The PGA Championship was an amazing event as Justin Thomas came back on the final day for a thrilling victory at Southern Hills. This week Thomas comes in as one of the favorites to win the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Thomas is at +1200 along with Jordan Speith.
However, they are not the top favorite in the field this weekend as that honor goes to Scottie Scheffler who comes in as the lone favorite at +1000. Scheffler entered last week’s PGA Championship as the favorite as well but failed to make it to weekend play. However, missing the cut gives him two additional days of rest heading into Thursday’s opening round.
The Charles Schwab Challenge (Formerly the Colonial according to older golf fans) is known for tight finishes but it has only had one playoff since 2014. That’s when Daniel Berger beat Collin Morikawa in a playoff for the 2020 traditional Scottish Tartan jacket.
Jason Kokrak was last year’s winner at Colonial and he comes in at +4000. Kokrak was put to the test last year as Speith came close to catching him on Sunday. Korak stayed in front of the field down the stretch and won by two strokes. Speith won this event in 2016 and was T2 in 2017.
Here are the favorites to win the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge outright:
Scottie Scheffler +1000
Justin Thomas +1200
Jordan Spieth +1200
Collin Morikawa +1600
Will Zalatoris +2000
Viktor Hovland +2000
2022 Charles Schwab Challenge Preview
Where: Forth Worth, Texas
Course: The Colonial Country Club
Format: Stroke Play
Par: 70
Length: 7,209
When: May 26 – May 29, 2022
Purse: $8.5 Million.
TV Coverage: CBS/Golf Channel
The Colonial Country Club will be a change of pace compared to the PGA Championship! The course plays at par 70, and a relatively short 7,209 yards. Before you start thinking this will be a breeze, consider that the John Bredemus and Perry Maxwell design is packed with tight fairways and doglegs. Greens are well protected with multiple bunkers.
Water comes into play on 5 or 6 holes depending on pin placement including No. 18. The finishing hole has an elevated green with the entire left side sloped steeply towards a pond. Two holes, both par 3’s, play completely over water and slope slightly towards the water’s edge.
2022 Charles Schwab Challenge Predictions
Jordan Spieth +1200
Jordan Spieth has won here in the past and has finished runner-up twice. He’s also finished 15th or better eight times at Colonial. He’s only played here ten times so that’s an amazing accomplishment. This is a course he seems to enjoy and has dialed in over the years. Surprisingly, he’s not won this event more than once.
Will Zalatoris +2200
Will Zalatoris has shown he has the mental skills to stay with the leaders. His second-place finish at the 2021 Masters was not a fluke and he was one of the leaders all week at the PGA Championship finishing 2nd in a playoff to Justin Thomas. He’s not won a PGA event in his brief pro career yet but he’s leading stats in scoring for “Approach-to-green” and “Tee-to-green.” He’s probably wanting to put last year’s T59 finish here behind him.
Tommy Fleetwood +3300
This is Tommy Fleetwoods first appearance at the Charles Schwab Championship so there’s not much info to glean from past performances at the Colonial. But he was in the hunt last week at the PGA Championship with improving rounds every day on the course. He finished T5 last week and shot a 67 on Sunday.
Others I Like: You just don’t know if Justin Thomas (+1200) can go back-to-back after such an emotional roller coaster that comes with winning a Major. I’m going to watch Davis Riley (+4000) as the rookie pro has finished T4, 5th, T9, and T13 in his last four starts. He was 2nd at the Texas Open in April.
2022 Charles Schwab Challenge Betting Lines
Scottie Scheffler +1000
Justin Thomas +1200
Jordan Spieth +1200
Collin Morikawa +1600
Will Zalatoris +2000
Viktor Hovland +2000
Max Homa +2500
Sam Burns +2800
Sungjae Im +3300
Tony Finau +3300
Abraham Ancer +3300
Tommy Fleetwood +3300
Daniel Berger +3300
Talor Gooch +3300
Jason Kokrak +4000
Billy Horschel +4000
Davis Riley +4000
Webb Simpson +4000
Gary Woodland +5000
Mito Pereira +5000
Chris Kirk +5000
Harold Varner III +5000
Brian Harman +5000
Sebastian Munoz +5000
Kevin Na +5000
Justin Rose +5000
Tom Hoge +6000
Patrick Reed +6600
Maverick McNealy +6600
C T Pan +6600
Bryson DeChambeau +8000
Cameron Tringale +8000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +8000
Ryan Palmer +8000
Rickie Fowler +8000
Erik Van Rooyen +8000
Kevin Kisner +10000
Joel Dahmen +10000
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +10000
Ian Poulter +10000
Troy Merritt +10000
Cameron Davis +10000
Adam Long +10000
Patton Kizzire +10000
Russell Knox +10000
Kevin Streelman +10000
Stewart Cink +10000
Doug Ghim +12500
Aaron Rai +12500
Lucas Herbert +12500
JJ Spaun +12500
Denny McCarthy +12500
Matthew Nesmith +12500
David Lipsky +12500
JT Poston +12500
Brendon Todd +12500
Sahith Theegala +12500
Lucas Glover +12500
Dylan Frittelli +15000
Nate Lashley +15000
Matt Jones +15000
Brandon Wu +15000
Min Woo Lee +15000
James Hahn +15000
Rory Sabbatini +15000
Kurt Kitayama +15000
Stephan Jaeger +15000
Patrick Rodgers +15000
Matthias Schwab +15000
Richard Bland +15000
Pat Perez +15000
Alex Smalley +15000
Austin Smotherman +15000
Emiliano Grillo +15000
Mark Hubbard +15000
Scott Stallings +17500
Taylor Moore +17500
Peter Malnati +17500
Nick Taylor +17500
Carlos Ortiz +20000
Chad Ramey +20000
Chez Reavie +20000
Danny Lee +20000
Wyndham Clark +20000
Charley Hoffman +20000
Tyler Duncan +20000
Brian Stuard +25000
Adam Schenk +25000
Adam Svensson +25000
Doc Redman +25000
Beau Hossler +25000
Zach Johnson +25000
Vincent Whaley +25000
Michael Thompson +25000
Kramer Hickok +25000
Brandt Snedeker +25000
Sam Ryder +25000
Luke Donald +25000
Andrew Putnam +25000
Garrick Higgo +25000
Robert Streb +30000
Harry Higgs +30000
Trey Mullinax +30000
Hayden Buckley +30000
Lee Hodges +30000
Paul Barjon +30000
Nick Watney +50000
Ryan Brehm +50000
Kevin Tway +50000
Camilo Villegas +50000
Bill Haas +50000
Max McGreevy +50000
John Pak +50000
Martin Trainer +50000
Tyler Strafaci +50000
Erik Compton +100000
James Piot +100000
