Charles Schwab Cup Championship

(Sonoma, CA) - The Champions Tour heads west to Seattle next week and begins it's stretch drive to the season-concluding Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Sonoma (CA) Golf Club.  With eight events preceding the Championship, players have begun to focus on securing one of the coveted top 30 spots on the Official Money List that insures a place in the field.  Keith Fergus currently occupies the 30th spot.  The top 60 through the recent 3M Championship are:

1 Loren Roberts                  1,843,472   15
2 Jay Haas                           1,578,010   13
3 Brad Bryant                     1,381,267   14
4 Gil Morgan                      1,285,410   18
5 Allen Doyle                        915,535   16
6 Bobby Wadkins                  888,455   16
7 Tom Kite                             835,435   16
8 David Edwards                    800,848   11
9 Morris Hatalsky                   773,509  17
10 Scott Simpson                    765,723  18
11 Craig Stadler                      726,725  15
12 Tom Watson                      704,650    9
13 Hale Irwin                         693,855   16
14 Tom Jenkins                      686,494   18
15 Peter Jacobsen                   685,844   11
16 Dana Quigley                    632,953    17
17 Jim Thorpe                        626,245    17
18 Jerry Pate                          571,358    14
19 Don Pooley                       568,441    17
20 Des Smyth                        546,390    15
21 John Harris                        544,138    17
22 Bob Gilder                        535,717     19
23 D.A. Weibring                  531,006     16
24 Mark McNulty                  456,222     17
25 Andy Bean                        448,019     17
26 Mark Johnson                   435,663     19
27 Bruce Lietzke                   426,201     15
28 Mark James                      422,900     11
29 Tom Purtzer                     394,770      15
30 Keith Fergus                    394,525       15
31 Bruce Fleisher                 366,846       17
32 Mike Reid                       355,338        16 

33 R.W. Eaks                         352,680     14
34 Wayne Levi                      335,771     17
35 David Eger                       335,122      19
36 Fuzzy Zoeller                   321,463      14
37 Bruce Summerhays          311,308      18
38 Lonnie Nielsen                 309,023      17
39 Danny Edwards                274,420      14
40 Larry Nelson                    269,516      15
41 Dick Mast                         267,158       6
42 Massy Kuramoto              251,749      17
43 Tom McKnight                 245,860      17
44 Eduardo Romero               231,177       3
45 Curtis Strange                   227,185      15
46 Joe Ozaki                          222,430       8
47 Tim Simpson                    219,186       8
48 Ben Crenshaw                  213,338      10
49 Hajime Meshiai                197,332       8
50 Raymond Floyd                196,775       7
51 Tom Wargo                      196,693      14
52 Vicente Fernandez            195,494     16
53 Dan Pohl                           190,801     14
54 Ed Dougherty                   186,965     15
55 Isao Aoki                          176,365     10
56 Gary McCord                    164,614      9
57 Doug Tewell                     158,891     15
58 Dave Eichelberger            157,891     17
59 Jay Sigel                            155,262    12
60 John Jacobs                       154,829    19

The Charles Schwab Cup Championship returns to the Sonoma Golf Club for the fourth consecutive year, this October 24-29.  The 30 players will compete for $2.5 million, the second largest purse of the 2006 season.

The Championship will again determine the Champions Tour official money winner, as well as the Charles Schwab Cup points champion.  Double Charles Schwab Cup points will be awarded at this year's Championship.  Through the 3M Championship, Loren Roberts leads Jay Haas by 282 points.  With double points also awarded in two weeks at the season's final major championship, the JELD-WEN Tradition, as well as at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, a lot can change between now and the end of October.

Ticket Information

Tickets to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship are available by calling
(800) 868-7563.

Ticket prices are:
    Sonoma Golf Course Closed Monday, October 23
   $30 for two days  Practice Rounds (Tuesday,Wednesday)
    Any day grounds only.
   $30 any one-day ticket Grounds Only
   $45 per day   Championship (Thursday-Sunday)
    Grounds & Wine Festival
  $100    Weekly Grounds and Wine Festival
$150    Weekly Clubhouse Ticket (includes Wine Festival)