Loren Roberts became the first Champions Tour player to win three consecutive events to start a season with his victory at The ACE Group Classic, and in the process, widened his lead in the race for the Charles Schwab Cup. Roberts picked up 240 Charles Schwab Cup points for the victory and now leads Don Pooley by 446 points. Pooley and Tom Watson are the only other players to record three top-10 finishes in the season’s first three tournaments. Watson is in third, 502 points behind Roberts but only 56 short of Pooley. Jay Haas and Scott Simpson are in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Rank/Player/Events Points Points Behind Wins Top-10s
1 Loren Roberts (3) 755 – 3 3
2 Don Pooley (3) 309 446 0 3
3 Tom Watson (3) 253 502 0 3
4 Jay Haas (2) 166 589 0 2
5 Scott Simpson (2) 132 623 0 1
T6 Brad Bryant (2) 128 627 0 1
T6 R.W. Eaks (2) 128 627 0 1
8 D.A. Weibring (2) 120 635 0 1
9 Allen Doyle (3) 113 642 0 2
10 Isao Aoki (2) 108 647 0 1
The Charles Schwab Cup is a season-long points program designed to recognize the Tour’s leading player. The program rewards both top finishes and week-in/week-out consistency at all 29 official Charles Schwab Cup events. Points are awarded to the top-10 finishers and ties and are based on the money distribution for each tournament, with every $1,000 earned being the equivalent of one Charles Schwab Cup point. Points are doubled at the Champions Tour’s five major championships and the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
The winner of the 2006 Charles Schwab Cup will earn a $1 million annuity.
The second through fifth-place finishers earn annuities of $500,000, $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000, respectively, from the $2.1 million bonus program.
The previous winners in the competition are Allen Doyle (2001), Hale Irwin (2002 and 2004) and Tom Watson (2003 and 2005).
The following charts the weekly point leaders through three events:
Tournament Leader Consecutive Weeks at No. 1 Total Weeks at No. 1 Second Pts. Diff.
1 MasterCard Championship Loren Roberts 1 1 Don Pooley 114
2 Turtle Bay Championship Loren Roberts 2 2 Don Pooley 257
3 The ACE Group Classic Loren Roberts 3 3 Don Pooley 446
4 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am
5 AT&T Classic
6 Toshiba Classic
7 Puerto Vallarta Golf Classic
8 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
9 FedEx Kinko’s Classic
10 Regions Charity Classic
11 The Boeing Championship at Sandestin
12 Senior PGA Championship
13 Allianz Championship
14 Bank of America Championship
15 Commerce Bank Championship
16 Greater Kansas City Golf Classic
17 U.S. Senior Open Championship
18 Ford Senior Players Championship
19 Senior British Open Championship
20 3M Championship
21 Boeing Greater Seattle Classic
22 JELD-WEN Tradition
23 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
24 Constellation Energy Classic
25 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn
26 SAS Championship
27 Administaff Small Business Classic
28 AT&T Championship
29 Charles Schwab Cup Championship
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