All the Charles Schwab Cup Championship tournament winners and the Schwab Cup champions
Todd Kelly- The Charles Schwab Cup Championship is the season-ending tournament for the PGA Tour Champions.
- Unlike the PGA Tour, the winner of the final tournament and the season-long points race are often different golfers.
- Bernhard Langer holds the record for the most season-long Charles Schwab Cup titles with six wins.
After the circuit's five majors, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship is the biggest event on the PGA Tour Champions schedule. The tournament is the season finale and at its conclusion, the season-long champion is also crowned. For most of the tour's history, those are most often two different golfers.
Unlike the PGA Tour's post-season – where the Tour Championship winner is declared the FedEx Cup champion – usuaslly someone wins the final tournament while someone else captures the Schwab Cup season title.
The winner of the tournament wins the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. The winner of the season-long race is the Charles Schwab Cup champion. The tournament dates to 1990. They've been handing out the Cup since 2001.
Charles Schwab Cup Championship winners
These are the winners of the season-ending tournament.
| Year | Winner |
| 2025 | Stewart Cink |
| 2024 | Bernhard Langer |
| 2023 | Steven Alker |
| 2022 | Padraig Harrington |
| 2021 | Phil Mickelson |
| 2020 | Kevin Sutherland |
| 2019 | Jeff Maggert |
| 2018 | Vijay Singh |
| 2017 | Kevin Sutherland |
| 2016 | Paul Goydos |
| 2015 | Billy Andrade |
| 2014 | Tom Pernice Jr. |
| 2013 | Fred Couples |
| 2012 | Tom Lehman |
| 2011 | Jay Don Blake |
| 2010 | John Cook |
| 2009 | John Cook |
| 2008 | Andy Bean |
| 2007 | Jim Thorpe |
| 2006 | Jim Thorpe |
| 2005 | Tom Watson |
| 2004 | Mark McNulty |
| 2003 | Jim Thorpe |
| 2002 | Tom Watson |
| 2001 | Bob Gilder |
| 2000 | Tom Watson |
| 1999 | Gary McCord |
| 1998 | Hale Irwin |
| 1997 | Gil Morgan |
| 1996 | Jay Sigel |
| 1995 | Jim Colbert |
| 1994 | Raymond Floyd |
| 1993 | Simon Hobday |
| 1992 | Raymond Floyd |
| 1991 | Mike Hill |
| 1990 | Mike Hill |
Charles Schwab Cup champions
These are the winners of the season-long points race.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Stewart Cink |
| 2024 | Steven Alker |
| 2023 | Steve Stricker |
| 2022 | Steven Alker |
| 2020-2021 | Bernhard Langer |
| 2019 | Scott McCarron |
| 2018 | Bernhard Langer |
| 2017 | Kevin Sutherland |
| 2016 | Bernhard Langer |
| 2015 | Bernhard Langer |
| 2014 | Bernhard Langer |
| 2013 | Kenny Perry |
| 2012 | Tom Lehman |
| 2011 | Tom Lehman |
| 2010 | Bernhard Langer |
| 2009 | Loren Roberts |
| 2008 | Jay Haas |
| 2007 | Loren Roberts |
| 2006 | Jay Haas |
| 2005 | Tom Watson |
| 2004 | Hale Irwin |
| 2003 | Tom Watson |
| 2002 | Hale Irwin |
| 2001 | Allen Doyle |
Winners of the season finale and season title in the same year
Unlike the PGA Tour's postseason – where the Tour Championship winner is declared the FedEx Cup champion – it's possible to have someone win the final PGA Tour Champions tournament while someone else captures the Schwab season title. The winner of the tournament wins the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. The winner of the season-long race is the Charles Schwab Cup champion. Who has won both in the same season? It's a short list:
- 2025 Stewart Cink
- 2017 Kevin Sutherland
- 2012 Tom Lehman
- 2005 Tom Watson
Who has won the most Charles Schwab Cups?
Bernhard Langer has won the Charles Schwab Cup a record six times (2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021). Tom Watson is next with three (2005, 2003, 2000). There are five golfers who have won the Cup twice: Steven Alker (2024, 2022); Tom Lehman (2012, 2011), Loren Roberts (2009, 2007); Jay Haas (2008, 2006) and Hale Irwin (2004, 2002). Only two golfers have won the Cup in consecutive years (Langer, Lehman). Only one (Langer) has won three in a row.