Jay Haas didn’t earn any Charles Schwab Cup points at last week’s AT&T Champions Classic when he tied for 22nd. And that allowed Loren Roberts, who lost in a playoff to Tom Purtzer, to close the gap on Haas. Roberts moved to within 42 points in the standings. Purtzer, who picked up his first win of the season, jumped into third place and is 198 points behind Haas. Hale Irwin and R.W. Eaks round out the top five.
Rank/Player/Events Points Points Behind Wins Top-10s
1 Jay Haas (7) 601 – 1 4
2 Loren Roberts (7) 559 42 6
3 Tom Purtzer (7) 403 198 1 3
4 Hale Irwin (6) 355 246 1 2
5 R.W. Eaks (6) 327 274 3
6 Tom Watson (2) 288 313 1 2
7 Andy Bean (7) 285 316 4
8 Allen Doyle (7) 264 337 4
9 David Eger (11) 254 347 4
10 Tom Kite (7) 249 352 2
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 seven 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 Hale Irwin 3 3 Loren Roberts 28
4 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Jay Haas 1 1 Loren Roberts 5
5 The ACE Group Classic Loren Roberts 1 1 Jay Haas 65
6 Toshiba Classic Jay Haas 1 2 Loren Roberts 183
7 AT&T Champions Classic Jay Haas 2 3 Loren Roberts 42
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
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