Fred Funk earned his second Champions Tour title and jumped to third in the Charles Schwab cup standing with his record breaking 11-shot victory at the Turtle Bay Championship. Hale Irwin continues to lead the Charles Schwab Cup with a 41-point lead over Tom Kite and a 50-point advantage over Funk. Funk’s victory eclipsed the previous record for margin of victory in a Champions Tour event by two shots, earning him 240 Charles Schwab Cup points. Loren Roberts, the 2006 Charles Schwab Cup runner-up, is in fourth, with Jim Thorpe holding down the fifth position.
Rank/Player/Events Points Points Behind Wins Top-10s
1 Hale Irwin (2) 290 – 1 1
2 Tom Kite (2) 249 41 2
3. Fred Funk (2) 240 50 1 1
4 Loren Roberts (2) 204 86 2
5 Jim Thorpe (2) 150 140 1
6 D.A. Weibring (2) 116 174 2
T7 Tom Purtzer (2) 99 191 1
T7 Denis Watson (1) 99 191 1
T7 Kiyoshi Murota (1) 99 191 1
T10 Brad Bryant (2) 83 207 1
T10 Jay Haas (2) 83 207 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 2007 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), Tom Watson (2003 and 2005) and Jay Haas (2006).
The following charts the weekly point leaders through two events:
Tournament
Leader
Consecutive Weeks at No. 1
Total Weeks at No. 1
Second
Pts. Diff.
1
MasterCard Championship
Hale Irwin
1
1
Tom Kite
140
2
Turtle Bay Championship
Hale Irwin
2
2
Tom Kite
41
3
Allianz Championship
4
Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am
5
The ACE Group Classic
6
Toshiba Classic
7
AT&T Champions Classic
8
The Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach
9
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
10
FedEx Kinko’s Classic
11
Regions Charity Classic
12
Senior PGA Championship
13
The Boeing Championship at Sandestin
14
Principal Charity Classic
15
Bank of America Championship
16
Commerce Bank Championship
17
U.S. Senior Open Championship
18
Dick’s Sporting Goods Open
19
Senior British Open
20
3M Championship
21
JELD-WEN Tradition
22
Boeing Classic
23
Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
24
Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn
25
SAS Championship
26
Constellation Energy Senior Players Champ.
27
Administaff Small Business Classic
28
AT&T Championship
29
Charles Schwab Cup Championship
(See attached file: CSCup Update.doc)
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