Eric Cole leads the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial, but he has work to do if he\u2019s going to get his first career PGA Tour victory.<\/p>\n
Cole, who shot 63 on Saturday, leads the field by one over Ryan Gerard. J.J. Spaun is two strokes back and several other big names (like Justin Thomas and Gary Woodland) are five off the lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be an easy day tomorrow, I know that from my experience,\u201d Cole said. \u201cI know that it\u2019s going to be difficult, but that\u2019s why I practice really hard and that\u2019s why I try and do everything the way I do so that I could be as prepared for whatever tomorrow brings.\u201d<\/p>\n
The total purse for the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge is $9.9 million, with $1.782 going to the winner. You can see the full 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge payout breakdown below.<\/p>\n
2026 Charles Schwab Challenge payout for every player<\/p>\n
Win: $1.782 million<\/p>\n
2: $1.0791 million<\/p>\n
3: $683,100<\/p>\n
4: $485,100<\/p>\n
5: $405,900<\/p>\n
6: $358,875<\/p>\n
7: $334,125<\/p>\n
8: $309,375<\/p>\n
9: $289,575<\/p>\n
10: $269,775<\/p>\n
11: $249,975<\/p>\n
12: $230,175<\/p>\n
13: $210,375<\/p>\n
14: $190,575<\/p>\n
15: $180,675<\/p>\n
16: $170,775<\/p>\n
17: $160,875<\/p>\n
18: $150,975<\/p>\n
19: $141,075<\/p>\n
20: $131,175<\/p>\n
21: $121,275<\/p>\n
22: $111,375<\/p>\n
23: $103,455<\/p>\n
24: $95,535<\/p>\n
25: $87,615<\/p>\n
26: $79,695<\/p>\n
27: $76,725<\/p>\n
28: $73,755<\/p>\n
29: $70,785<\/p>\n
30: $67,815<\/p>\n
31: $65,845<\/p>\n
32: $61,875<\/p>\n
33: $58,905<\/p>\n
34: $56,430<\/p>\n
35: $53,955<\/p>\n
36: $51,480<\/p>\n
37: $49,005<\/p>\n
38: $47,025<\/p>\n
39: $45,045<\/p>\n
40: $43,065<\/p>\n
41: $41,085<\/p>\n
42: $39,105<\/p>\n
43: $37,125<\/p>\n
44: $35,145<\/p>\n
45: $33,165<\/p>\n
46: $31,185<\/p>\n
47: $29,205<\/p>\n
48: $27,621<\/p>\n
49: $26,235<\/p>\n
50: $25,443<\/p>\n
51: $24,849<\/p>\n
52: $24,255<\/p>\n
53: $23,859<\/p>\n
54: $23,463<\/p>\n
55: $23,265<\/p>\n
56: $23,067<\/p>\n
57: $22,869<\/p>\n
58: $22,671<\/p>\n
59: $22,473<\/p>\n
60: $22,275<\/p>\n
61: $22,077<\/p>\n
62: $21,879<\/p>\n
63: $21,681<\/p>\n
64: $21,483<\/p>\n
65: $21,285<\/p>\n
66: $21,087<\/p>\n
67: $20,889<\/p>\n
68: $20,691<\/p>\n
69: $20,493<\/p>\n
70: $20,295<\/p>\n
71: $20,097<\/p>\n
72: $19,899<\/p>\n
73: $19,701<\/p>\n
74: $19,503<\/p>\n
75: $19,305<\/p>\n
76: $19,107<\/p>\n
77: $18,909<\/p>\n
78: $18,711<\/p>\n
79: $18,513<\/p>\n
80: $18,315<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Cole leads the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial, but he has work to do if he\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-707308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}