Colonial Country Club has been part of the PGA Tour’s fabric for so long that it's difficult to imagine a schedule without it.

That could soon become reality.

The Fort Worth, Texas, club has hosted a PGA Tour event every year since 1946, making it the longest-running non-major played annually at the same course. But as the Tour prepares to overhaul its schedule in 2028, Golfweek has reported that Colonial isn't expected to land a spot in the new Championship Series and likely would pass on joining the second-tier Challenger Series.

Instead, Colonial could become the future home of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship on PGA Tour Champions. The move isn't finalized, but it would end one of the PGA Tour's great traditions.

For eight decades, Colonial has hosted some of golf's biggest names and most memorable moments. Ben Hogan won five times at the club that became known as “Hogan’s Alley.” Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth are among the names on its Wall of Champions. Annika Sorenstam made history there, and in 2020 Colonial became the place where the PGA Tour returned after the COVID-19 shutdown.

If Colonial's days as an annual PGA Tour stop are indeed numbered, here are six moments from its remarkable run:

1946: Ben Hogan wins the first Colonial

Colonial wasted little time establishing its identity.

The inaugural Colonial National Invitation featured 24 of the leading money winners and a select group of amateurs competing for a $15,000 purse. Heading into the final round, local club pro Harry Todd led Sam Snead by one and Hogan by three. Then Hogan took over.

He closed with a 5-under 65, the course record for the next 24 years, highlighted by three consecutive birdies beginning at No. 11. Hogan finished at 1-under 279, the only player in the field to break par.

It was the beginning of a relationship that would eventually earn Colonial its famous nickname: Hogan's Alley.

1959: Hogan wins 5th Colonial and the final title of his career

Hogan's fifth Colonial victory may have been the sweetest. At age 46 and six years removed from his remarkable three-major season in 1953, Hogan defeated Fred Hawkins in the first playoff in tournament history. Hogan had a chance to win in regulation but left a 2½-foot putt on the 72nd hole one inch short.

“Guess I didn’t hit enough club,” Hogan joked afterward.

Hogan shot 69 in the 18-hole playoff to beat Hawkins by four. It became the 64th and final PGA Tour victory of Hogan's career. Making it even more special, it was the first time his wife, Valerie, had watched a round in which he clinched a tournament victory.

No player has won more at Colonial.

1998: Tom Watson turns back the clock at 48

Tom Watson had seemingly done everything at Colonial except win.

He had finished third twice and fourth four times before finally breaking through at age 48. His defining moment came from a fairway bunker at No. 8, where Watson stood awkwardly above the ball with water guarding the green and a stiff crosswind complicating the shot. There was no thought of playing it safe.

Watson hit a high fade to 10 feet and converted the birdie, taking a one-shot lead over playing partner Jim Furyk. He went on to shoot a bogey-free 66 and finally added his name to Colonial's Wall of Champions.

“Winning at my age is a rarity,” Watson said.

It also proved to be the 39th and final PGA Tour victory of his career.

2003: Annika Sorenstam makes history

For one week in 2003, Colonial became the center of the sports world. Annika Sorenstam, then the No. 1-ranked women's golfer in the world, became the first woman in 58 years to compete in a PGA Tour event.

The scene around the first tee was unlike anything Colonial had experienced. Fans packed the clubhouse balcony and surrounding hills, while photographers and reporters from around the world crowded around as Sorenstam prepared to hit her opening shot.

“I knew I was going to give it my best, but I was nervous I might not get my ball on the tee,” she said. “I was shaking.”

Sorenstam shot 71-74 and missed the cut by four strokes, but the scores were almost beside the point. She had stepped onto one of golf's biggest stages and held her own.

Kenny Perry won that week with a tournament-record 19-under 261, but even he couldn't compete for the spotlight.

2008: Phil Mickelson escapes the trees at 18

Phil Mickelson has made a career out of finding improbable ways out of trouble, and one of his best escapes came at Colonial.

Tied for the lead on the 72nd hole in 2008, Mickelson drove left into a grove of trees on No. 18. From 140 yards and heavy rough, he faced a narrow opening and needed to manufacture something special.

Naturally, he did.

Mickelson threaded a wedge under one tree and over another, clipping branches along the way before his ball settled 9 feet from the hole. He rolled in the birdie putt to beat Rod Pampling and Tim Clark by one.

“Just lucky,” Mickelson said with a smile.

Asked where the shot ranked among the best of his career, Mickelson didn't hesitate to put it in rare company.

“Probably top 5.”

2020: Colonial brings the PGA Tour back after COVID

No spectators. Daily temperature checks. COVID tests. Silence where there normally would have been roars.

Nothing about Colonial in June 2020 felt normal, except perhaps the golf.

After a 91-day shutdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Charles Schwab Challenge became the first PGA Tour tournament played since March. With most major American sports still sidelined, Colonial suddenly carried significance far beyond golf.

The Tour spent more than a month planning its return, instituting a 37-page safety protocol and testing players, caddies and personnel.

Players responded by giving Colonial one of its strongest fields ever, including the top five players in the world and 16 of the top 20.

And after waiting three months for PGA Tour golf to return, 72 holes weren't enough.

Daniel Berger and Collin Morikawa advanced to a playoff after Xander Schauffele bogeyed the 71st hole. On the first extra hole, Morikawa's short putt to extend the playoff rimmed out, giving Berger his third PGA Tour title.