PGA Charles Schwab Challenge 2026 Golf Odds And Picks

The PGA pros return to “Hogan’s Alley” and Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, TX for the Charles Schwab Challenge 2026 event. The 80th edition includes 7 of the top 20 players in the world rankings among the 132 player invitational field.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is taking the week off after finishing T4, T2, T3 and T2 the last four years of the event. Scheffler finished 3rd in last week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson, which was won by Wyndham Clark with Si Woo Kim runner-up. Those two are also off this week with Si Woo Kim climbing to No. 19 in the world rankings and Clark up from No. 75 to 44. All three will be back next week for the Jack Nicklaus Signature Event Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, and Scheffler is the defending champion at The Memorial Tournament.

Ludvig Aberg is the favorite this week at the Charles Schwab Challenge with other contenders at 26/1 or less including Russell Henley, Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler, J.J. Spaun and last year’s Charles Schwab Champion Ben Griffin (-12). The 7,289 yard Par 70 Colonial Country Club was renovated in 2024.

Charles Schwab Challenge 2026

Charles Schwab Challenge 2026 Golf Odds

Golf odds from leading Circa Sports Las Vegas and leading online sportsbooks vary and are subject to change.   

  • +850: L. Aberg
  • +1800: R. Henley
  • +2200: J. Thomas, R. Fowler
  • +2500: J.J. Spaun
  • +2600: B. Griffin
  • +2700: R. MacIntyre
  • +3000: H. Matsuyama, A. Bhatia
  • +3200: A. Smalley
  • +4300: H. Hall, R. Hisatsune
  • +4400: K. Bradley, K. Mitchell
  • +5000: B. Cauley, M. Meissner, P. Coody, S. Im,
  • +5500: B. Harman, G. Woodland, M. Thorbjornsen
  • +6000: M. Greyserman
  • +6300: A. Putnam, D. Thompson
  • +6500: C. Kirk, C. Bezuidenhout
  • +6700: T. Finau
  • +7000: J.T. Poston, R. Gerard, S. Theegala, S. Stevens
  • +7500: A. Novak, M. McCarty, S. Jaeger
  • +8000: R. Hojgaard, T. Kim
  • +8500: A. Eckroat, R. Hoey, S. Yellamaraju
  •  +9000: D. Ghim, J. Smith, T. Olesen
  • +9500: M. Kim, T. Moore
  • +10000-14000: Homa, Brennan, Smotherman, Li, Rodgers, Fisk, Keefer, Bauchou, Parry, Mcgreevy, Castillo, Hossler, Suber, Grillo Neergaard-Peterson, Hodges, AD De Chassart
  • 72-hole winning score: 266.5 (Par 70)

Charles Schwab Challenge 2026

Tournament Matchups And Props

Select leading online sportsbooks offer an extensive range of 72-hole head-to-head player tournament matchups each week, along with select round-by-round matchups. Here are some of the notable tournament matchups and players to watch at the Charles Schwab Challenge 2026 event from Westgate SuperBook and Circa Las Vegas.

  • Aberg (-140) vs. Henley (+120)
  • MacIntyre (-120) vs. Matsuyama (+100)
  • Fowler (-110) vs. Thomas (-110)
  • Griffin (-120) vs. Spaun (+100)
  • Greyserman (-112) vs. Woodland
  • Sungjay Im (-120) vs Harman
  • Mitchell (-138) vs. Finau
  • Smalley (-120) vs. Hisatsune (+100)
  • Bhatia (-115) vs. Coody (-105)
  • McCarty (-110) vs. Stevens (-110)
  • Brennan (-120) vs. Keefer (+100)

The CJ Cup Byron Nelson Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: Aberg, Thomas, Fowler, Spaun
Fairway’s Longshots: Griffin, Hall, Mitchell, Greyserman
Fairway’s Flyers: Finau, Eckroat, Suber

Tournament matchups: Greyserman (-112) over Woodland (Circa)
Round 1 picks: Sungjae Im (-110) over Bradley

Check back for any round-by-round matchups.

Next week it’s The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

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