2007 <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT IN REVIEWDENIS WATSON WINS 2007 BOEING CLASSIC AFTER LARGEST PLAYOFF IN <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> HISTORYIt took 56 holes for a winner to be decided, but with an eagle on the second hole of a seven-man playoff, DenisWatson earned the title of 2007 <strong>Boeing</strong> Classic Champion. Watson finished regulation play at 9-under and tied with sixother players to force the largest playoff in <strong>PGA</strong> Tour history. The previous record was six players in the 2001 NissanOpen and the 1994 GT Byron Nelson Classic.Watson entered the playoff along with Gil Morgan, Dana Quigley, 2005 Champions David Eger, Joe Ozaki, R.W. Eaksand Craig Stadler. Watson chipped in from 23 feet for a birdie, forcing others to do the same in order to stay in theplayoff. Eaks and Stadler were up for the challenge with Stadler sinking a 22-foot put while Eaks tapped in for four.Morgan and Eger missed 12-foot birdie putts and Ozaki's shot out of the green-side bunker hit the edge of the cup butrolled past.Watson, Eaks and Stadler went back and played 18 again for the third time in an hour. All three reached the greenin two, but Watson was able to keep the playoff from continuing by draining his eagle putt to become the thirdchampion in <strong>Boeing</strong> Classic tournament history.Following his win, Watson was open about his passion for the game. “It’s an amazing thing, golf. You open your souland everyone takes a look at you. They see everything. The emotions that grab a hold of you, people who haven’tdone it don’t understand. The great part is what happened today on Sunday. You just want to have a chance to win.When it does happen, it gives you such a buzz. It makes you realize why you do it.”2007 TOP-SEVEN FINISHERSFinish Name Score1st Denis Watson 69-69-69—207 (-9)*T2 Craig Stadler 74-65-68—207 (-9)T2 R.W. Eaks 71-68-68—207 (-9)T2 Gil Morgan 68-70-69—207 (-9)T2 Joe Ozaki 71-69-67—207 (-9)T2 Dana Quigley 69-70-69—207 (-9)T2 David Eger 72-69-66—207 (-9)*Won with eagle-3 on second playoff holeBY THE NUMBERS…BREAKING DOWN THE TOP FINISHERSPlayer Score Eagles Birdies Pars Bogeys D/Bog. Par 3s Par 4s Par 5s Front BackWatson -9 0 15 34 4 1 +2 -8 -3 -3 -6Morgan -9 0 15 34 4 1 -1 -4 -4 -1 -8Quigley -9 0 13 37 4 0 Even -5 -4 -2 -7Ozaki -9 0 17 29 8 0 Even -5 -4 -3 -6Eaks -9 0 15 33 6 0 +1 -6 -4 -4 -5Eger -9 0 14 36 3 1 -1 -6 -2 -2 -7Stadler -9 1 15 31 6 1 -1 -3 -5 -1 -8LARGEST ONE-DAY CROWD OF 27,000 ENJOYS BOEING CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY27,000 fans, the largest single-day crowd in <strong>Boeing</strong> Classic history, attended Championship Sunday. For the week,the tournament attracted 60,000 guests, which includes 13,000 on Friday, 15,000 on Saturday and 5,000 for theweek’s events from Monday to Thursday. The 60,000 fans bests the 58,000 fans the tournament drew in 2006 andthe 53,000 in the inaugural event in 2005.22
2007 FINAL STANDINGSPlayer POS 1 2 3 Total Score Player POS 1 2 3 Total ScoreDenis Watson 1 69 69 69 207 Morris Hatalsky T61 76 72 74 222Gil Morgan T2 68 70 69 207 Isao Aoki T61 71 78 73 222Dana Quigley T2 69 70 68 207 Dave Eichelberger T61 74 76 72 222David Eger T2 72 69 66 207 Jay Sigel T61 75 76 71 222Joe Ozaki T2 71 69 67 207 James Blair 65 79 74 70 223R.W. Eaks T2 71 68 68 207 Joe Inman T66 73 75 76 224Craig Stadler T2 74 65 68 207 Kevin King T66 73 75 76 224Andy Bean T8 69 71 68 208 Jim Colbert T66 78 74 72 224Jerry Pate T8 68 71 69 208 Bob Charles T69 78 73 74 225Ray Stewart T8 66 68 74 208 Walter Hall T69 80 71 74 225Eduardo Romero T11 69 72 68 209 Ed Dougherty T71 73 78 75 226Bob Gilder T11 70 71 68 209 Curtis Strange T71 77 74 75 226Mark O'Meara T11 71 68 70 209 Sam Torrance T71 80 73 73 226Jim Thorpe T14 71 69 70 210 Fuzzy Zoeller 74 80 75 72 227Keith Fergus T14 70 70 70 210 Buddy Harston T75 73 74 81 228Bruce Vaughan T14 69 69 72 210 Don Bies T75 76 75 77 228Des Smyth T17 72 73 66 211 Jim Albus 77 80 79 74 233D.A. Weibring T17 71 71 69 211 David Edwards WD 78 78Scott Simpson T17 74 68 69 211 Leonard Thompson DNS 0Tom Jenkins T17 72 68 71 211Scott Hoch T17 71 67 73 211Allen Doyle T22 73 72 67 212Lonnie Nielsen T22 74 69 69 212Wayne Grady T22 71 73 68 212Jim Ahern T22 74 72 66 212Chip Beck T22 73 68 71 212Tom Purtzer T22 71 69 72 212Dick Mast T28 72 73 68 213Kenny Knox T28 68 74 71 213Don Pooley T28 68 73 72 213Bobby Wadkins T28 72 70 71 213Mark McNulty T28 70 70 73 213Jeff Coston T33 77 68 69 214Vicente Fernandez T33 72 74 68 214Tim Simpson T33 71 73 70 214Nick Price T33 70 72 72 214Tom McKnight T33 72 69 73 214Massy Kuramoto T38 68 76 71 215Tom Kite T38 72 73 70 215John Harris T38 70 72 73 215Bruce Lietzke T38 70 72 73 215Hugh Baiocchi 42 73 73 70 216Tom Wargo T43 74 71 72 217Ben Crenshaw T43 73 74 70 217Bruce Summerhays T45 73 72 73 218Mitch Adcock T45 74 73 71 218Graham Marsh T45 72 76 70 218Mark Johnson T45 75 74 69 218Wayne Levi T49 71 74 74 219Bruce Fleisher T49 75 71 73 219Mike Reid T49 72 75 72 219Danny Edwards T49 73 74 72 219Perry Arthur T49 75 75 69 219Loren Roberts T54 71 74 75 220Mike McCullough T54 73 72 75 220Mitch Adams T54 75 73 72 220Jack Ferenz T54 72 77 71 220Harry Taylor T54 73 77 70 220John Jacobs T59 75 71 75 221Rick Karbowski T59 79 70 72 22123