2007 PGA Tour


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.
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. The actual prize money was slightly higher – $272,304,886.89. If one player had played and won each of the 44 events, he would have won $46,787,450.

Schedule

The following table lists the main season events. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event.
WeekTournamentLocationWinnerOWGR
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Jan 7Mercedes-Benz ChampionshipHawaii Vijay Singh 505,500,0001,100,000Winners-only event
Jan 14Sony Open in HawaiiHawaii Paul Goydos 565,200,000936,000
Jan 21Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Charley Hoffman 405,000,000900,000Celebrity pro-am
Jan 28Buick InvitationalCalifornia Tiger Woods 505,200,000936,000
Feb 4FBR OpenArizona Aaron Baddeley 546,000,0001,080,000
Feb 11AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Phil Mickelson 485,500,000990,000Celebrity pro-am
Feb 18Nissan OpenCalifornia Charles Howell III 705,200,000936,000
Feb 25WGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipArizona Henrik Stenson 768,000,0001,350,000World Golf Championships
Feb 25Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-CancunMexico Fred Funk 243,500,000630,000New tournament
Alternate event
Mar 4The Honda ClassicFlorida Mark Wilson 505,500,000990,000
Mar 11PODS ChampionshipFlorida Mark Calcavecchia 485,300,000954,000
Mar 18Arnold Palmer InvitationalFlorida Vijay Singh 685,500,000990,000Invitational
Mar 25WGC-CA ChampionshipFlorida Tiger Woods 768,000,0001,350,000World Golf Championships
Apr 1Shell Houston OpenTexas Adam Scott 465,500,000990,000
Apr 8Masters Tournament Georgia Zach Johnson 1007,000,0001,260,000Major championship
Apr 15Verizon HeritageSouth Carolina Boo Weekley 545,400,000972,000Invitational
Apr 22Zurich Classic of New OrleansLouisiana Nick Watney 286,100,0001,098,000
Apr 29EDS Byron Nelson ChampionshipTexas Scott Verplank 526,300,0001,134,000
May 6Wachovia ChampionshipNorth Carolina Tiger Woods 746,400,0001,152,000
May 13The Players ChampionshipFlorida Phil Mickelson 809,000,0001,620,000Flagship event
May 20AT&T ClassicGeorgia Zach Johnson 365,400,000972,000
May 27Crowne Plaza Invitational at ColonialTexas Rory Sabbatini 526,000,0001,080,000Invitational
Jun 3The Memorial TournamentOhio K. J. Choi 706,000,0001,080,000Invitational
Jun 10Stanford St. Jude ChampionshipTennessee Woody Austin 506,000,0001,080,000
Jun 17U.S. OpenPennsylvania Ángel Cabrera 1007,000,0001,260,000Major championship
Jun 24Travelers ChampionshipConnecticut Hunter Mahan 466,000,0001,080,000
Jul 1Buick OpenMichigan Brian Bateman 384,900,000882,000
Jul 8AT&T NationalMaryland K.J. Choi 626,000,0001,080,000New tournament
Invitational
Jul 15John Deere ClassicIllinois Jonathan Byrd 244,100,000738,000
Jul 22The Open Championship Scotland Pádraig Harrington 1008,637,7201,542,450Major championship
Jul 22U.S. Bank Championship in MilwaukeeWisconsin Joe Ogilvie 244,000,000720,000Alternate event
Jul 29Canadian OpenOntario Jim Furyk 325,000,000900,000
Aug 5WGC-Bridgestone InvitationalOhio Tiger Woods 768,000,0001,350,000World Golf Championships
Aug 5Reno-Tahoe OpenNevada Steve Flesch 243,000,000630,000Alternate event
Aug 12PGA ChampionshipOklahoma Tiger Woods 1007,000,0001,260,000Major championship
Aug 19Wyndham ChampionshipNorth Carolina Brandt Snedeker 245,000,000900,000
Aug 26The BarclaysNew York Steve Stricker 747,000,0001,260,000FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 3Deutsche Bank ChampionshipMassachusetts Phil Mickelson 747,000,0001,260,000FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 9BMW ChampionshipIllinois Tiger Woods 687,000,0001,260,000FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 16The Tour ChampionshipGeorgia Tiger Woods 607,000,0001,260,000FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 23Turning Stone Resort ChampionshipNew York Steve Flesch 306,000,0001,080,000New tournament
Fall Series
Sep 30Viking ClassicMississippi Chad Campbell 243,500,000630,000Fall Series
Oct 7Valero Texas OpenTexas Justin Leonard 244,500,000810,000Fall Series
Oct 14Frys.com OpenNevada George McNeill 264,000,000720,000Fall Series
Oct 21Fry's Electronics OpenArizona Mike Weir 385,000,000900,000New tournament
Fall Series
Oct 28Ginn sur Mer Classic at TesoroFlorida Daniel Chopra 244,500,000810,000New tournament
Fall Series
Nov 4Children's Miracle Network ClassicFlorida Stephen Ames 344,600,000828,000Fall Series

Unofficial events

The following events did not carry official money.
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Location of tournaments

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Tiger Woods'67.79
2Ernie Els69.29
3Justin Rose69.30
4Steve Stricker69.39
5Phil Mickelson69.46

Source:
Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Tiger Woods'10,867,052167
2Phil Mickelson5,819,988223
3Vijay Singh4,728,376272
4Steve Stricker4,663,077231
5K.J. Choi4,587,859252

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Tiger Woods76,579,37661
2Vijay Singh54,108,21831
3Phil Mickelson45,334,02632
4Davis Love III35,630,31319
5Jim Furyk35,354,11213

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Awards

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