Three Key Holes at Phoenix Country Club
Steven Alker breaks down a few important holes at Phoenix CC ahead of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship
PHOENIX — The Charles Schwab Cup Championship is the final event of the PGA Tour Champions 2025 season. It’s one last chance to bank a payday before the offseason/silly season for the senior circuit golfers.
First place at Phoenix Country Club was good for $528,000. The top eight finishers all earned checks in the six figures. All 36 players in the field get paid as well, as there was no cut this week in the 72-hole event, the only non-major to go 72 holes all season.
2025 Charles Schwab Cup Championship prize money
Stewart Cink won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour Champions and the third time in 2025 with his two-shot win over Steven Alker on Sunday at Phoenix Country Club.
His first-place check in Arizona puts him at $3.4 million for the season.
Pos.PlayerScoreEarnings1Stewart Cink-20$528,0002Steven Alker-18$300,000T3Freddie Jacobson-15$214,000T3Jerry Kelly-15$214,000T3Tommy Gainey-15$214,000T6Alex Cejka-14$135,750T6Steve Flesch-14$135,750T8Vijay Singh-13$97,500T8Tag Ridings-13$97,500T10Steve Allan-12$73,500T10Cameron Percy-12$73,500T10Miguel Angel Jiménez-12$73,500T10Thomas Bjorn-12$73,50014Bernhard Langer-11$66,000T15Soren Kjeldsen-10$61,500T15Matt Gogel-10$61,500T17Greg Chalmers-9$53,000T17Doug Barron-9$53,000T17Richard Green-9$37,000T20K.J. Choi-8$37,000T20Ángel Cabrera-8$37,000T20Charlie Wi-8$37,000T23Darren Clarke-7$27,000T23Ernie Els-7$27,000T23Jason Caron-7$27,000T23Padraig Harrington-7$27,000T23Y.E. Yang-7$27,000T28Mark Hensby-5$22,125T28Boo Weekley-5$22,12530Tim O’Neal-4$21,00031Michael Wright-3$20,250T32Justin Leonard-1$19,125T32Retief Goosen-1$19,125T34Tim PetrovicE$17,625T34Paul StankowskiE$17,62536Ricardo Gonzalez2$16,500
There was also money paid out in the Charles Schwab Cup season-long points race. Only the top-five finishers in this contest earn money and what they get is a lump-sum deposit into a Schwab brokeage account to be invested into a Schwab-managed portfolio.
Stewart Cink, $1 millionSteven Alker, $500,000Miguel Angel Jimenez, $300,000Ernie Els, $200,000Thomas Bjorn, $100,000
