Roberts Moves to Third in Charles Schwab Cup Race After Sandestin Win
After steadily dropping in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, Loren Roberts moved right back into contention with his win last week at The Boeing Championship at Sandestin. The victory vaulted Roberts into third place behind leader Jay Haas and Denis Watson. Haas leads Watson by 146 points, with Roberts 293 behind. Eduardo Romero is fourth, with Brad Bryant in the fifth position.
Rank/Player/Events Points Points Behind Wins Top-10s
1 Jay Haas (13) 1,215 – 2 8
2 Denis Watson (9) 1,069 146 1 6
3 Loren Roberts (12) 922 293 1 8
4 Eduardo Romero (10) 844 371 6
5 Brad Bryant (12) 819 396 1 6
6 Tom Kite (13) 792 423 6
7 Hale Irwin (11) 791 424 1 6
8 Tom Purtzer (12) 686 529 1 6
9 Joe Ozaki (7) 493 722 5
10 Keith Fergus (12) 471 744 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
Jay Haas
8
9
Denis Watson
146
14
Principal Charity Classic
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