2007 Champions Tour

2007 Champions Tour season

Duration	January 19, 2007 (2007-01-19) – October 28, 2008 (2008-10-28)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	Jay Haas (4)
Charles Schwab Cup	Loren Roberts
Money list	Jay Haas
Player of the Year	Jay Haas
Rookie of the Year	Denis Watson
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The 2007 Champions Tour was the 28th season of the Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Jan 21	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	1,700,000	Hale Irwin (45)
Jan 28	Turtle Bay Championship	Hawaii	1,600,000	Fred Funk (2)
Feb 11	Allianz Championship	Florida	1,600,000	Mark James (3)	New tournament
Feb 18	Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am	Florida	1,600,000	Tom Watson (9)	Pro-Am
Feb 25	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,600,000	Bobby Wadkins (4)
Mar 11	Toshiba Classic	California	1,650,000	Jay Haas (7)
Mar 18	AT&T Champions Classic	California	1,600,000	Tom Purtzer (4)
Apr 1	Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort	Florida	2,500,000	Keith Fergus (1)
Apr 22	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf	Georgia	2,500,000	Jay Haas (8)
May 6	FedEx Kinko's Classic	Texas	1,600,000	Scott Hoch (1)
May 20	Regions Charity Classic	Alabama	1,600,000	Brad Bryant (3)
May 27	Senior PGA Championship	South Carolina	2,000,000	Denis Watson (1)	Senior major championship
Jun 3	Boeing Championship at Sandestin	Florida	1,650,000	Loren Roberts (6)
Jun 10	Principal Charity Classic	Iowa	1,600,000	Jay Haas (9)
Jun 24	Bank of America Championship	Massachusetts	1,650,000	Jay Haas (10)
Jul 1	Commerce Bank Championship	New York	1,500,000	Lonnie Nielsen (1)
Jul 8	U.S. Senior Open	Wisconsin	2,600,000	Brad Bryant (4)	Senior major championship
Jul 15	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	New York	1,600,000	R. W. Eaks (1)	New tournament
Jul 29	The Senior Open Championship	Scotland	2,000,000	Tom Watson (10)	Senior major championship
Aug 5	3M Championship	Minnesota	1,750,000	D. A. Weibring (4)
Aug 19	JELD-WEN Tradition	Oregon	2,600,000	Mark McNulty (6)	Champions Tour major championship
Aug 26	Boeing Classic	Washington	1,600,000	Denis Watson (2)
Sep 2	Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	California	2,000,000	Gil Morgan (25)
Sep 16	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	North Carolina	1,600,000	R. W. Eaks (2)
Sep 23	SAS Championship	North Carolina	2,000,000	Mark Wiebe (1)
Oct 7	Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship	Maryland	2,600,000	Loren Roberts (7)	Champions Tour major championship
Oct 14	Administaff Small Business Classic	Texas	1,700,000	Bernhard Langer (1)
Oct 21	AT&T Championship	Texas	1,600,000	John Cook (1)
Oct 28	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	California	2,500,000	Jim Thorpe (13)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Champions Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winners	Notes
Dec 2	Del Webb Father/Son Challenge	Florida	1,000,000	Larry Nelson and son Josh Nelson	Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[2] [3]}

Position	Player	Points
1	Loren Roberts	2,716
2	Jay Haas	2,551
3	Denis Watson	2,177
4	Brad Bryant	2,167
5	Tom Watson	2,032

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^[4]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Jay Haas	2,581,001
2	Loren Roberts	2,170,627
3	Brad Bryant	1,812,099
4	Denis Watson	1,636,123
5	D. A. Weibring	1,557,622

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Jay Haas	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Denis Watson	[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Loren Roberts	[6]
Comeback Player of the Year	R. W. Eaks	[5]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Champions Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Champions Tour members.

References

1. "2007 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on April 6, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
2. "2007 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
3. "Charles Schwab Cup Championship". ASAP sports. October 28, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
4. "2007 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
5. "Haas voted Champions Tour's top player". United Press International. December 11, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2023. The vote by professional golfers also selected Denis Watson, who won the Senior PGA Championship, as the Champions Tour rookie of the year... R.W. Eaks, who won two tournaments and was sixth on the money list, was voted the comeback player of the year on the tour for players 50 years and older.
6. "2007 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

External links

• Official website