The 2007 PGA Tour season ran from January 4, 2007 to November 4, 2007. The season consisted of 47 official money events. This included four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the European Tour. There were also five unofficial events played in November and December. Tiger Woods swept all the major awards for a sixth time.
| Duration | January 4, 2007 – November 4, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 47 |
| Most wins | 7: Tiger Woods |
| FedEx Cup | Tiger Woods |
| Money winner | Tiger Woods |
| Player of the Year | Tiger Woods |
| Rookie of the Year | Brandt Snedeker |
← 2006 2008 → | |
Twelve players won three million dollars, 34 won two million or more and 99 won one million or more. The cut off to make the top 125 on the money list and retain a tour card was a record $785,180.
The total prize money, as stated on the 2007 schedule of tournaments page of the PGA Tour website, was $271.1 million.[1] The actual prize money was slightly higher – $272,304,886.89 (due to more than 70 players making the cut at most tournaments). If one player had played and won each of the 44 events (excluding the three alternate events), he would have won $46,787,450.
Zeitplan
The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Standort | Purse (US$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7 | Mercedes-Benz Championship | Hawaii | 5,500,000 |  Vijay Singh (30)
|
50 | Winners-only event |
| Jan 14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | Hawaii | 5,200,000 | Paul Goydos (2)
|
56 | |
| Jan 21 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | California | 5,000,000 | Charley Hoffman (1)
|
40 | Pro-Am |
| Jan 28 | Buick Invitational | California | 5,200,000 | Tiger Woods (55)
|
50 | |
| Feb 4 | FBR Open | Arizona | 6,000,000 |  Aaron Baddeley (2)
|
54 | |
| Feb 11 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | California | 5,500,000 | Phil Mickelson (30)
|
48 | Pro-Am |
| Feb 18 | Nissan Open | California | 5,200,000 | Charles Howell III (2)
|
70 | |
| Feb 25 | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | Arizona | 8,000,000 |  Henrik Stenson (1)
|
76 | World Golf Championship |
| Feb 25 | Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun | Mexiko | 3,500,000 | Fred Funk (8)
|
24 | New tournament Alternate event |
| Mar 4 | The Honda Classic | Florida | 5,500,000 | Mark Wilson (1)
|
50 | |
| Mar 11 | PODS Championship | Florida | 5,300,000 | Mark Calcavecchia (13)
|
48 | |
| Mar 18 | Arnold Palmer Invitational | Florida | 5,500,000 | Vijay Singh (31)
|
68 | Invitational |
| Mar 25 | WGC-CA Championship | Florida | 8,000,000 | Tiger Woods (56)
|
76 | World Golf Championship |
| Apr 1 | Shell Houston Open | Texas | 5,500,000 | Adam Scott (5)
|
46 | |
| Apr 8 | Masters Tournament | Georgien | 7,000,000 | Zach Johnson (2)
|
100 | Major championship |
| Apr 15 | Verizon Heritage | South Carolina | 5,400,000 | Boo Weekley (1)
|
54 | Invitational |
| Apr 22 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | Louisiana | 6,100,000 | Nick Watney (1)
|
28 | |
| Apr 29 | EDS Byron Nelson Championship | Texas | 6,300,000 | Scott Verplank (5)
|
52 | |
| May 6 | Wachovia Championship | North Carolina | 6,400,000 | Tiger Woods (57)
|
74 | |
| May 13 | The Players Championship | Florida | 9,000,000 | Phil Mickelson (31)
|
80 | Flagship event |
| May 20 | AT&T Classic | Georgien | 5,400,000 | Zach Johnson (3)
|
36 | |
| May 27 | Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial | Texas | 6,000,000 |  Rory Sabbatini (4)
|
52 | Invitational |
| Jun 3 | Memorial Tournament | Ohio | 6,000,000 |  K. J. Choi (5)
|
70 | Invitational |
| Jun 10 | Stanford St. Jude Championship | Tennessee | 6,000,000 | Woody Austin (3)
|
50 | |
| Jun 17 | U.S. Open | Pennsylvania | 7,000,000 |  Ángel Cabrera (1)
|
100 | Major championship |
| Jun 24 | Travelers Championship | Connecticut | 6,000,000 | Hunter Mahan (1)
|
46 | |
| Jul 1 | Buick Open | Michigan | 4,900,000 | Brian Bateman (1)
|
38 | |
| Jul 8 | AT&T National | Maryland | 6,000,000 | K. J. Choi (6)
|
62 | New tournament Invitational |
| Jul 15 | John Deere Classic | Illinois | 4,100,000 | Jonathan Byrd (3)
|
24 | |
| Jul 22 | The Open Championship | Scotland | £4,200,000 |  Pádraig Harrington (3)
|
100 | Major championship |
| Jul 22 | U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 4,000,000 | Joe Ogilvie (1)
|
24 | Alternate event |
| Jul 29 | Canadian Open | Kanada | 5,000,000 | Jim Furyk (13)
|
32 | |
| Aug 5 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | Ohio | 8,000,000 | Tiger Woods (58)
|
76 | World Golf Championship |
| Aug 5 | Reno–Tahoe Open | Nevada | 3,000,000 | Steve Flesch (3)
|
24 | Alternate event |
| Aug 12 | PGA Championship | Oklahoma | 7,000,000 | Tiger Woods (59)
|
100 | Major championship |
| Aug 19 | Wyndham Championship | North Carolina | 5,000,000 | Brandt Snedeker (1)
|
24 | |
| Aug 26 | The Barclays | New York | 7,000,000 | Steve Stricker (4)
|
74 | FedEx Cup playoff event |
| Sep 3 | Deutsche Bank Championship | Massachusetts | 7,000,000 | Phil Mickelson (32)
|
74 | FedEx Cup playoff event |
| Sep 9 | BMW Championship | Illinois | 7,000,000 | Tiger Woods (60)
|
68 | FedEx Cup playoff event |
| Sep 16 | The Tour Championship | Georgien | 7,000,000 | Tiger Woods (61)
|
60 | FedEx Cup playoff event |
| Sep 23 | Turning Stone Resort Championship | New York | 6,000,000 | Steve Flesch (4)
|
30 | New tournament Fall Series |
| Sep 30 | Viking Classic | Mississippi | 3,500,000 | Chad Campbell (4)
|
24 | Fall Series |
| Oct 7 | Valero Texas Open | Texas | 4,500,000 | Justin Leonard (11)
|
24 | Fall Series |
| Oct 14 | Frys.com Open | Nevada | 4,000,000 | George McNeill (1)
|
26 | Fall Series |
| Oct 21 | Fry's Electronics Open | Arizona | 5,000,000 |  Mike Weir (8)
|
38 | New tournament Fall Series |
| Oct 28 | Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro | Florida | 4,500,000 | Daniel Chopra (1)
|
24 | New tournament Fall Series |
| Nov 4 | Children's Miracle Network Classic | Florida | 4,600,000 | Stephen Ames (3)
|
34 | Fall Series |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Standort | Purse (US$) |
Winner(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27 | Tavistock Cup | Florida | 3,500,000 | Team Lake Nona | Team event |
| Jun 19 | CVS Caremark Charity Classic | Rhode Island | 1,350,000 | Stewart Cink and J. J. Henry
|
Team event |
| Sep 30 | Presidents Cup | Kanada | n/a | Team USA
|
Two 12-man teams |
| Oct 17 | PGA Grand Slam of Golf | Bermuda | 1,350,000 | Ángel Cabrera
|
4-player field |
| Nov 13 | Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge | Nevada | 1,000,000 | LPGA Tour | Team event |
| Nov 25 | Omega Mission Hills World Cup | China | 5,000,000 |  Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren
|
Team event |
| Nov 25 | LG Skins Game | California | 1,000,000 | Stephen Ames
|
4-player field |
| Dec 9 | Merrill Lynch Shootout | Florida | 2,800,000 | Woody Austin and Mark Calcavecchia
|
Team event |
| Dec 16 | Target World Challenge | California | 5,750,000 | Tiger Woods
|
16-player field |
Location of tournaments
       Location of official tournaments of the 2007 PGA Tour in the continental United States and Canada.  4,950-point event (Players & Majors) 4,725-point event (World Golf Championships) 4,500-point event (Regular events) 2,250-point event (Alternate events) FedEx Cup playoff event Fall Series event |
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Money leaders
The Money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]
| Position | Player | Events | Prize money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods |
16 | 10,867,052 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson |
22 | 5,819,988 |
| 3 | Vijay Singh |
27 | 4,728,376 |
| 4 | Steve Stricker |
23 | 4,663,077 |
| 5 |  K. J. Choi |
25 | 4,587,859 |
Awards
Notes
- Tiger Woods was the PGA Tour Player of the Year for a record ninth time, and for the third consecutive year
- Tiger Woods was the Money Winner for a record-tying eighth time, and for the third consecutive year
- Tiger Woods won the Byron Nelson Award for a record eighth time, and for the third consecutive year
- Tiger Woods won the three most prestigious awards given by the PGA Tour (Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Byron Nelson Awards) in the same year for a record seventh time
See also
References
- ^ a b "2007 Schedule". PGA Tour.
- ^ "Money Leaders – 2007". PGA Tour.