2007 Champions Tour
Year2007
TourChampions Tour
Regular seasonJanuary 19, 2007 – October 28, 2008
No of events29
Most winsJay Haas (4)
Honor 1Charles Schwab Cup
Honoree 1Loren Roberts
Honor 2Money list
Honoree 2Jay Haas
Honor 3Player of the Year
Honoree 3Jay Haas
Honor 4Rookie of the Year
Honoree 4Denis Watson
Prevseason2006
Nextseason2008

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]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner[a]Notes
Jan 21MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,700,000Hale Irwin (45)
Jan 28Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000Fred Funk (2)
Feb 11Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,600,000Mark James (3)New tournament
Feb 18Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000Tom Watson (9)Pro-Am
Feb 25ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000Bobby Wadkins (4)
Mar 11Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,650,000Jay Haas (7)
Mar 18AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000Tom Purtzer (4)
Apr 1Ginn Championship Hammock Beach ResortFlorida2,500,000Keith Fergus (1)
Apr 22Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,500,000Jay Haas (8)
May 6FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000Scott Hoch (1)
May 20Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,600,000Brad Bryant (3)
May 27Senior PGA ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000Denis Watson (1)Senior major championship
Jun 3Boeing Championship at SandestinFlorida1,650,000Loren Roberts (6)
Jun 10Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,600,000Jay Haas (9)
Jun 24Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,650,000Jay Haas (10)
Jul 1Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000Lonnie Nielsen (1)
Jul 8U.S. Senior OpenWisconsin2,600,000Brad Bryant (4)Senior major championship
Jul 15Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,600,000R. W. Eaks (1)New tournament
Jul 29The Senior Open ChampionshipScotland2,000,000Tom Watson (10)Senior major championship
Aug 53M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000D. A. Weibring (4)
Aug 19JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,600,000Mark McNulty (6)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 26Boeing ClassicWashington1,600,000Denis Watson (2)
Sep 2Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000Gil Morgan (25)
Sep 16Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000R. W. Eaks (2)
Sep 23SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,000,000Mark Wiebe (1)
Oct 7Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,600,000Loren Roberts (7)Champions Tour major championship
Oct 14Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000Bernhard Langer (1)
Oct 21AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,600,000John Cook (1)
Oct 28Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000Jim 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 2Del Webb Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000Larry 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]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Loren Roberts2,716
2Jay Haas2,551
3Denis Watson2,177
4Brad Bryant2,167
5Tom Watson2,032

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Jay Haas2,581,001
2Loren Roberts2,170,627
3Brad Bryant1,812,099
4Denis Watson1,636,123
5D. A. Weibring1,557,622

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Jay Haas[5]
Rookie of the YearDenis Watson[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Loren Roberts[6]
Comeback Player of the YearR. 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 6 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "2007 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived 3 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Charles Schwab Cup Championship". ASAP sports. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ^ "2007 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived 1 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Haas voted Champions Tour's top player". United Press International. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 28 November 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 28 November 2023.