One-and-Done Golf Picks for Charles Schwab Challenge

Below, I’ve outlined three players worth a look for OAD pools this week at the Charles Schwab Challenge.

For those unfamiliar, OAD pools closely mirror an NFL survivor contest. Players select a golfer each week and earn their prize money at the conclusion of the event.

The catch? Contestants can only use a player once. Additionally, not all prize pools are created equally, which further adds to the game theory.

Golf odds are reflective at the time of writing and are subject to movement.

3 Best Charles Schwab Challenge One-and-Done Picks

Option #1: Ludvig Aberg

Aberg offers OAD players an extremely high floor based on past performances. Since the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Swede finished outside the top-10 once in seven starts.

The knock this week? Aberg possesses exactly zero course history at Colonial. But for a player who finished second on debut at the Masters, I’m not exactly concerned.

Underlying metrics favor another strong Aberg performance. He ranks eighth in SG: APP to small greens over the last 12 months.

He also places second in SG: APP when it’s not easy to gain over the same timeframe. Aberg showed that skill last year at TPC Southwind, a correlative course. In 2025, he finished T-9th.

Unless you think Aberg wins the U.S. Open at Shinnecock, it’s probably not worth saving him. In this field, he offers the safest option atop the odds board.

Option #2: J.J. Spaun

Spaun won in Texas last month and returns to a course where he finished T-6th last year. Like Aberg, he’s posted a strong course history at Southwind, where he finished second in 2025.

Spaun paces the field in SG: APP when it’s not easy to do so. Entering this event, he averaged at least +0.6 SG: APP per event in four straight.

The 2025 U.S. Open winner missed the cut at Aronimink. However, he gained +1.74 SG: T2G and +0.91 SG: APP per round. A wickedly bad putter (-2.3 per round) led to an early exit.

If there’s a concern, it’s that Spaun gained strokes putting for the first time in six starts at Colonial last year. He also ranks 87th in Par 4 Efficiency between 401-450 yards this year.

Spaun’s recent iron stats help assuage those issues. Still, you’re asking him to putt well on bentgrass, a surface that has plagued him over the last six months.

Option #3: Robert MacIntyre

MacIntyre, of these three players, offers the greatest level of concern. But if you’re someone chasing within the pool, he offers a potential reward.

MacIntyre finished T-6th at Colonial last year. He also finished T-2 at TPC San Antonio despite playing the 16 Par 5s to -5 vs. -9 on the Par 3s & 4s.

The Scot failed to gain with his approach play in every start since the Valero Texas Open. In slightly better news, he gained strokes off the tee in every 2026 start.

It marks a stark contrast from his 2025 Charles Schwab Performance. Last year, he ranked 82nd in SG: OTT and eighth in SG: APP.

Should MacIntyre rediscover that iron form or the iron record from San Antonio, he could thrive at Colonial.