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2007 Champions Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year2007
tourChampions Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events29
most_winsUSA Jay Haas (4)
honor1Charles Schwab Cup
honoree1USA Loren Roberts
honor2Money list
honoree2USA Jay Haas
honor3Player of the Year
honoree3USA Jay Haas
honor4Rookie of the Year
honoree4ZWE 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 21MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,700,000USA Hale Irwin (45)
Jan 28Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000USA Fred Funk (2)
Feb 11Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,600,000ENG Mark James (3)New tournament
Feb 18Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000USA Tom Watson (9)Pro-Am
Feb 25ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000USA Bobby Wadkins (4)
Mar 11Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,650,000USA Jay Haas (7)
Mar 18AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000USA Tom Purtzer (4)
Apr 1Ginn Championship Hammock Beach ResortFlorida2,500,000USA Keith Fergus (1)
Apr 22Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,500,000USA Jay Haas (8)
May 6FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000USA Scott Hoch (1)
May 20Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,600,000USA Brad Bryant (3)
May 27**Senior PGA Championship**South Carolina2,000,000ZWE **Denis Watson** (1)Senior major championship
Jun 3Boeing Championship at SandestinFlorida1,650,000USA Loren Roberts (6)
Jun 10Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,600,000USA Jay Haas (9)
Jun 24Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,650,000USA Jay Haas (10)
Jul 1Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000USA Lonnie Nielsen (1)
Jul 8**U.S. Senior Open**Wisconsin2,600,000USA **Brad Bryant** (4)Senior major championship
Jul 15Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,600,000USA R. W. Eaks (1)New tournament
Jul 29**[The Senior Open Championship](2007-senior-open-championship)**Scotland2,000,000USA **Tom Watson** (10)Senior major championship
Aug 5[3M Championship](3m-championship)Minnesota1,750,000USA D. A. Weibring (4)
Aug 19**JELD-WEN Tradition**Oregon2,600,000IRL **Mark McNulty** (6)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 26Boeing ClassicWashington1,600,000ZWE Denis Watson (2)
Sep 2Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000USA Gil Morgan (25)
Sep 16Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000USA R. W. Eaks (2)
Sep 23SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,000,000USA Mark Wiebe (1)
Oct 7**Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship**Maryland2,600,000USA **Loren Roberts** (7)Champions Tour major championship
Oct 14Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000DEU Bernhard Langer (1)
Oct 21AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,600,000USA John Cook (1)
Oct 28Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000USA 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)WinnersNotes
Dec 2Del Webb Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000USA Larry Nelson and
son Josh NelsonTeam event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

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

Money list

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

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

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)USA Jay Haasurl=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2007/12/11/Haas-voted-Champions-Tours-top-player/20901197400946/title=Haas voted Champions Tour's top playerwork=United Press Internationaldate=11 December 2007access-date=28 November 2023quote=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.}}
Rookie of the YearZIM Denis Watson
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)USA Loren Roberts
Comeback Player of the YearUSA R. W. Eaks

Notes

References

References

  1. "2007 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "2007 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour.
  3. (28 October 2007). "Charles Schwab Cup Championship". ASAP sports.
  4. "2007 Money list". PGA Tour.
  5. (11 December 2007). "Haas voted Champions Tour's top player". United Press International.
  6. "2007 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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