Langer regains Charles Schwab Cup lead

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Jul. 29, 2008

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- After leading the Charles Schwab Cup for the last five weeks, Jay Haas relinquished the lead to Bernhard Langer, who has already led the points chase for seven weeks this season. Langer holds a 72-point lead over Haas, with John Cook, who lost in a playoff to Bruce Vaughan at the Senior British Open, in third. Loren Roberts and Scott Hoch round out the top five. Vaughan, who had only one other top-10 finish this season, moved from 57th to ninth with his first victory that earned him double points.

Charles Schwab Cup standings through the Senior British Open Championship

Pos.	Name	Events	Pts.	Pts. Behind	Wins	Top 10
1.	Bernhard Langer	14	1,743	0	2	10
2.	Jay Haas	12	1,671	72	2	8
3.	John Cook	17	1,072	671	0	10
4.	Loren Roberts	16	1,049	694	1	10
5.	Scott Hoch	17	1,026	717	2	6
6.	Jeff Sluman	16	842	901	1	8
7.	Tom Watson	7	769	974	2	5
8.	Nick Price	11	708	1,035	0	8
9.	Bruce Vaughan	16	702	1,041	1	2
10.	Denis Watson	17	669	1,074	2	5

The Charles Schwab Cup is a season-long points program designed to recognize the Tour's leading player. The program rewards both top finishes and week-in/week-out consistency at all 29 official Charles Schwab Cup events. Points are awarded to the top-10 finishers and ties and are based on the money distribution for each tournament, with every $1,000 earned being the equivalent of one Charles Schwab Cup point. Points are doubled at the Champions Tour's five major championships and the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

The winner of the 2008 Charles Schwab Cup will earn a $1 million annuity.

The second through fifth-place finishers earn annuities of $500,000, $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000.

The previous winners in the competition are Allen Doyle (2001), Hale Irwin (2002 and 2004), Tom Watson (2003 and 2005), Jay Haas (2006) and Loren Roberts (2007).

The following charts the weekly point leaders through 19 events:

Pos.	Tournament	Leader	Consecutive Weeks at No. 1	Total Weeks at No. 1	Second	Pts. Diff.
1.	MasterCard Championship	Fred Funk	1	1	Allen Doyle	112
2.	Turtle Bay Championship	Fred Funk	2	2	Jerry Pate	60
3.	Allianz Championship	Fred Funk	3	3	Jerry Pate	15
4.	The ACE Group Classic	Scott Hoch	1	1	Fred Funk	188
5.	Toshiba Classic	Scott Hoch	2	2	Bernhard Langer	74
6.	AT&T Champions Classic	Scott Hoch	3	3	Bernhard Langer	12
7.	The Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach	Bernhard Langer	1	1	Scott Hoch	363
8.	The Cap Cana Championship	Bernhard Langer	2	2	Scott Hoch	285
9.	Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am	Bernhard Langer	3	3	Scott Hoch	148
10.	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf	Bernhard Langer	4	4	Scott Hoch	208
11.	FedEx Kinko's Classic	Bernhard Langer	5	5	Scott Hoch	91
12.	Regions Charity Classic	Bernhard Langer	6	6	Scott Hoch	161
13.	Senior PGA Championship	Bernhard Langer	7	7	Jay Haas	1
14.	Principal Charity Classic	Jay Haas	1	1	Bernhard Langer	258
15.	Bank of America Championship	Jay Haas	2	2	Bernhard Langer	258
16.	Commerce Bank Championship	Jay Haas	3	3	Bernhard Langer	258
17.	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	Jay Haas	4	4	Bernhard Langer	258
18.	3M Championship	Jay Haas	5	5	Bernhard Langer	118
19.	Senior British Open	Bernhard Langer	1	8	Jay Haas	72