Thorpe Wins Tournament; Hass Wins Schwab Cup
Jim Thorpe won the Champions Tour Charles Schwab Cup Championship tournament in Sonoma, but Jay Haas won the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup and a one million-dollar annuity (as we must have heard a hundred times during the telecast). Ironically, Haas won the Schwab Cup because Loren (the-boss-from-the-moss) Roberts missed a 5-foot putt for par on the 18th hole that would have given Roberts the Schwab Cup. It was that close of a race between Haas and Roberts.
I wouldn’t say that Haas backed into the Cup, but both Saturday and Sunday, he struggled with his tee shots and wanted to give the Cup away to Roberts. However, Roberts couldn’t capitalize on the misfortunes of Haas and also struggled with his flat stick on Sunday. I will have to admit that the Schwab Cup points competition made the last few weeks of the Champions Tour more interesting than it otherwise might have been. I hope that next year’s PGA Tour FedEx Cup will provide similar excitement.