It Could Have Been A Storybook Ending

October 30, 2005 - Sonoma, CA:  The story could have read "Back-to-Back wins for Jay Haas echoes Mark McNulty's SBC Championship and Schwab Cup Championship bookend wins of 2004."

and...."Thanks to Haas cruising to a win at the Schwab Cup Championship Dana Quigley completes fairy-tale 2005 season by winning Schwab Cup Title/million dollar annuity and donates it all to charity."

Just one problem.....spin doctor Tom Watson saw the story ending another way.

Watson birdied the last hole on Sunday at the Schwab Cup Championship beating Haas by one-stroke, winning $440,000 and simultaneously picked up enough Schwab Cup points to beat Quigley by 247 points to edge him out after Quigs had lead the race for the cup for 20 weeks in a row.

Watson wins the Schwab Cup Championship and Title. Game, set, match.

Rank This Week	Rank Last Week	Player	Events	Points	Wins	Top 10s
1	5	Tom Watson	13	2,980	2	9
2	1	Dana Quigley	27	2,733	2	15
3	4	Mark McNulty	23	2,210	2	15
4	2	Hale Irwin	22	2,001	4	11
5	6	Loren Roberts	6	1,846	1	5
6	3	D.A. Weibring	25	1,701	1	13
7	11	Craig Stadler	21	1,505		14
8	10	Gil Morgan	25	1,504		10
9	21	Jay Haas	10	1,420	2	6
10	7	Allen Doyle	22	1,410	1	6

Final 2005 Schwab Cup Standings

Watson closed out his round on Sunday like a man on mission. Maybe he was.

Quigley, tied for fifth in the tournament, six shots behind Watson, commented “There’s nothing you can do to defend the guy who’s doing all the scoring,’’...“I mean, Watson arguably is one of the five best players to ever play golf, and he continues to show it.’’

As Haas stated “He’s a legend in his spare time, I guess."

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