A tight race got even tighter this week as Jay Haas moved to within 20 points of Loren Roberts at the top of the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Haas tied for 10th at the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn and earned 39 points. Roberts withdrew early in the week to attend the funeral of his friend Byron Nelson. Brad Bryant, Bobby Wadkins and Gil Morgan make up the remainder of the top five.
"I feel I’m definitely in the hunt but I need to play well the last four weeks though" said Haas. "Obviously, Loren is right there and he’s going to be tough to overtake, but I like the courses we’re going to. I haven’t played Raleigh, but I really like Houston and San Antonio. I love Oak Hills; I’ve had some good luck there. I had a good chance to win at Sonoma last year. I won’t say I’m in great shape, but I like my position and if I continue to play well, I can be there at the end."
Rank/Player/Events Points Points Behind Wins Top-10s
1 Loren Roberts (17) 2,478 – 4 15
2 Jay Haas (17) 2,458 20 3 12
3 Brad Bryant (17) 1,630 848 2 9
4 Bobby Wadkins (21) 1,511 967 2 5
5 Gil Morgan (23) 1,433 1,045 1 10
6 Tom Kite (21) 1,402 1,076 2 11
7 Eduardo Romero (5) 1,230 1,248 1 3
8 Allen Doyle (21) 1,187 1,291 1 5
9 David Edwards (16) 978 1,500 1 8
10 Tom Watson (12) 976 1,502 0 6
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 28 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.
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 24 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 Loren Roberts 4 4 Don Pooley 505
5 AT&T Classic Loren Roberts 5 5 Don Pooley 554
6 Toshiba Classic Loren Roberts 6 6 Brad Bryant 487
7 Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic Loren Roberts 7 7 Morris Hatalsky 419
8 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Loren Roberts 8 8 Jay Haas 374
9 FedEx Kinko’s Classic Loren Roberts 9 9 Jay Haas 134
10 Regions Charity Classic Loren Roberts 10 10 Jay Haas 186
11 The Boeing Championship at Sandestin Loren Roberts 11 11 Jay Haas 274
12 Senior PGA Championship Jay Haas 1 1 Loren Roberts 294
13 Allianz Championship Jay Haas 2 2 Loren Roberts 162
Bank of America Championship Canceled
14 Commerce Bank Championship Jay Haas 4 4 Loren Roberts 252
15 Greater Kansas City Golf Classic Jay Haas 5 5 Loren Roberts 252
16 U.S. Senior Open Championship Jay Haas 6 6 Loren Roberts 252
17 Ford Senior Players Championship Jay Haas 7 7 Loren Roberts 252
18 Senior British Open Championship Loren Roberts 1 12 Jay Haas 222
19 3M Championship Loren Roberts 2 13 Jay Haas 282
20 Boeing Greater Seattle Classic Loren Roberts 3 14 Jay Haas 282
21 JELD-WEN Tradition Loren Roberts 4 15 Jay Haas 282
22 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach Loren Roberts 5 16 Jay Haas 183
23 Constellation Energy Classic Loren Roberts 6 17 Jay Haas 58
24 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn Loren Roberts 7 18 Jay Haas 20
25 SAS Championship
26 Administaff Small Business Classic
27 AT&T Championship
28 Charles Schwab Cup Championship
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