Although he didn’t win last week’s 3M Championship, his second-place showing in Minnesota allowed Jay Haas to take a 194-point lead over Brad Bryant in the Charles Schwab Cup. Loren Roberts, Denis Watson and Tom Watson are in the third-through-fifth positions. D.A. Weibring, who won for the first time in 2007 with his victory a week ago, moved into the top 10. He is ninth, 1,317 points behind Haas.
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 20 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 Jay Haas 9 10 Denis Watson 335
15 Bank of America Championship Jay Haas 10 11 Denis Watson 583
16 Commerce Bank Championship Jay Haas 11 12 Denis Watson 631
17 U.S. Senior Open Championship Brad Bryant 1 1 Jay Haas 112
18 Dick’s Sporting Goods Open Brad Bryant 2 2 Jay Haas 112
19 Senior British Open Jay Haas 1 13 Brad Bryant 40
20 3M Championship Jay Haas 2 14 Brad Bryant 194
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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