COLIN MONTGOMERIE IN THIRD PLACE

• Langer extends Charles Schwab Cup lead

  • July 02, 2014
    
• Bernhard Langer is coming off a playoff victory at the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. (Chris Condon/PGA TOUR)

LANGER HAS BIG LEAD IN CHARLES 

SCHWAB CUP POINT TABLE

FROM THE US CHAMPIONS TOUR WEBSITE
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona– Bernhard Langer won his third tournament this season at last week’s Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, the third major of the Champions Tour season. With his victory, Langer picked up double Charles Schwab Cup points, giving him an 882-point lead in the season-long race and has all but secured his place in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. The Charles Schwab Cup Championship heads to Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, from Oct. 30 - Nov. 2.
Langer teed off his 2014 season by winning the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in January for the second time in his seven years on the Champions Tour.
 Four months later, Langer once again edged Fred Couples in the final round to pick up his second victory of the season at the Insperity Invitational.
At last week’s Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, Langer headed into the final round with a three-stroke advantage yet his lead dwindled as he stumbled on the back nine. 
It looked as if Jeff Sluman would pull off the win, but Langer made a 50-foot putt for birdie on No. 17 to keep him alive. 
The two went into a playoff that Langer ended on the second extra hole when he sank a five-foot birdie putt to defeat Sluman for his first major championship win since 2010.
In addition to Langer’s three victories this season, he has also collected eight top-10 finishes. In his 12 starts this season, he has only finished outside of the top 10 once, a T20 at the Encompass Championship.
After a T3 finish at the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS, Russ Cochran received double Charles Schwab Cup points and jumped from No. 25 to No. 10 on the points list. It was his fourth top-10 finish this season, but his first top-10 finish at a major since the 2013 Regions Tradition.
The top 30 players on the points list after the AT&T Championship in October will qualify for the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Below are the top 10 on the Charles Schwab Cup points list:

Name	Points behind leader
Bernhard Langer	----
Jay Haas	882
Colin Montgomerie	1,079
Kenny Perry	1,130
Jeff Sluman	1,295
Fred Couples	1,581
Tom Lehman	1,582
Michael Allen	1,659
Tom Watson	1,716
Russ Cochran	1,77