2007 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 2007 (2007-01-19) – October 28, 2008 (2008-10-28)
Number of official events29
Most winsUnited States Jay Haas (4)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Loren Roberts
Money listUnited States Jay Haas
Player of the YearUnited States Jay Haas
Rookie of the YearZimbabwe Denis Watson
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2008 →

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 21MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,700,000United States Hale Irwin (45)
Jan 28Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000United States Fred Funk (2)
Feb 11Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,600,000England Mark James (3)New tournament
Feb 18Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000United States Tom Watson (9)Pro-Am
Feb 25ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Bobby Wadkins (4)
Mar 11Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,650,000United States Jay Haas (7)
Mar 18AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000United States Tom Purtzer (4)
Apr 1Ginn Championship Hammock Beach ResortFlorida2,500,000United States Keith Fergus (1)
Apr 22Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,500,000United States Jay Haas (8)
May 6FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000United States Scott Hoch (1)
May 20Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,600,000United States Brad Bryant (3)
May 27Senior PGA ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000Zimbabwe Denis Watson (1)Senior major championship
Jun 3Boeing Championship at SandestinFlorida1,650,000United States Loren Roberts (6)
Jun 10Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,600,000United States Jay Haas (9)
Jun 24Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,650,000United States Jay Haas (10)
Jul 1Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000United States Lonnie Nielsen (1)
Jul 8U.S. Senior OpenWisconsin2,600,000United States Brad Bryant (4)Senior major championship
Jul 15Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,600,000United States R. W. Eaks (1)New tournament
Jul 29The Senior Open ChampionshipScotland2,000,000United States Tom Watson (10)Senior major championship
Aug 53M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States D. A. Weibring (4)
Aug 19JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,600,000Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty (6)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 26Boeing ClassicWashington1,600,000Zimbabwe Denis Watson (2)
Sep 2Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000United States Gil Morgan (25)
Sep 16Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000United States R. W. Eaks (2)
Sep 23SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,000,000United States Mark Wiebe (1)
Oct 7Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,600,000United States Loren Roberts (7)Champions Tour major championship
Oct 14Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000Germany Bernhard Langer (1)
Oct 21AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,600,000United States John Cook (1)
Oct 28Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000United States 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 ChallengeFlorida1,000,000United States 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]

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

Money list

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

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

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Jay Haas[5]
Rookie of the YearZimbabwe Denis Watson[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Loren Roberts[6]
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States 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. 1 2 3 "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.
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