PGA TOUR

This year's Charles Schwab Challenge champ wins the perfect fishing getaway vehicle

Portrait of Tim Schmitt Tim Schmitt
Golfweek
Updated May 21, 2025, 2:08 p.m. ET

FORT WORTH, Texas — On top of a healthy paycheck, one of the perks of winning the Charles Schwab Challenge, this week's PGA Tour event, is a custom-designed vehicle, one that sits all week just off the 10th tee box at Colonial Country Club, teasing players as they walk by after the turn.

Winners of the recent Texas event have driven off the premises with Challengers, Corvettes and Power Wagons. One winner, Kevin Na, was nice enough to give his away to his caddie. In 2024, champion Davis Riley took off with a Corvette Stingray.

What's this year's prize? A souped-up Chevy-powered Defender that comes complete with L.L. Bean fly rods and custom mounts.

The winner of the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge receives this full-restored 1992 Defender.

As the reigning champ, Riley will receive a Tartan jacket at tonight's champions dinner, something he'll certainly treasure as it symbolizes his first solo PGA Tour victory. But he's got his eye on the next prize already, meaning the Defender.

"To have both of them side-by-side would be pretty special. The Charles Schwab has that iconic baby blue, so it's really cool," Riley said on Wednesday after playing in the event's pro-am. "Yeah, the Defender would be a really cool one to add to the collection."

Here's a look at each of the vehicles that previous winners have received.

And here's more on Riley's win in 2024 and what it meant to him.

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