2007 Champions Tour
The 2007 Champions Tour was the 28th season since the Champions Tour officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 29 official money events with purses totalling $54,100,000, including five majors. Jay Haas won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2007 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Champions Tour debut are shown in italics.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse ($) | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 21 | MasterCard Championship at Hualalai | Hawaii | 1,700,000 |  Hale Irwin (45) | 193 (−23) | 290,000 |
| Jan 28 | Turtle Bay Championship | Hawaii | 1,600,000 | Fred Funk (2) | 193 (−23) | 240,000 |
| Feb 11 | Allianz Championship | Florida | 1,600,000 |  Mark James (3) | 201 (−15) | 240,000 |
| Feb 18 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | Florida | 1,600,000 | Tom Watson (9) | 209 (−4) | 240,000 |
| Feb 25 | The ACE Group Classic | Florida | 1,600,000 | Bobby Wadkins (4) | 201 (−15) | 240,000 |
| Mar 11 | Toshiba Classic | California | 1,650,000 | Jay Haas (7) | 194 (−19) | 247,500 |
| Mar 18 | AT&T Champions Classic | California | 1,600,000 | Tom Purtzer (4) | 206 (−10) | 240,000 |
| Apr 1 | Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort | Florida | 2,500,000 | Keith Fergus (1) | 204 (−12) | 375,000 |
| Apr 22 | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf | Georgia | 2,500,000 | Jay Haas (8) | 207 (−9) | 395,000 |
| May 6 | FedEx Kinko's Classic | Texas | 1,600,000 | Scott Hoch (1) | 201 (−15) | 240,000 |
| May 20 | Regions Charity Classic | Alabama | 1,600,000 | Brad Bryant (3) | 204 (−12) | 240,000 |
| May 27 | Senior PGA Championship | South Carolina | 2,000,000 |  Denis Watson (1) | 279 (−9) | 360,000 |
| Jun 3 | The Boeing Championship at Sandestin | Florida | 1,650,000 | Loren Roberts (6) | 197 (−16) | 247,500 |
| Jun 10 | The Principal Charity Classic | Iowa | 1,600,000 | Jay Haas (9) | 201 (−12) | 240,000 |
| Jun 24 | Bank of America Championship | Massachusetts | 1,650,000 | Jay Haas (10) | 203 (−13) | 247,500 |
| Jul 1 | Commerce Bank Championship | New York | 1,500,000 | Lonnie Nielsen (1) | 199 (−14) | 225,000 |
| Jul 8 | U.S. Senior Open | Wisconsin | 2,600,000 | Brad Bryant (4) | 282 (−6) | 470,000 |
| Jul 15 | Dick's Sporting Goods Open | New York | 1,600,000 | R. W. Eaks (1) | 199 (−17) | 240,000 |
| Jul 29 | Senior British Open | Scotland | 2,000,000 | Tom Watson (10) | 284 (E) | 320,176 |
| Aug 5 | 3M Championship | Minnesota | 1,750,000 | D. A. Weibring (4) | 198 (−18) | 262,500 |
| Aug 19 | JELD-WEN Tradition | Oregon | 2,600,000 |  Mark McNulty (6) | 272 (−16) | 390,000 |
| Aug 26 | Boeing Classic | Washington | 1,600,000 | Denis Watson (2) | 207 (−9) | 240,000 |
| Sep 2 | Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | California | 2,000,000 | Gil Morgan (25) | 202 (−14) | 300,000 |
| Sep 16 | Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn | North Carolina | 1,600,000 | R. W. Eaks (2) | 199 (−17) | 240,000 |
| Sep 23 | SAS Championship | North Carolina | 2,000,000 | Mark Wiebe (1) | 198 (−18) | 300,000 |
| Oct 7 | Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship | Maryland | 2,600,000 | Loren Roberts (7) | 267 (−13) | 390,000 |
| Oct 14 | Administaff Small Business Classic | Texas | 1,700,000 |  Bernhard Langer (1) | 191 (−25) | 255,000 |
| Oct 21 | AT&T Championship | Texas | 1,600,000 | John Cook (1) | 198 (−15) | 240,000 |
| Oct 28 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | California | 2,500,000 | Jim Thorpe (13) | 268 (−20) | 442,000 |
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[1]
Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Jay Haas | United States | 2,581,001 | 27 | 4 |
| 2 | Loren Roberts | United States | 2,170,627 | 23 | 2 |
| 3 | Brad Bryant | United States | 1,812,099 | 24 | 2 |
| 4 | Denis Watson | Zimbabwe | 1,636,123 | 25 | 2 |
| 5 | D. A. Weibring | United States | 1,557,622 | 27 | 1 |
Source:[2]
Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin | United States | 24,654,218 | 45 |
| 2 | Gil Morgan | United States | 18,383,634 | 25 |
| 3 | Dana Quigley | United States | 13,956,074 | 11 |
| 4 | Bruce Fleisher | United States | 13,513,100 | 18 |
| 5 | Larry Nelson | United States | 13,049,347 | 19 |
Source:[3]
Awards
See also
References
External links
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