Bernhard Langer grabs lead at 2024 Charles Schwab Cup Championship, while Steven Alker tops points race
He’s back at it.
Bernhard Langer, a 46-time winner on the PGA Tour Champions, holds a one-shot lead at the 2024 Charles Schwab Cup Challenge after a third-round 4-under 67.
Langer, 67, entered the week ranked 22nd in the Charles Schwab Cup points list, but is projected to end the season at No. 7 if he goes on to win at Phoenix Country Club in Arizona.
The German has done everything but win in 2024. In 15 starts, Langer finished inside the top-25 11 times, inside the top-10 seven times and was the runner-up at the Ascension Charity Classic.
The two-time Masters champion is looking for his first win since the 2023 U.S. Senior Open.
As for the points race, Steven Alker, who entered the week ranked No. 2 behind Ernie Els, has taken over the top spot. He’s shot rounds of 70-68-63 and is 12-under total, alone is second.
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Els hasn’t played his best golf this week, sitting at 3 under after rounds of 69-70-71. Stewart Cink, the 36-hole leader, struggled throughout the day, eventually signing for a 4-over 75. He’s solo sixth at 8 under, five back.
The shot of the day went to Langer, who used this beauty on the 16th to make his fifth birdie on the round.
An ageless wonder!
67-year-old @BernhardLanger6 has taken lead in Phoenix!@SchwabCupFinale pic.twitter.com/wZY4YtafTZ
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) November 9, 2024
First place at the Schwab is good for $528,000, with $300,000 going to the runner-up, $252,000 for third place, $210,000 for fourth and $180,000 to fifth place. Everyone in the field earns a paycheck, with 35th place getting $17,250.
The winner of the tournament wins the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. The winner of the season-long race is the Charles Schwab Cup champion.
