2025 Charles Schwab Challenge - Patio Preview & Early Models

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Charles Schwab Challenge
Colonial Country Club (Texas)

• Par 70, 72,89 yards

  • 135 players, top 65 and ties make cut

• Last 5-year scoring average: 70.41

• Greens: Bentgrass

  • Avg 5,000 sq ft (small)

  • Running an average of 12 on stimp

• Less than driver course with high rough penalty

  • 59% driver usage

    • Almost 9% lower than Tour average

  • Average driving distance under 284 yards

    • Nearly 8% lower than Tour average

• GIR% about 5% lower than Tour average

  • GIR% from rough 9% lower than Tour average

• Going-for-green% nearly 23% lower than Tour average

  • GFG hit green% 6% lower than Tour average

• Average approach distance about 10 yards lower than Tour average

  • Roughly two-thirds of approach shots will be from 175 yards and in

• Average proximity to hole about 7 feet

  • about a half foot under Tour average

• Average distance of birdie putts made 10.8 feet

  • Almost 1.5 feet more than Tour average

• Birdie-to-Bogey ratio sub 1.0 and way below Tour average (Par is good)

• Over last 5 years, AM plays about a half stroke easier

• 4 Par 3s 

  • Ranging from 190 to 250 yards

  • Average score over par 

  • 4 of most 11 difficult holes

• 12 Par 4s

  • Ranging from 385 to 480 yards

  • Only 2 of them carry greater than a 20% birdie rate (#2, #6)

  • 2 carry greater than a 20% bogey rate (#3, #5)

    • Illustrates how hard it is to get momentum here

  • 4 of the 5 most difficult holes on course

• 2 Par 5s

  • 580+, 630+ yards

  • Make up half the holes that play under par on this course

  • #1 greater than 40% birdie rate

    • sub-10% bogey rate

  • #10 greater than 20% birdie rate

    • Greater than 10% bogey rate