournament with one clear benchmark at the course: a T3 in 2016. He is a four-time PGA TOUR winner, but Colonial has not produced a breakthrough like Sergio Garcia’s 2001 victory, when he won the tournament as both a first-time PGA TOUR winner and a tournament debutant.
That history adds weight to the venue’s reputation, because no other active tournament has gone as long without a breakthrough champion as the Charles Schwab Challenge. Colonial’s renovated stock par 70 course, updated by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, added 80 yards and now measures 7,289 yards.
Hanse And Wagner At Colonial
The course details help explain why the field has to be selective at every stage. Colonial’s bentgrass greens average 5,000 square feet and are prepped to roll up to 13 feet on the Stimpmeter, while the layout has ranked inside the top four most challenging courses in the relevant stat in each of the last three years.
Wyndham Clark’s 30-under at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson came one stroke short of Scottie Scheffler’s tournament record set last year, a reminder that scoring can still move quickly elsewhere on the Texas swing. At Colonial, though, the 132-man field is the headline figure, and the venue’s 80-edition run keeps the Charles Schwab Challenge anchored to the same test that has defined it for generations.
