2007 Target World Challenge presented by Countrywide

For the second straight year and fourth time since the tournaments induction in 1999, Tiger Woods prevailed placing first in the Target World Challenge. In it’s ninth year the Target World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods headed a field of 16 elite PGA Tour players. This elite group includes the top 11 players available from the Official World Golf rankings, the defending champion and four special exemption players selected by the Tiger Woods Foundation. For the last eight years the tournament has been held at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, CA, after being played at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ in it's first year, 1999. Sherwood has established itself not only as one of the top courses in California, but one of the country’s elite grounds. Designed by famed architect and golf pro Jack Nicklaus, Sherwood is considered one of the most spectacular, tournament friendly sites for both players and spectators.
This years tournament brought the worlds biggest names in golf to Thousand Oaks including Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, Zach Johnson, and Rory Sabbatini, the field represented seven different countries in all. With a purse of $5.75 million, Tiger was awarded $1.35 million for first place and Sabbatini earned the 16th place prize of $170,000 after being disqualified for not completing the course.
This local tournament also serves a larger cause. Tiger Woods in conjunction with Target donated all the proceeds to the Tiger Woods Foundation. By targeting organization and program based urban cities, the Tiger Woods Foundation has reached out to America’s youth through personal enrichment programs, scholarships, direct grants, junior golf teams and the new Tiger Woods Learning Center. The foundation founded in 1996 has helped millions of children reach their dreams donating an estimated $30 million to date.
Since 1999, Target and the Tiger Woods Foundation have partnered together in establishing the Tiger Woods Learning Center, and the Start Something program. The Tiger Woods Learning Center is a 14 -acre center located in Anaheim, CA, designed to provide diverse background youth with interactive enrichment programs to improve individual aptitude in reading, math, science and technology. The Tiger Woods Learning Center is utilized by the local communities for outreach programs, neighborhood workshops, lectures and presentations, performances and interactive learning.
In the Start Something program, the Tiger Woods Foundation, has created a free program for youth ages 8-17. This program is designed to address character education, volunteer service, career exploration, help define personal goals and develop an action plan to achieve it. All while giving back to their community and exploring careers that fit within their areas of interest. Both the Start Something program and the Tiger Woods Learning Center were inspired by Tiger’s late father Earl Woods.
The Target World Challenge is a yearly event held in mid- December, and will be welcomed back for a ninth time in 2008 to the Sherwood Country Club and the Thousand Oaks community. This tournament has helped not only bring the top players in the PGA to our local community, but has helped raise millions of dollars for charity with the Tiger Woods Foundation.