Dates: Thursday, October 26th through Sunday, October 29th
Site: Sonoma Golf Club, Sonoma, California
Course Architect: Sam Whiting and Willie Watson (1928)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,103
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 386 Yds 10 - Par 4 425 Yds
2 - Par 5 552 Yds 11 - Par 4 359 Yds
3 - Par 4 409 Yds 12 - Par 4 427 Yds
4 - Par 3 204 Yds 13 - Par 5 587 Yds
5 - Par 4 431 Yds 14 - Par 3 215 Yds
6 - Par 4 417 Yds 15 - Par 4 436 Yds
7 - Par 3 219 Yds 16 - Par 5 541 Yds
8 - Par 5 596 Yds 17 - Par 3 142 Yds
9 - Par 4 345 Yds 18 - Par 4 412 Yds
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36 3,559 Yds 36 3,544 Yds
Annual: 17th
Defending Champion: Tom Watson
Runner-Up: Jay Haas
Tournament Record: 268 (Jim Thorpe, 2003)
54-Hole Record: 197 (Ray Floyd, 1992)
36-Hole Record: 130 (Jim Thorpe, 2003)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Bob Charles, 1991)
63 (Jay Sigel, 1994)
63 (Bruce Lietzke, 2001)
Course Record: 63 (Jim Thorpe, 2003; Jay Haas, 2005)
Total Purse: $2,500,000
Shares: 1st $440,000; 2nd $254,000; 3rd $213,000
2005 Finish
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Player Score
Tom Watson 272
Jay Haas 273
Tom Kite 275
Mark McNulty 277
Dana Quigley 278
Past Charles Schwab Cup Championship Winners
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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2005 Tom Watson (272) -- Jay Haas
2004 Mark McNulty (277) -- Tom Kite
2003 Jim Thorpe (268) -- Tom Watson
2002 Tom Watson (274) -- Gil Morgan
2001 Bob Gilder (277) -- Doug Tewell
2000 Tom Watson (270) -- John Jacobs
1999 Gary McCord (276) -- Larry Nelson, Bruce Fleisher
1998 Hale Irwin (274) -- Gil Morgan
1997 Gil Morgan (272) -- Hale Irwin
1996 Jay Sigel (279) -- Kermit Zarley
1995 Jim Colbert (282) -- Ray Floyd
1994 *Ray Floyd (273) -- Jim Albus
1993 Simon Hobday (199) -- Ray Floyd, Larry Gilbert
1992 Ray Floyd (197) -- George Archer, Dale Douglass
1991 Mike Hill (202) -- Jim Colbert
1990 *Mike Hill (201) -- Dale Douglass, Lee Trevino
* - Won in Playoff
Note: Previously called New York Life Champions (1990), Senior Tour
Championship (1991-92), Hyatt Senior Tour Champions (1993), Golf
Magazine Senior Tour Championship (1994), Energizer Senior Tour
Championship (1995-98), Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship (1999),
IR Senior Tour Championship (2000), Senior Tour Championship at
Gaillardia (2001-02).