Tight battle ongoing in Schwab Cup final weeks

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Fred Funk remained atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings heading into the final two weeks of the season, but Bernhard Langer is closing in hard. Funk has an 84-point edge over Langer, who won the Administaff Small Business Classic last week. In third place is Jay Haas, 97 points behind Funk.

In all, seven players are still mathematically alive to win the Charles Schwab Cup. Besides the top-three players, Eduardo Romero, John Cook, Jeff Sluman and Scott Hoch remain in contention.

In its eighth season, 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 Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

The top 30 players on the current year's Champions Tour official money list through the completion of the AT&T Championship are eligible to compete at the 2008 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).