Charles Schwab Challenge action on Colonial’s ninth green.
Photo by K.P. Wilska

The 77th annual pro golf tournament will be contested on Colonial’s historic golf course Memorial Day weekend (May 25-28). Of course, the fun and activities run all week, beginning on May 22.

When the PGA Tour makes its 2023 return to Fort Worth, some of the biggest names in golf, along with emerging young stars, will be competing for a purse of $8.7 million. The Charles Schwab Challenge champion will take home a check for $1,566,000, the winner’s trademark plaid jacket, a spot on the famed Colonial Wall of Champions and a fully-restored vintage vehicle that pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Charles Schwab Corporation.

Ticket offerings (all ticket prices include tax and Ticketmaster fees) are:

• Wednesday only Colonial Pro-Am ticket, $50.
• Daily grounds ticket, $85 Thursday-Saturday (flex ticket good for any day, or $85 each day), $50 Sunday (special price celebrating Charles Schwab Corporation’s 50th anniversary): Includes general admission to the grounds and on-course attractions. Food and drinks will be available for purchase at concession locations on the course, including the new food truck depot at the driving range. Youths age 15 and under are allowed in free on the grounds when accompanied by a properly credentialed adult.
• Villages ticket, $325 each day, Thursday-Sunday: Premium VIP, all-inclusive ticket allowing entrance into three hospitality Villages on the course and the Colonial Poolside Plaza, with private entrance to the course. All food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are included in each of the venues – Palmer Village at No. 13 green, Crenshaw Village overlooking No. 16 and the Burns Michelob ULTRA Athletic Club Village at No. 8 green, with views of the No. 9 and No. 12 tees.
• Patio Club, $575 each day, Thursday-Sunday: the ultimate VIP experience with exclusive, in-clubhouse hospitality with Colonial signature service from wait staff on the clubhouse patios and in the air-conditioned ballroom. Commanding views of golf action from covered patio overlooking the No. 16 green and No. 17 tee from Colonial Clubhouse. Patio Club tickets include Colonial executive chef-inspired meals, full bar, non-alcoholic drinks and snacks. The Patio Club ticket also includes full access to the three Villages and the Colonial Poolside Plaza.

Parking options include:

• Gold valet at the clubhouse, $150 per day, Wednesday-Sunday.
• Silver Parking in garage on the TCU campus with round-trip shuttle to the Colonial Clubhouse, $50 Wednesday only and $75 each day Thursday-Sunday.
• Public parking at Rockwood Lane, $25 per day Thursday-Sunday with round-trip shuttle to the course. Buy in advance on Ticketmaster or pay at lot (credit or debit only).

All tickets and parking are on sale now at CharlesSchwabChallenge.com. All tickets are paperless, mobile entry only through Ticketmaster. Present mobile barcodes at the tournament gates.

Special opportunities for military members are again available at this year’s tournament. Complimentary tickets for active, reserve and retired military members will be available. Details will be released March 25 on National Medal of Honor Day.

Notable early player commitments for the tournament field include Charles Schwab Challenge champions Sam Burns (2022), Chris Kirk (2016), Zach Johnson (2010, 2012) and Kevin Kisner (2017).

Hometown favorites Ryan Palmer and Tom Hoge are also Colonial-bound, along with Max Homa, Brian Harman, Eric Cole (runner-up at last week’s Honda Classic), and the colorful Joel Dahmen, who is featured on Netflix’s newly-released Full Swing limited series.

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First, the winner of this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge PGA tour event at Colonial in Fort Worth will receive $1.35 million from $7.5 million purse, the iconic Leonard Trophy and the Scottish royal tartan plaid jacket, of course. But they will also get the rights to a 1946 Schwab Power Wagon.

The prize was unveiled shortly after the firm announced a four-year extension of its title PGA TOUR sponsorship at Colonial Country Club though 2026.

The 1946 “resto-mod” classic truck, an homage to the year professional golf was first played at the historic Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, was fully restored and customized by Legacy Classic Trucks and Winslow Bent. Under the hood is a 6.2-liter engine with over 430hp, and a 4-speed automatic transmission and custom transfer case. It rides on a set of 40-inch custom, trail-ready tires.

Charles Schwab Challenge Champion’s Prize, a 1946 Schwab Power Wagon (Photo: Business Wire)

The original truck has been modernized with air-conditioning, disc brakes, a long travel suspension, a 12,000 lb., winch and custom tailgate. It also features the signature Schwab Blue paint. A fully renovated and customized 1973 Dodge® Challenger was awarded to the tournament’s 2019 champion, Kevin Na.

The unique interior treatment highlights Colonial’s traditional Tartan pattern fabric. A custom winner’s name plate on the dashboard acknowledges legend Ben Hogan’s win in 1946. A film on the restoration process can be viewed here.

The prize will be displayed at this year’s Charles Schwab Challenge, May 27-30, at Colonial. It was revealed at a special event at the course with the company’s chairman, Charles Schwab, Bent, and TV personality and nationally-syndicated iHeartRadio host, Bobby Bones.

Interior of the 1946 Schwab Power Wagon with inspiration from the fabric of the Scottish royal tartan plaid jacket that is also given to the winner of the Charles Schwab Challenge. (Photo: Business Wire)

Inspired by the 1946 Schwab Power Wagon, country music singer and songwriter, Travis Denning, released a new, original song on Bobby Bones’ May 21 “Bobbycast” podcast – “Grew Up with a Truck.” The new prize is also featured in a music video for the song that was released at today’s reveal event.

“We knew we wanted to do something special for the tournament’s milestone 75^th anniversary, and the ’46 Schwab Power Wagon and Travis’ new song were a perfect way to honor this event’s proud legacy, all things Texas, and our commitment to this community,” said Mason Reed, senior vice president of Retail Acquisition and Corporate Marketing at Schwab. “We are excited to continue our latest tradition of awarding a show-stopping, one-of-a-kind Champion’s prize here at Colonial and are honored to extend our partnership with this tournament for another four years.”

Given the tournament’s return to the Memorial Day weekend after a three-week postponement in 2020, this year’s event will also pay tribute to the members of the U.S. military who gave their lives in service to their country. During play on Sunday, May 30, at 2:00 p.m. CDT, a moment of silence will be observed on the course, accompanied by a flyover of military aircraft to further mark the solemn occasion.

The tournament will be broadcast nationally to a televised audience on the Golf Channel and on CBS Sports.  www.charlesschwabchallenge.com

This article originally appeared in the Fort Worth Business Press and is rerun with permission. 

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The First Tee’s signature Life Skills Experience features year-round sessions in which participants and their families from all walks of life come to gain the life skills and healthy habits needed to be successful now and in the future. Participants learn lessons like making proper introductions, resolving conflicts, managing emotions, goal setting, planning for the future, appreciating diversity and much more. Caring coaches help participants make lasting connections between life and golf through activities on and off the course, including at home and at school. As kids progress through the program, they’re offered opportunities to travel across the country to participate in once-in-a-lifetime experiences that encourage personal growth through golf, networking, and leadership events, all free of charge.

The organization operates out of six main programming sites across Tarrant and Parker counties including locations at Rockwood Park Golf Course, Squaw Creek Golf Course, Benbrook Par 3, PGA Tour Superstore in Southlake, Briscoe Elementary, as well as their newest partner location at Texas Golf Center. In addition to their main locations, they conduct classes with various community centers, after-school programs, and in-school physical education classes.

One of their most unique program locations resides at Edward J. Briscoe Elementary in East Fort Worth. It is here that The First Tee of Fort Worth has established a safe and welcoming environment to teach The First Tee’s curriculum to the youth of the Morningside Community. The first of its kind, the facility features two turf practice greens, artificial driving range mats, and a classroom on land provided in partnership with Fort Worth ISD. Most kids here would not normally have the opportunity to be exposed to the game of golf, but here they are excelling with the help of their compassionate coaches setting them up for a successful future.

This year the number of participants at camps may be smaller, but this won’t stop The First Tee from reaching just as many, if not more, youth! From early June to mid-August, The First Tee of Fort Worth will offer week-long camps at more locations than ever! Each location will feature The First Tee’s signature curriculum taught through various games surrounding golf and other engaging activities. From morning through afternoon, Monday through Friday, kids of all ages come to learn and grow. For those who cannot attend that week due to smaller camp sizes, The First Tee of Fort Worth offers participants the chance to learn valuable Life Skills through online classes and activities. Many alumni come full circle and return as coaches for summer camps and to assist with online programming, allowing current participants to connect with individuals who have lived through The First Tee experience.

It is the mission of The First Tee of Fort Worth to impact the lives of all young people. The organization aims to offer programs to every child from ages 5 to 18 by removing traditional barriers to the game of golf. No child is ever turned away due to an inability to pay and every child is provided with their own set of clubs should they need them. This summer, the organization will also be obtaining a small bus to allow The First Tee to transport participants to green grass facilities. This transportation will provide them with the ability to reach even more youth who would not otherwise have access to this life enhancing program.

Wondering how you can help? Your donation could sponsor a child through a Life Skills session or summer camp. Donations of youth golf equipment can help provide a child in need with their own set of clubs. However, one of the most important ways that you can help influence the life of a child is through a donation of your time. The First Tee of Fort Worth relies on its dedicated volunteers to reinforce its life enhancing lessons and make connections with participants during classes – no golf knowledge required!

If you would like to find out more about how you can donate or get involved, please visit firstteeftworth.org/getinvolved/ or send an email to info@thefirstteeftworth.org. Help us make an impact on the youth of North Texas!

Good at Golf. Great at Life!

Olivia Gibbs is an alumna and coach for The First Tee of Fort Worth who has been involved with the program for 14 years. She currently oversees the Summer Camps program and involvement in local schools. To find out more about The First Tee of Fort Worth and how you can get involved visit firstteeftworth.org. Have a question? Send an email to info@thefirstteeftworth.org or call at (817) 420 9370.

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Broken into varying parts, the participant assesses the length he or she needs to go, and determines the appropriate equipment needed to get them there. Through judgment and confidence, the players put out their best effort with the intention to beat expectations. Keeping one’s eye on the ball, not holding on too tightly, and following through can result in a winning round of golf.

photo courtesy of the First Tee Fort Worth

The same could be said about the game of life. At The First Tee of Fort Worth, we’re using those golf analogies to coach our young people in the game of life. And we’re doing that in more places and for more of Fort Worth-area youth than ever before.

The First Tee of Fort Worth incorporates Nine Core Values into golf instruction to help school-aged children ages 5 to 17 get “Good at Golf, and Great at Life.” Since 2003, when the Fort Worth chapter received its charter from the First Tee national office, instructors have worked with hundreds of thousands of young people to instill integrity and putting accuracy, sportsmanship and the short game, and courtesy and driving techniques. The First Tee of Fort Worth offers more than just golf lessons. We provide learning for life that will carry far beyond the tee and the green.

“The First Tee is that golf camp, isn’t it?” is an often-asked question. “Don’t y’all give golf lessons throughout the summer?” is another. And, while both are relatively accurate, the opportunity to give more back through the organization’s vision is what motivates so many of The First Tee of Fort Worth’s coaches.

The mission of the First Tee of Fort Worth is to impact the lives of all young people by providing participation in The First Tee’s Life Skills Curriculum and its Nine Core Values through the game of golf, thereby instilling life-enhancing values that encourage leadership, build character, foster community service, and promote wellness. Through an intricately-designed program, which participants can take part in throughout their youth, progression and competition are as available as they would be in little league baseball and competitive soccer. The First Tee of Fort Worth promotes the game of life and golf like the other 170-plus chapters throughout the US and other countries, and the national organization has just finished celebrating its 20th anniversary.

“But, where is it?” is a frequent follow up question. “And how do I get my children involved?” is another. Fortunately, those opportunities will exist in even greater numbers in 2018 than they did in 2017 – which was a record year for participation and support.

photo courtesy of the First Tee Fort Worth

Nestled among the fairways and greens in the newly-redesigned Rockwood Golf Course, the First Tee of Fort Worth offers golf and life skills programming year-round at the Ben Hogan Learning Center. Opened in 2011, the Ben Hogan Learning Center offers the classroom space, practice tees, golf simulation lab, and putting greens necessary to help first-timers and scratch golfers. The Rockwood-based Learning Center features some of the best coaches in the game, from one of Fort Worth’s golfing legends in Tony Arredondo to former Glen Garden pro Jason Rocha to the First Tee of Fort Worth’s Executive Director Kevin Long. Long has served the First Tee of Fort Worth since 2006 and has seen the Fort Worth chapter grow from an instruction area at the end of Rockwood’s driving range to an operation now expected to reach 100,000 young people annually by 2020.

Programming for the Winter Session began January 13 at Rockwood, and on January 20 at Squaw Creek Golf Course in Willow Park and will run until spring break. Each session costs only $65 for eight weeks of classes, and participants can begin at the PLAYer level and progress at their comfort level through the PAR participant range and into BIRDIE and EAGLE, each level with increasingly-challenging lessons in golf and life. Registration for the Spring Session will open online at 9 a.m. on February 15. Interested parents and grandparents can go to www.thefirstteeftworth.org to sign up their young ones.

An introduction to the First Tee’s Nine Core Values begins in the first PLAYer sessions: Honesty, Respect, Perseverance, Integrity, Confidence, Courtesy, Sportsmanship, Responsibility and Judgment. Coaches work with the participants on one of the values as it pertains to that week’s golf skill. And, they revisit – say, Judgment – in subsequent lessons to reinforce its importance.
“Did you use good Judgment in lining up that putt?” may be followed up with a lesson about a time in school when the participant was called upon to talk about a time in class that week where he or she used good judgment on a test. Or in time management. Or with their siblings.
And the lessons continue, both at Rockwood and in Parker County.

photo courtesy of the First Tee Fort Worth

Announced in September, the Ben Hogan Foundation will partner with the First Tee of Fort Worth and Squaw Creek Golf Course to build a second Ben Hogan Learning Center at the Willow Park course. Part of the First Tee of Fort Worth’s strategic vision to serve young golfers in over four counties, the Ben Hogan Learning Center at Squaw Creek will take the First Tee’s Nine Core Values and golf instruction to participants in Parker County.

The First Tee of Fort Worth has also partnered with Fort Worth ISD and the Morningside Children’s Partnership to offer the same programming and support for children in the Morningside Community at Briscoe Elementary School. Through support from Walter Rainwater’s Morningside Children’s Partnership, and the use of FWISD property, the First Tee of Fort Worth offers golf and Life Skills instruction to over 400 Briscoe Elementary Eagles through their PE curriculum. The First Tee of Fort Worth also offers after school programming to Briscoe Eagles and other interested participants in after school programming. Summer camps were offered in 2017 and will return in 2018 as well, with the goal of offering the First Tee’s Nine Core Values and golf instruction to all children, regardless of income level.

“No child interested in The First Tee of Fort Worth can be turned away from our programming, regardless of their current situation,” Long said. “Our strategic vision includes taking our programming north and south, as well as east and west, through our extended partnership with Squaw Creek and the Ben Hogan Foundation. We hope to deliver golf and Life Skills to over 100,000 young people annually by 2020.”

“Sounds great! How can I get involved, or – better yet – sign up my child?” One of our favorite questions! Below are a few actions you can take next:

1. Go to www.thefirstteeftworth.org and select the “REGISTER” tab to look for the time and location that works best for your young golfer.

2. Also available at our website is the opportunity to volunteer, which is a great opportunity for those interested in the growth of youth to help our program coordinators throughout the week at our various locations. The application and background check is simple and easy, done online, and includes an informative information session held at the Ben Hogan Learning Center. There are various times for the volunteer information session, accessed at the calendar on our website, to fit your schedule. Volunteering to help with programming is one of the key ways those in Fort Worth and Parker County can help support our program.

3. Donating your equipment is another great way to help our golfers. This includes your gently-used bags, irons, golf balls – even gear that was sparingly worn. In 2017, The First Tee of Fort Worth repurposed over 800 sets of golf clubs to new participants thanks to the courtesy of our equipment donors. So free up your attic space or garage corner, and bring your gear to The First Tee of Fort Worth to help get a young participant in the swing of things!

4. Donating your financial support is also key, and can help offset the cost of classes and camps for our young people. The DONATE tab on our website is waiting for you to contribute $65 and cover the cost of class for a participant, or $100 for an Annual Fund contribution to help expand our coaching team. Additional amounts are welcomed and will go a long way to help The First Tee of Fort Worth’s transportation goals of getting golfers to and from our locations.

Registration for The First Tee of Fort Worth classes is easily completed by entering the website at www.thefirstteeftworth.org and selecting the “Register” tab. Questions can also be answered by calling 817-420-9370. Additional resources are available for the parents and participants through the website. Classes – and camps in the summer – typically fill up quickly, so please plan ahead and act today to sign your children or grandchildren up for The First Tee of Fort Worth.

Mark Mourer (shown on the left with Ft.Worth golf legends Dan Jenkins and Vance Minter) is the Director of Development for The First Tee of Fort Worth. He has been professionally active in fundraising and personally interested in promoting the legends of Fort Worth golf for several years. He lives in Aledo with his wife, a nurse at Cook Children’s NICU, and two daughters.

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Everybody loves spending a day at Colonial during the Dean & Deluca Invitational with their friends, right? It’s a Fort Worth tradition unlike any other. Sun, fun, and drinks on the links. It just doesn’t get much better than that.

Well, hold onto your putter because this is HUGE! Tanglewood Moms has teamed up with Encore Live to bring you our biggest and best giveaway ever! It’s our 1st Annual Colonial Par-Tee.

May 29, 2016; Fort Worth, TX, USA; during the final round of the 2016 Dean & Deluca Invitational at Colonial Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports

May 29, 2016; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Jordan Spieth tees off on the 13th hole of the final round of the 2016 Dean & Deluca Invitational at Colonial Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports

On Saturday May 27^th, five lucky winners will each receive eight wristbands that will give them access to our luxury suite on the 13^th green! Long considered the most fun and exciting spot on the entire course, the 13^th green is simply THE best place to watch the pros contend for the Plaid Jacket.

The Colonial Par-Tee winners will each receive one free ticket to the tournament and eight wristbands for themselves and seven friends. Complimentary food and beverages will be provided, as well as fun and useful swag for a day on the course.

Right now you’re probably wondering, “How do I enter to win one of these amazing Par-Tee packages?”

Well, it’s really easy. Winners will be selected at random from our Facebook page (not the group!) or our Instagram account.

To enter the drawing from Facebook, you will need to share this post from the TanglewoodMoms.com Facebook page (not the group!) and comment that you have done so. To enter from Instagram, you will need to share this post from the TanglewoodMoms.com Instagram account, tag us, and comment on our post that you have done so. Four winners will be selected from Facebook, and one winner will be selected from Instagram on Thursday, May 18. Good luck! We can’t wait to see you at the 13th green!

Many thanks to Encore Live for joining us on the 13th green! Encore Live is the event management agency that makes the impossible possible. From concept to clean up, Encore Live works with you to plan, coordinate, and execute your dream event. Whether a corporate conference, dream wedding, birthday blowout, five-star tailgate or unforgettable anniversary, there’s no limit to what we can do together!

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