Charles Schwab Challenge 2019: Power ranking the top ten at Colonial
![FORT WORTH, TX - MAY 27: A general view of the 18th green as Justin Rose of England looks over a putt during the final round of the Fort Worth Invitational at Colonial Country Club on May 27, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) FORT WORTH, TX - MAY 27: A general view of the 18th green as Justin Rose of England looks over a putt during the final round of the Fort Worth Invitational at Colonial Country Club on May 27, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/843ad0ca46d24070be02b476cec8b962b3322693cfb28fca1b3630a908beb0f7.jpg)
Tiger was the most notable absence from the final groups at the PGA Championship. After him, it felt odd that Francesco Molinari was out of the mix. He still mustered a T48 finish (72-68-73-75) and will be eager to try out a new course more suitable to him in Colonial.
It’s his Charles Schwab Challenge debut this week as he continues to play a more PGA Tour heavy schedule this year.
He’s 45th in driving accuracy (66.27%) and sixth in sand saves (61.9%). His ball striking stats don’t jump off the page, but they don’t include his performance at the Masters where he contended and finished T5.
After his dominant 2018 that included a runaway win at the AT&T National, a strong finish to win the Open and heroics at the Ryder Cup, Molinari’s still at it in 2019.
He won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, took solo third at the WGC-Mexico and has missed just one cut.
It’s too much for me to predict a victory in his maiden trip to Hogan’s Alley, but the way Molinari can stripe it makes me think he’ll have as many birdie looks as any.