Charles Schwab Cup Championship – Who will round off the US PGA Tour Champions season on a high?

The Phoenix Country Club will host the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, with the Charles Schwab Cup Champion being determined on Sunday 16th November 2025. 36 veteran players will compete to win the $440,000 prize money. In this article, we will provide an overview of the tournament, its history and the players to watch. We will round off the article with advice on where you can watch the tournament and offer our Charles Schwab Championship prediction.

The Charles Schwab Cup Championship is the last event of the season for US-based PGA Tour Champions. Male golf professionals aged over 50 participate, and gain points through a play off process which starts with 72 players. These are whittled down to the top 36 players who compete in the finals, which are held towards the end of each year. The Championship is played over 72 holes across four days, from Thursday 13th November to Sunday 16th November 2025.

Course Overview

The Phoenix Country Club is located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The club was founded more than 125 years ago in 1899, but has been in its current location since 1921. The course has a par of 71, with 18 holes over 6,763 yards. The layout was designed by Harry Collis, while architect Lloyd Wright designed the landscape gardening plans for the course. The course enjoys beautiful tree-lined fairways and stunning views.

Who are the Charles Schwab Cup Championship players to watch out for?

While there are 36 players competing in Phoenix, mathematically, only five have a realistic chance of winning the title and with it, the trophy. Let’s take a look at those five players, worth watching this Championship.

Steven Alker

Official Senior World Golf Ranking: 1

Schwab Cup Wins: 2

Nationality: New Zealand 🇳🇿

Steven Alker currently holds the number 1 spot in the Senior World Golf Rankings. The 54-year-old has had a solid four years since he joined the senior PGA circuit, winning the Senior PGA Championship in 2022 and finishing in the top 10 in four out of the five senior major championships this year, most notably securing second place in the Senior Players Championship. Therefore, it would be remiss of us not to include him in our Charles Schwab Cup Championship prediction.

Miguel Angel Jiminez

Official Senior World Golf Ranking: 8

Schwab Cup Wins: 4

Nationality: Spain 🇪🇸

Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiminez has had a strong senior PGA tour this year, winning the 2025 Senior Players Championship and finishing third in the 2025 U.S. Senior Open. While he’s currently number 8 in the Official Senior World Golf Rankings, he shouldn’t be ignored when making our Charles Schwab Cup Championship prediction.

Stewart Cink

Official Senior World Golf Ranking: 3

Schwab Cup Wins: 2

Nationality: USA 🇺🇸

While Stewart Cink hasn’t won any senior major championships thus far this year, he did win the 2025 Insperity Invitational and the 2025 Ally Challenge, both at the first extra hole, so he can perform under pressure. American Cink is currently third in the Official Senior World Golf Rankings, so he is worthy of mention here.

Ernie Els

Official Senior World Golf Ranking: 4

Schwab Cup Wins: 1

Nationality: South Africa 🇿🇦

South African Ernie Els has had mixed success at tournaments so far this year, but he did notably finish runner up in the 2025 Ally Challenge and finished fifth in the Senior British Open Championship in July.

Thomas Bjorn

Official Senior World Golf Ranking: 2

Schwab Cup Wins: 2

Nationality: Denmark 🇩🇰

Thomas Bjorn is ranked number two in the Official Senior World Golf Rankings. He won both the American Family Insurance Championship and the Stifel Charity Classic earlier this year. As the most successful Danish player ever to play golf, we had to include him in our Charles Schwab Cup Championship prediction ponderings.

Where to watch the Charles Schwab Cup Championship

Live coverage of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship will be available on the Golf Channel and CBS, with Saturday and Sunday’s coverage on CBS. It will also be available to watch with a DIRECTV subscription. For those with a Sky subscription, Sky Sports Golf will provide live coverage of the event.

Prediction for the Charles Schwab Cup Championship

When looking over our potential winners of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, for us, the clear favourite is Steven Alker. He’s had a great golfing year so far, and at number 1 in the senior rankings, he’s got the stats to back it up. We will look forward to tuning in on Thursday 13th November to see if our Charles Schwab Cup Championship prediction is correct!