Charles Schwab Cup standings: U.S. Senior Open

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Aug. 5, 2008

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Eduardo Romero earned double points by winning the U.S. Senior Open and moved into third place in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. He trails leader Bernhard Langer and Jay Haas. Langer extended his lead over Haas to 108 points. Fred Funk, the runner-up to Romero at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., improved from 20th place to seventh. John Cook and Scott Hoch round out the top five.

Charles Schwab Cup standings through the U.S. Senior Open Championship:

Rank	Name	Events	Pts.	Pts Behind	Wins	Top 10s
1	Bernhard Langer	15	1,905	--	2	11
2	Jay Haas	13	1,797	108	2	9
3	Eduardo Romero	14	1,559	346	2	5
4	John Cook	18	1,272	633	--	11
5	Scott Hoch	18	1,152	753	2	7
6	Loren Roberts	17	1,049	856	1	10
7	Fred Funk	9	995	910	1	3
8	Jeff Sluman	17	842	1,063	1	8
9	Tom Watson	8	769	1,136	2	5
10	Nick Price	11	708	1,197	--	8

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 20 events:

Tournament	Leader	Consecutive Weeks at No. 1	Total Weeks at No. 1	Second	Pts. Diff.
MasterCard Championship	Fred Funk	1	1	Allen Doyle	112
Turtle Bay Championship	Fred Funk	2	2	Jerry Pate	60
Allianz Championship	Fred Funk	3	3	Jerry Pate	15
The ACE Group Classic	Scott Hoch	1	1	Fred Funk	188
Toshiba Classic	Scott Hoch	2	2	Bernhard Langer	74
AT&T Champions Classic	Scott Hoch	3	3	Bernhard Langer	12
The Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach	Bernhard Langer	1	1	Scott Hoch	363
The Cap Cana Championship	Bernhard Langer	2	2	Scott Hoch	285
Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am	Bernhard Langer	3	3	Scott Hoch	148
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf	Bernhard Langer	4	4	Scott Hoch	208
FedEx Kinkos Classic	Bernhard Langer	5	5	Scott Hoch	91
Regions Charity Classic	Bernhard Langer	6	6	Scott Hoch	161
Senior PGA Championship	Bernhard Langer	7	7	Jay Haas	1
Principal Charity Classic	Jay Haas	1	1	Bernhard Langer	258
Bank of America Championship	Jay Haas	2	2	Bernhard Langer	258
Commerce Bank Championship	Jay Haas	3	3	Bernhard Langer	258
Dicks Sporting Goods Open	Jay Haas	4	4	Bernhard Langer	258
3M Championship	Jay Haas	5	5	Bernhard Langer	118
Senior British Open	Bernhard Langer	1	8	Jay Haas	72
U.S. Senior Open	Bernhard Langer	2	9	Jay Haas	108