Charles Schwab Cup scenarios: Can Stewart Cink repeat, or will Zach Johnson prevail?
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Highlights | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | 2025
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With one event left to decide the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup champion, the season-long race is down to two players – Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson.
Cink, who captured the 2025 Charles Schwab Cup, sits No. 1 in the standings entering the season finale, a spot he has held the entire 2026 campaign. The five-time winner this season has 3,943,830 points.
Johnson, who leads PGA Tour Champions with six victories during his rookie year, sits No. 2 at 3,757,828 points.
The margin separating the two is 186,002. With six million points up for grabs for the 36-man field in Phoenix, including 1,056,000 to the tournament winner, the 2026 season is set for a thrilling conclusion. Below is a list of the clinching scenarios for Cink and Johnson to win the Charles Schwab Cup at Phoenix Country Club.
| If Johnson finishes … | Cink wins the Cup with … |
| Win | Nothing he can do. |
| Solo second | Solo fourth or better (a three-way T3 also works) |
| Solo third | Solo fifth or better (a two-way T5 also works) |
| Solo fourth | Solo seventh or better |
| Solo fifth | Solo ninth or better |
| Solo sixth | Solo 16th or better |
| Solo seventh | Solo 25th or better |
| Solo eighth or worse | Any finish, regardless of what he shoots. |
| Any finish, if Cink wins | The win clinches it. |
