By winning the Senior PGA Championship last week and picking up double points in the process, Denis Watson moved into second place in the Charles Schwab Cup standings and is only 120 points behind leader Jay Haas. Haas has led the standings for six consecutive weeks and seven weeks overall. Brad Bryant is in third, followed by Tom Kite and Hale Irwin.
Rank/Player/Events Points Points Behind Wins Top-10s
1 Jay Haas (12) 1,142 – 2 7
2 Denis Watson (8) 1,022 120 1 5
3 Brad Bryant (11) 819 323 1 6
4 Tom Kite (12) 792 350 6
5 Hale Irwin (11) 791 351 1 6
6 Eduardo Romero (9) 699 443 5
7 Loren Roberts (11) 674 468 7
8 Tom Purtzer (11) 577 565 1 5
9 Joe Ozaki (7) 493 649 5
10 Keith Fergus (11) 471 671 1 3
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
Jay Haas
3
4
Loren Roberts
42
9
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
Jay Haas
4
5
Hale Irwin
351
10
FedEx Kinko’s Classic
Jay Haas
5
6
Hale Irwin
297
11
Regions Charity Classic
Jay Haas
6
7
Hale Irwin
247
12
Senior PGA Championship
Jay Haas
7
8
Denis Watson
120
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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