PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL– After leading the Charles Schwab Cup for the last five weeks, Jay Haas relinquished the lead to Bernhard Langer, who has already led the points chase for seven weeks this season. Langer holds a 72-point lead over Haas, with John Cook, who lost in a playoff to Bruce Vaughan at the Senior British Open, in third. Loren Roberts and Scott Hoch round out the top five. Vaughan, who had only one other top-10 finish this season, moved from 57th to ninth with his first victory that earned him double points.
Charles Schwab Cup standings through the Senior British Open Championship:
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 2008 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), Jay Haas (2006) and Loren Roberts (2007).
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