Colonial wins! Sam Burns won the Charles Schwab Challenge (and the car) but the golf course won the day
Fun in the sun (Photo by K.P. Wilska) 'The winner today was Colonial,' said CBS TV commentator Ian Baker-Finch, summing up a wild and windy final r...
Fun in the sun (Photo by K.P. Wilska) 'The winner today was Colonial,' said CBS TV commentator Ian Baker-Finch, summing up a wild and windy final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at Fort Worth's Colonial Country Club. The always challenging par 70 layout gave the world's best golfers all they could handle and then some as the prestigious PGA tour event treated local fans and a national TV audience to an exciting, wind-blown, sun-seared conclusion. The 1979 Schwab Firebird (Photo courtesy Charles Schwab and Company) Sam Burns won the tournament, the legendary Leonard Trophy, the coveted plaid championship jacket, a check for $1.