2007 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 49
Modifies Measure 37; clarifies right to build homes; limits large developments; protects farms, forests, groundwater.


2007 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 50
Amends Constitution: Dedicates funds to provide health care for children, fund tobacco prevention, through increased tobacco tax..


2007 Origins Award winners
The following are the winners of the 34th annual (2007) Origins Award, presented at the 2008 Origins Game Fair


2007 Orkney Islands Council election
Elections to Orkney Islands Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 21 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.


2007 Orlando Predators season
The 2007 Orlando Predators season was the 17th season for the franchise. They finished the season with an 8–8 record and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Philadelphia Soul, 41–26.


2007 Orlando Predators season, Coaching
Jay Gruden started his fourth season as head coach of the Predators. He'd also coached for four years from 1998–2001.


2007 Osama bin Laden video
The 2007 Osama bin Laden video originally appeared in a banner ad on an Islamic militant website regularly used by al-Qaeda on September 6, 2007. The ad carried a picture of bin Laden and the logo of al-Qaeda's media production company As-Sahab. An accompanying translated message read: "Soon, with the permission of God, a new visual tape, the Sheikh, the Lion, Osama bin Laden. May God protect him."


2007 Osama bin Laden video
The timing of the video's release coincided with the 6th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States. bin Laden's previous appearance in a video was in 2004.


2007 Osama bin Laden video
By September 7, 2007, United States authorities had obtained a copy of the video, even though it hadn't been officially released. Soon after, the Reuters news agency released a 1-minute excerpt of the tape, which it had obtained from BNO News.


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents
Note: The following description was compiled after consideration of the video and transcript as hosted by


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents
In the video, bin Laden is seated at a table wearing a white robe, turban, and beige cloak. His beard is shorter than in his 2004 video and it's black, leading some to speculate that it had been dyed. The video's title "The Solution" appears in the top left corner of the video frame. The video running time is approximately 26 minutes.


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents
Bin Laden addresses the "People of America" directly in the video, but he makes no direct threats to the United States. He criticizes perceived flaws in American society and US foreign policy, contrasting these with the perceived virtues of Islam. The September 11 attacks are mentioned several times, as is the Iraq War. The video concludes with a suggestion that Americans should convert to Islam.


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents
He suggests that the viewer read the European thinker who anticipated the fall of the Soviet Union. Although not named, Bin Laden is believed to be referring to Emmanuel Todd and his book After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order.


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents
Bin Laden suggests that notice should be taken of comments made by a US soldier serving in Iraq named Joshua:


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents
The soldier's comments were made in an ABC News story dated July 16, 2007, and although Bin Laden attributes the remarks to Corporal Joshua Lake who appears in the story.


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Questions concerning authenticity
Several peculiarities in the video raise questions regarding its authenticity:


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video
President George W. Bush speaking from the APEC Summit in Sydney, Australia:


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video
Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend speaking to Fox News Sunday:


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video
Expert on Islamic issues Sliman Abu Rahman (based in Amman, Jordan) speaking to Al Jazeera:


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video
Former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer speaking to Wolf Blitzer, anchor of CNN's The Situation Room:


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video
Scheuer also provided a more detailed analysis at the Jamestown Foundation site.


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video
Security analyst M.J. Gohel of the Asia-Pacific Foundation speaking to The Washington Post:


2007 Osama bin Laden video, Second video
On September 11, 2007, a second video appeared, purportedly featuring a eulogy by Osama bin Laden for 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri. In the video, a voice identified as bin Laden's delivers a 14-minute introduction. The voice is heard over a still picture of bin Laden, dressed and groomed as he appears in the September 7, 2007 video. The 33-minute balance of the recording is a video will read by al-Shehri.


2007 Osun State gubernatorial election
The 2007 Osun State gubernatorial election was the 4th gubernatorial election of Osun State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Olagunsoye Oyinlola won the election, defeating Rauf Aregbesola of the Action Congress of Nigeria.


2007 Osun State gubernatorial election, Results
Olagunsoye Oyinlola from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Rauf Aregbesola from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Registered voters was 1,297,297.


2007 Outback Bowl
The 2007 Outback Bowl Game was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2007, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It was part of the 2006–2007 bowl game season that concluded the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the 21st edition of the bowl game originally known as the Hall of Fame Bowl, later rebranded as the Outback Bowl through sponsorship from Outback Steakhouse. The game pitted the 18th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers against the unranked Penn State Nittany Lions and was televised on ESPN.


2007 Ovation Awards
The nominees for the 2007 Ovation Awards were announced on September 24, 2007. The awards were presented for excellence in stage productions in the Los Angeles area from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2007 based upon evaluations from members of the Los Angeles theater community.


2007 Ovation Awards
The winners were announced on November 12, 2007 in a ceremony hosted by Neil Patrick Harris at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, California.


2007 Ovation Awards, Board of Governors Awards
The Los Angeles Stage Alliance presented three non-competitive awards for meritorious service to theater in Los Angeles. The Board of Governors Award for Career Achievement was given to Annette Bening. The James A. Doolittle Leadership in Theatre Award was given to the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles. And The Actors Fund was honored with the Community Outreach Award.


2007 Oyo State gubernatorial election
The 2007 Oyo State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Oyo State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Christopher Alao-Akala won the election, defeating Abiola Ajimobi of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.


2007 Oyo State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 15 candidates contested in the election. Christopher Alao-Akala from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Abiola Ajimobi from the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Registered voters was 1,793,476.


2007 PASOK leadership election
A leadership election was held on November 11, 2007 in the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), Greece's main centre-left party, after it was defeated in the parliamentary election earlier that year. The incumbent, George Papandreou, had stated right after the general elections that he would ask party members to renew their confidence in him, while Evangelos Venizelos and Kostas Skandalidis also declared themselves candidates.


2007 PASOK leadership election
Election districts were open from 9:00AM until 8:00PM local time In some districts the process finished at 9:30AM due to large number of people willing to vote. Voting it was scheduled to take place in 1,405 polling stations throughout the country and 86 in other countries and after merging some small stations it took place in 1,376. The procedure was fully electronically and was supported by 3,310 computers handled by 3,900 personnel. The registered voters are 347,991 members and 626,675 people in the status of the "friend of the party". The total number of voters, members and friends of the Movement older than 16 years old, was more than 700,000.


2007 PASOK leadership election
Initial results on the day of the election showed Papandreou winning a majority. At 10:00PM Skandalidis called Papandreou to congratulate him on his victory and some minutes later Venizelos did the same.


2007 PASOK leadership election
According to official final results, announced on November 14, George Papandreou was the victor with 55.91%, followed by Evangelos Venizelos with 38.18% and Kostas Skandalidis with 5.74%. Exit polls had published similar results.


2007 PASOK leadership election, Background
A few hours after the results of the parliamentary elections were announced, on the night of Sunday, September 16, 2007, the leader of the defeated opposition party, George Papandreou, conceded defeat and made an announcement at PASOK's press-conference room in the Harilaos Trikoupis street building that houses the party HQ, asking all members of his party to find their own responsibilities for the defeat. He also declared that he would assume the part of the responsibility that belongs to him, by requesting the reaffirmation of his leadership by his fellow party members.


2007 PASOK leadership election, Background
Shortly after, the winner of the elections Kostas Karamanlis gave the first post-election press conference of the winning party, New Democracy, in the Zappeion hall, declaring victory. Traditionally, the Zappeion hall houses all serious political announcements in Greece.


2007 PASOK leadership election, Background
A few minutes later, in a surprising and semantic move, Evangelos Venizelos visited the Zappeion as well, and made an announcement where he thanked all PASOK voters and party members for their effort, and stated that "it is a pity that PASOK lost, while being able and obliged to win for the benefit of the country.". He asked for party unity, and declared that PASOK "deserves a better future and the replacement of the current false balance of power between the two parties". He thanked George Papandreou for assuming his part of the responsibility, and declared himself "obviously present" in the coming leadership election of his party.


2007 PASOK leadership election, Background
On Monday, 17 September, Venizelos had a meeting with the former PASOK leader and ex-Prime Minister of Greece, Costas Simitis, whom he characterized as the "guarantor of unity and democratic and transparent processes" in his party, while he affirmed that his initiatives are not personal. Simitis, in a carefully written statement, admitted a "painful defeat", prioritized party unity and supported the immediate leadership election procedures as the only means for restoration and long-term crisis avoidance in PASOK.


2007 PASOK leadership election, Background
Ηigh ranking PASOK officials Andreas Loverdos, Christos Verelis, George Floridis, George Lianis, Michalis Neonakis,  Stavros Soumakis and Kimon Koulouris declared their support for Venizelos.


2007 PASOK leadership election, Background
A survey was conducted by GPO for Mega channel on the very next day of the general elections regarding the suitability of each candidate for the party leadership. Evangelos Venizelos was regarded more suitable by 71.3% of the total sample, versus 15.8% for George Papandreou. While somewhat lower, the results were similar among PASOK voters (62.1% vs 25.7%). 70.6 % considered that PASOK would achieve much better results with a different leader, while 61.2% consider that the most important factor for New Democracy's victory (among four options) was the personality of Kostas Karamanlis.


2007 PASOK leadership election, Background
Political analysts argue that the elections in Greece are becoming more of a character issue, rather than a party-orientation issue for the voters. However, 1 in 2 considered that Papandreou should still pursue the leadership, which was attributed to the necessity of selecting a better candidate among two, as opposed to Papandreou's previous election which had no opposition.


2007 PASOK leadership election, Background
Several later surveys showed that the initial clear majority of Venizelos had diminished and that the election would be a close call between the two main candidates, while some of them even gave a slightly higher percentage to Papandreou.


2007 PASOK leadership election, Background
Other potential candidates, according to Greek media, were ex-Ministers Michalis Chrisohoidis and Theodoros Pangalos as well as the former EU commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou. The latter announced on October 1 that she would not be a candidate, and Pangalos followed on October 7. On September 28, Kostas Skandalidis declared he would be the third candidate.


2007 PBA All-Star Weekend
The 2007 PBA All-Star Weekend was the annual all-star weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)'s 2006–07 PBA season. The events were held at the Pacoy Ortega Gym, San Fernando City, La Union and at the University of Baguio Gym, Baguio.


2007 PBA All-Star Weekend, Thursday events, Shooting Stars Challenge
Jayjay Helterbrand, Dominic Uy and San Fernando City councilor Panding Nince def. Mick Pennisi, Richard del Rosario and councilor Pablo Ortega.


2007 PBA All-Star Weekend, Thursday events, Slam Dunk competition
Failed to qualify: Kelly Williams, Gabby Espinas, Aaron Aban, Ronald Tubid


2007 PBA All-Star Weekend, Thursday events, Rookie-Sophomore Blitz Game
In the game, there were four 10-minute quarters, the 8-second rule was lessened into 6 seconds, the shot clock was cut into 18 seconds, and a slam dunk counted for three points.


2007 PBA All-Star Weekend, Sunday events, All-Star Game, Game
The All Star Game started with a crazy dance by the South All-Stars. The addition of the three point dunk added to the output of the highest scoring (half-time) in PBA all-star history. The South led by as much as 20 points in the game only to be defeated by the North All-Stars, the trend wherein the host always win has not yet been broken.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference
The 2007 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference or known as the 2007 Talk 'N Text PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, is the second conference of the 2006-07 season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Teams are allowed to pick an import with a maximum height-limit of 6-feet, 6-inches tall.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference
The tournament began on March 4 and finished on July 20. The schedule will be shortened due to the league's commitment to the Philippine national basketball team while 12 players selected by national team head coach Chot Reyes will not play for their mother teams.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference
Red Bull Barako is the defending champions of the tournament.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference
Talk 'N Text, a product of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, was the main sponsor of the tournament. They also sponsored the 2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup that ended a month before the tournament.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, List of imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, List of imports
Welcoat was allowed to have two imports. Compton, is an American citizen was born in the Philippines and was a member of the several local teams playing as a local.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, Finals
Prior to Game 1, Sandwich performed "Laban kung Laban," the TV theme song of the PBA.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, Finals, Game 7
On Game 1, the Phone Pals raced into a twenty-point lead at the first quarter but the Aces chipped in to lead by a point by halftime. The Phone Pals lost steam as the Aces won the first game. The Phone Pals reversed the roles as the Aces themselves lost steam at the ends of Games 2 and 3 for a Phone Pals 2-1 series lead.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, Finals, Game 7
With a 1–3 deficit looming, newly crowned MVP Willie Miller stepped up his performance as he tied his conference-high 29 points to lead the Aces into victory on Game 4. Conference Best Player Mark Cardona blew the Phone Pals chances' when he turned the ball over with 4 seconds with a 2-point deficit to lead a Rosell Ellis tip-in from a Sonny Thoss missed lay-up.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, Finals, Game 7
On Game 5, Willie Miller turned cold when the Phone Pals started pulling away. The Piltel franchise notched win #3 to assure a twice-to-beat advantage. Miller, who was severely criticized by a lackluster performance by the MVP, answered his critics with a 37-point output (the best in the Finals by a local) to lead the Aces to a Game 6 win and to force a Game 7.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals
The 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The series was a best-of-seven affair and was the 93rd championship disputed in the league.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 3
The Phone Pals trailed by 23 points in the second quarter and then launched an amazing comeback for a 2-1 lead in the series. Mark Cardona, named best player of the conference earlier, and Felix Belano, once again hit the big baskets for Talk 'N Text, which went down, 20-43, midway in the second quarter and went ahead 75-74, midway in the fourth.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 4
Willie Miller, who before the game just become the seventh player in league history to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy more than once, scored 10 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, eight in an 11-0 run that erased a seven-point deficit, down 73-80 with 3:57 to go, Miller took over and not only scored the points that mattered but dished out a brilliant assist to Sonny Thoss for a three-point play that capped the Alaska run and gave the Aces an 82-80 lead, 1:40 to go.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 6
Willie Miller erupted for a career-high 37 points as he redeemed himself from his lackluster six-point showing in Game five. The season MVP starred in Alaska's amazing 22-0 romp in the second quarter that fuelled the Aces' charge after a sluggish start. The Phone Pals took the opening quarter at 34-22 but went scoreless in the first seven minutes of the second period. The Aces went ahead 44-34 after the fiery salvo presided over by Miller, John Ferriols and Rosell Ellis.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 6
It was the largest run by any team in a PBA finals since Ginebra came through with a 30-0 attack against Shell in their 1991 First Conference title playoff. The Aces sustained the momentum up to the finish, with their backs against the wall, played with great resolve, leading by as many as 22 points at 98-76 with 11:08 left to play.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 7
Willie Miller came up with two big-time plays inside the final 1:17 as the Aces broke the game's last deadlock at 94 for a 98-94 lead which help Alaska cushion the impact of five missed free throws the rest of the way. The Phone Pals came within two and had a chance to tie the game in the dying seconds but JJ Sullinger was smothered by an Alaska defense that all but snuffed Talk 'N Text's hopes. After a split by Reynel Hugnatan, a last-second attempt by Sullinger from beyond the arc rimmed out.


2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Broadcast notes
The Associated Broadcasting Company and DZSR Sports Radio broadcast the games nationwide.


2007 PBA draft
The 2007 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Market! Market! in Taguig on August 19, 2007. The Welcoat Dragons drafted Joe Devance of the University of Texas at El Paso and Toyota-Balintawak Road Kings to be the #1 draft pick.


2007 PBA draft, Round 2
Red Bull's two picks (supposedly 17th and 19th), and Talk 'N Text (supposedly 18th) were passed.


2007 PBA draft, Undrafted players
Draftee's name followed by college. All undrafted players become free agents.


2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors
The 2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 2nd edition of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors event and was part of the ATP International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the ITC Stella Maris in Croatia from January 29 through February 4, 2007.


2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Champions, Men's Doubles
Michael Kohlmann /  Christopher Kas defeated  František Čermák /  Jaroslav Levinský, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5]


2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Doubles
Jaroslav Levinský and Michal Mertiňák were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Levinský partnered František Čermák, finishing runner-up. Mertiňák partnered Petr Pála, losing in the first round.


2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Doubles
Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske won the title, defeating František Čermák and Jaroslav Levinský 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] in the final.


2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Singles
Marcos Baghdatis defeated Ivan Ljubičić 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–4 to win the 2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors singles tennis tournament.


2007 PDC Pro Tour
The 2007 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They consisted of Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and UK Open Regional Finals.


2007 PDC Pro Tour, UK Open Regional Finals
Three of the eight 2007 UK Open qualifying events took place during 2006.


2007 PDC Pro Tour, German Darts Corporation
The German Darts Corporation rankings are calculated from events across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2008 World Championship.


2007 PDC Pro Tour, Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour
The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2008 World Championship.


2007 PDC Pro Tour, Other PDC tournaments
The PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2007. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some had eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments were non-ranking.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2007 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 14th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The tournament took place between 18 December 2006 – 1 January 2007. The championship was once again held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, where it had been staged since the first PDC World Championship in 1994. However, it would turn out to be the last time the tournament would be held at the Tavern: in April 2007, the PDC announced that the event would be moving to Alexandra Palace from 2008.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship
This was the fifth year of Ladbrokes' sponsorship deal, with the tournament prize fund now at a record £500,000. The PDC had introduced a bonus for a nine-dart finish at the 2006 World Matchplay, which started at £5,000 and rolled over to the next Premier tour event if not won; for this tournament, the bonus stood at £15,000, as a nine-darter had not been achieved at the Matchplay or the World Grand Prix. The bonus was not won, so it rolled over again, to the 2007 UK Open.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship
Raymond van Barneveld became the first player in the history of the sport to play in the BDO World Championship final and the PDC World Championship final in consecutive years, having decided to switch organisations after the 2006 Lakeside event. Barneveld was close to defeat against top seed Colin Lloyd in the second round, but then never dropped another set on his way to the final, which was much anticipated between the best players of the current era. Barneveld and Phil Taylor had 17 World Championships between them and in one of the greatest matches in darts history, Barneveld came back from 3–0 down in sets to win 7–6 after a sudden-death leg. It was Barneveld's fifth world title overall.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship
Taylor maintained his record of reaching every single PDC World Championship final to date, but the defeat ended a 21-match unbeaten run at the Tavern, as well as his three-year reign as World Champion.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Qualifiers
In addition to the top 32 ranked PDC players, 32 places were awarded to qualifiers. 16 players progressed from a Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying event and 16 qualifiers were determined by the PDC in consultation with the PDPA. This involved various qualifying tournaments across the world in territories where television coverage of the PDC is broadcast, plus some wildcards awarded by international broadcasters and the PDC.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Qualifiers
The full list of the 16 players who made it to the Circus Tavern as an "International Qualifier" are Bill Davis – won a playoff of 4 American players in Las Vegas, Nevada John Kuczynski – best American player in World Series of Darts Warren French – won the New Zealand National Singles Championship Mitchell Clegg – won Oceanic Masters Tony Fleet – won the Australian Grand Prix Brian Cyr Ron Miller Gerry Convery Wynand Havenga – won South African Masters Tetsuya Wada – won Japanese Qualifying Event Shi Yongsheng – won Chinese Qualifying Event Per Laursen – won Danish qualifying event Rico Vonck – via Dutch Darts Foundation (DDF) Rankings (finished second to Michael van Gerwen who has opted to play in BDO version) Josephus Schenk – SBS-6 Wildcard (third in DDF rankings) Tomas Seyler – D:SF Wildcard Anton Pein – won a 128-man play off comprising German, Austrian and Swiss players


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Qualifiers
Mitchell Clegg, from New South Wales, Australia was the youngest ever qualifier for a World Darts Championship (BDO or PDC). In October 2006, he won the Oceanic Masters at the age of 15 to earn a place at the Circus Tavern in January. He celebrated his 16th birthday in November 2006. He lost to Raymond van Barneveld in the 1st round – ironically both players were making their Circus Tavern debuts despite their vastly different levels of experience.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, PDPA Qualifying tournament
172 players lined up at the Holte Suite, Villa Park, Birmingham for the qualifiers for the World Championship on 2 December 2006. They included four former World Champions, Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Richie Burnett and Keith Deller. Former World Matchplay winners Peter Evison and Rod Harrington also attempted to qualify alongside two-time World Grand Prix finalist Shayne Burgess and former World finalist, Dave Whitcombe


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, PDPA Qualifying tournament
They were all faced with a minimum of three matches (4 for Evison and Burnett) to qualify. Harrington and Evison both went at the first hurdle. Bristow, Lowe and Deller all managed to win their first matches, but then all fell in their second games (Lowe 4–5 to Ian Branks, Bristow 0–5 to Dennis Smith and Deller 4–5 to Dave Ladley). Burgess and Whitcombe also fell two matches short of qualification.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, PDPA Qualifying tournament
Richie Burnett managed to win four qualifying rounds to qualify for the first round proper at the Circus Tavern. He was joined by Alan Green, Alan Tabern, Steve Smith, Wayne Atwood, Ian Branks, Adrian Gray, Martin Burchell, Colin Osborne, Darren Webster, Alan Caves, Dave Ladley, Gary Welding, Dave Jowett, Mick McGowan and Mark Lawrence.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, PDPA Qualifying tournament
The draw for the Ladbrokes World Championship was made after the qualifiers were completed.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Prize money
Total Prize fund for the 2007 World Championship was £500,000.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw
Most 180s scored, individual : 51 Raymond van Barneveld, 46 Andy Hamilton, 28 Phil Taylor, 25 Colin Osborne, 25 Adrian Lewis, 21 Andy Jenkins, 18 Dennis Priestley, 18 Mark Dudbridge, 18 Terry Jenkins, 18 Alan Tabern


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Representation from different countries
This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Television Coverage
The following television stations broadcast the 2007 PDC World Championships.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Television Coverage
The UK television ratings for the World Championship included the following highlights


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Television Coverage
The viewing figures for the final were 1,028,000. The Newcastle United v Manchester United game which immediately preceded the darts on Sky Sports 1 achieved viewing figures of 1,761,000 – (also known as the "lead-in" audience for the darts).


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Phil Taylor opened the defence of his title with a comfortable 3–0 victory over Austrian qualifier Anton Pein, without dropping a single leg during the match and only allowing Pein three darts on a double in the final leg of the final set. Number seven seed Peter Manley also had little trouble in despatching Dave Jowett with the loss of only one leg.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The big upset came when Ronnie Baxter, twice a finalist in the BDO World Championship went out in the first round for the second year running. He lost 2–3 to 25-year-old Sussex player, Adrian Gray who was never behind in the entire match.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Former World Champion John Part struggled through to the second round against Merseyside debutant Alan Green 3–2, when the final set went right down to the wire. The Canadian only just avoided going down to a tie-break leg clinching the final set 6 legs to 4. Wynand Havenga, the first ever South African at the PDC World Darts Championship reached the second round by eliminating 26th seed Steve Maish.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Elsewhere, 6th seed Terry Jenkins dispatched Mark Lawrence 3–1, Mick McGowan defeated 31st seed Matt Clark who produced the highest checkout of the tournament thus far with a 161 finish, and Chris Mason cruised through against Wayne Atwood 3–0.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The afternoon session provided a series of shocks as three of the four seeded players in action were toppled. Bob Anderson lost to 38-year-old Darren Webster, from Norfolk 1–3. Anderson was always in trouble, having dropped the first five legs of the match. The Limestone Cowboy had been struggling with a trapped nerve in his neck, but battled back to win the third set, but Webster closed out the match with two 14-dart legs.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Canadian debutant, Bryan Cyr put out Barrie Bates, who had been an in-form player in 2006. Cyr took the first two sets before Bates fought back to level, but Cyr was strongest on the doubles to clinch the final set. Dutch teenager, Rico Vonck had earlier defeated world number 16 Mark Walsh, who it seemed may be struggling with dartitis.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The evening session went more in favour of the seeds as world number 1, Colin Lloyd defeated Tomas Seyler, who missed ten darts to win the first set. Lloyd then went on to win the match comfortably. Raymond van Barneveld's debut match at the PDC World Championship was a successful one, beating 16-year-old Australian qualifier Mitchell Clegg 3–0. The 5th seed Adrian Lewis whitewashed the other Australian qualifier Anthony Fleet, who failed to win a single leg, and 9th seed Denis Ovens dropped only two legs in a 3–0 defeat of Steve Smith. Alan Warriner-Little was another seeded casualty, however, managing to win only one leg in his defeat by Alan Tabern.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Wayne Mardle became the highest seeded player to be toppled so far in the first round when he was knocked out by Alan Caves. Caves stormed into a two-set lead before Mardle started to show any signs of the form that took him to number eight in the world. Mardle pulled back to level the match and even missed two darts at his favourite double 18, and a further three at double 20 to win the match. Caves, who had never won a match on television held his nerve in the final set to win it 5 legs to 3.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Earlier in the afternoon session, the seeds continued to tumble as both Colin Monk and Lionel Sams suffered first round exits at the hands of Denmark's Per Laursen and Scunthorpe's Dave Ladley respectively. Last year's semi-finalist Wayne Jones defeated Ian Branks 3–0, and Andy Hamilton beat off Gary Welding, the man who knocked out world number 1 Colin Lloyd in the first round last year.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
In the evening session, 1996 BDO World Champion Steve Beaton was untroubled as he beat Canadian Gerry Convery without dropping a single leg. In-form third seed Dennis Priestley beat Josephus Schenk in straight sets, and rising star James Wade defeated his opponent Warren French 3–1.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The first round came to an end with seven out of the eight seeded players in action progressing through to the last 32. The only seed to miss out was 2004 finalist, Kevin Painter who was beaten by Colin Osborne despite an average of 89.96. Osborne notched the tournament's first ten-dart finish and hit seven 180s during the win.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
During the afternoon session, ill 25th seed Dave Askew beat off Martin Burchell 3–2, and 'The Pieman' and 21st seed Andy Smith cruised through in straight sets against China's Shi Yongsheng. 20th seed Wes Newton booked a second round clash with Colin Osborne with a convincing whitewash victory against Japan's Tetsuya Wada, and 12th seed Andy Jenkins won 3–1 against American Bill Davis, dedicating his victory to his late father Chris.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The opening match of the evening session saw 14th seed Mark Dudbridge take out top-rated American John Kuczynski 3–1, and 4th seed 'Tripod' Roland Scholten dropped only one leg in his defeat of Ron Miller. In the last match of the night and the first round, former BDO World Champion Richie Burnett, who had to qualify this year, managed to win only one leg against Alex Roy.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
When the draw was made there was much anticipation for a possible clash between world number one, Colin Lloyd and four-time BDO World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld. They produced a dramatic match which went right down to a tie-break leg in the final set. Lloyd had opened a 3–0 set lead and looked to be on the way to victory, but missed the bullseye which would have given him a 4–1 victory. Lloyd missed another bullseye in the sixth set for the match and Barneveld took it the final set.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Even in the deciding set Lloyd missed more chances to go through missing double top in eighth and tenth legs. The match went to a sudden-death 11th leg after they couldn't be separated at 5 legs all. Barneveld took advantage of throwing first to win the leg in 15 darts. After the match in an exclusive interview, Barneveld revealed that the recollection of an inspiring meeting with an exceptional fan by the name of Alex Schoelcher back in the Netherlands at the cinema, was what kept him going despite being 3–0 down. He said the striking words said to him by this particular fan fuelled his drive to win. What was said exactly remains unknown, one of the great mysteries in the darts world today.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The hype surrounding the Lloyd-Barneveld match perhaps overshadowed some other great matches on the final day before the tournament's break for Christmas. Peter Manley, a three-time Purfleet finalist came back from 0–3 to level his match but then lost the final set in a major upset against South African qualifier, Wynand Havenga. Terry Jenkins and Adrian Lewis had narrow 4–3 victories over former world champion Steve Beaton and last year's semi-finalist Wayne Jones respectively, while Chris Mason avenged his defeat from last year by John Part, beating the two-time World Champion 4–2.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Other matches included Dutch youngster Rico Vonck beating Canadian Brian Cyr 4–2 to set up a third round match with fellow countryman Barneveld, and the final match of the evening that went on until over midnight resulted in Darren Webster beating Adrian Gray 4–1 in a fairly lackluster match.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Play resumed after the Christmas break on Boxing Day evening with four second-round matches. Phil Taylor was forced to produce some of his best darts to beat Mick Mcgowan. In a high standard match, both players averaged over 100 – which was the first time its happened at this year's championship. McGowan won the first set and hit ten 180s in the match, including two legs where he opened with back-to-back maxima. Taylor produced a sensational average of 109 to win 4–1, which possibly didn't reflect the closeness of the match. Based on his average, McGowan would have beaten most if not all other players if he had faced them, but was unlucky to come up against Taylor.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Earlier in the evening, 9th seed Denis Ovens missed a dart at double twelve as Purfleet's first-ever nine-dart finish remained elusive. His match against Alan Tabern went down to a sudden death 11th leg in the final set, which Tabern won. There were 24 maximum 180s in the match between Andy Hamilton and Mark Dudbridge, the 2005 finalist. Dudbridge came back from 1–3 to pull level, but Hamilton produced 11 and 13 dart legs in the final set to win the match 4–3. In the final match of the night, Dave Askew shot to a 3–0 lead over Alan Caves, who had beaten Wayne Mardle in the first round. Caves pulled the score back to 3–2 but Askew edged him out in the next set to secure a 4–2 win.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The last day of the second round opened with 11th seed James Wade beating 159th-ranked qualifier Dave Ladley. Wade led early on 2–1 and looked quite comfortable until Ladley took the lead by winning the next two sets (the last leg of which was won with a 156 finish). However Wade managed to dig deep and took the next set before winning by two clear legs 4–2 in the decider to go through 4–3.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Another shock almost took place as third seed Dennis Priestley fell behind 0–2 to Dane, Per Laursen – who was also 3–1 up before Priestley produced an inspired comeback (despite Laursen having eight darts to win the match in the sixth set) to win 4–3. In the final match of the afternoon rising star Colin Osborne, who had beaten Kevin Painter in the first round, defeated 20th seed Wes Newton 4–2. Andy Jenkins opened the evening session by reaching the last 16 for the first time beating Andy Smith 4–2. The final second round game became the third match of the tournament to go down to a sudden-death 11th leg in the final set as Roland Scholten beat Alex Roy, despite trailing 2–3 in sets at one stage.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The third round got underway and Raymond van Barneveld had no trouble in dispatching fellow countryman, Rico Vonck. In complete contrast to his classic with Colin Lloyd, van Barneveld won all 12 legs for a whitewash 4–0 win. Barneveld averaged 102.48, which was his second highest average in a world championship match. His opponent in the quarter-finals will be unseeded Alan Tabern who beat Dave Askew 4–3 in the final match of the night.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
South African Wynand Havenga's Purfleet adventure was brought to an end by 38-year-old Norwich qualifier, Darren Webster by 4 sets to 2. Havenga had knocked out Peter Manley in the second round, but found himself two sets behind before fighting back to level. Webster took three legs in a row to take the fifth set and dropped only one leg in the sixth set for the win.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Number four seed, Roland Scholten was toppled by another qualifier Colin Osborne. Osborne became the third player who made it through from the PDPA qualifying to reach the last eight and Scholten's surprise defeat left Raymond van Barneveld as the only non-English player left in the championship. The fifth seed Adrian Lewis was also defeated 4–3 by twelfth seed Andy Jenkins in a high-standard match, where at one point Jenkins had a 67% success rate in hitting checkout doubles.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
In the evening, number six seed Terry Jenkins joined his namesake Andy in the quarter-finals by coming from 3–1 down to win 4–3 over eleventh seed James Wade, and the last match of the third round saw number three seed Dennis Priestley go down to nineteenth seed Andy Hamilton 4–1.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
However, the main controversy of the night came as Phil Taylor faced Chris Mason. Before the match, the tabloids had hyped comments made by Mason about Taylor's supposed boasting and arrogance. As the match began the two barely made eye contact, Taylor seeming unperturbed as he came to a 4–0 win over Mason. At the end of the match Mason exchanged words with Taylor, who claimed Mason swore at him and he threatened to not continue playing if he kept on getting comments of that sort (Taylor is often a victim of criticism by many players). Despite this he played against Darren Webster in the quarter-finals and most, if not all of the hype surrounding the incident has now calmed down.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The tournament reached the quarter-final stage and the closest of the matches came in the afternoon session. Both games went to a deciding ninth set, first Andy Jenkins came from 1–3 and 3–4 behind to beat impressive qualifier Colin Osborne. Andy Hamilton went through to the semi-final hitting sixteen 180s against Terry Jenkins, who hit ten himself. Jenkins had fought back from 0–3 behind, but his comeback was in vain as Hamilton edged another thrilling match.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The prospect of a Taylor v Barneveld final came ever closer as both players won their evening quarter-finals comfortably. Barneveld beat Alan Tabern 5–0, dropping only four legs in the match. Taylor also lost only four legs, but Darren Webster strung together three successive legs to clinch a consolation fifth set. Webster also hit the highest checkout of the tournament so far of 164, but despite an average of 95, the Norwich player lost 1–5 to the defending champion.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Both semi-finals ended with whitewashes as Raymond van Barneveld and Phil Taylor progressed to the final. Barneveld's semi-final against Andy Jenkins was the first match of the evening, and the Dutchman lost only four legs during the match. Jenkins only resilience came in the third set when he had two darts at double top to narrow the gap to 1–2, but he missed and Barneveld stepped in and then also took the next six legs to go 5–0 up. Jenkins said after the match, "After what I've been through in the last month, with my dad dying, I'm very happy to have reached the semi-finals."


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Phil Taylor raced to a two-set lead against Andy Hamilton, winning the first six legs of the match. The third and fourth sets were much closer, both going to the deciding leg – but Taylor was the stronger in both with an 11-dart leg to win the third and added two more 11-darters in the fifth set. The defending champion lost only six legs in the match to set up a much anticipated final against Barneveld.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
The final that had been much anticipated brought 13-time and defending champion, Phil Taylor against 4-time BDO World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld. The match more than lived up to the hype, as Taylor won the first eight legs of the match to lead 2–0 in sets and legs. Barneveld only had one dart at a double in that time, a missed bullseye for a 167 finish.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Barneveld hit a 14-dart finish to win the ninth leg of the match his first, but Taylor closed out the set to lead 3–0. Barneveld then started to turn the match around by winning all three legs in the fourth set, closing it out with the tournament's highest three-dart checkout, the maximum 170. He came from 2–1 down to win the fifth set in a decider and was now only one set behind.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Taylor took the sixth set, then Barneveld took the seventh to stay just one behind at 3–4. Taylor edged the next to lead 5–3, but the game then started to turn in Barneveld's favour as he won six out of the next seven legs to draw level for the first time since the start of the match, then won the 11th set from 2–0 down in legs to lead the match for the first time. The 12th set also went to a deciding leg, this time with Taylor winning comprehensibly to set up a deciding set in the final of the PDC World Championship for the third time in five years.


2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review
Barneveld 100, Taylor 180; B 180, T 40; B 105, T 133; B 76, T 58. Barneveld, now requiring double top with Taylor back on 90, hit the match winning dart with his first dart to take the leg and the title.


2007 PDL season
The 2007 USL Premier Development League season was the 13th season of the PDL. The season started on April 28, 2007. The regular season ended on July 25, 2007.


2007 PDL season
Laredo Heat finished the season as national champions, beating the Michigan Bucks on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie in the PDL Championship game in Laredo, Texas on August 11, 2007.


2007 PDL season
Hampton Roads Piranhas finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 14 out of their 16 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +36 goal difference.


2007 PDL season
Fresno Fuego striker Pablo Campos was the league's top scorer, knocking in 18 goals. Thunder Bay Chill's Gustavo Oliveira led the league with 15 assists, while Hampton Roads Piranhas keeper Evan Newton enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.222 per game, and keeping 8 clean sheets in his 14 games.


2007 PDL season, Playoff format
The top two teams in each division advance to the playoffs, with all playoff matchups consisting of one game. Each conference will hold separate playoffs at a host location. The format for each conference playoff consists of one division winner playing against the other division's second-place club, with winners advancing to the conference final. The winners of each conference play in the national semifinal, determined as such: Central vs Western, Eastern vs Southern. The winners of these matches play in the final match scheduled on August 11.


2007 PEI Labatt Tankard
The 2007 PEI Labatt Tankard, the men's curling provincial championships for Prince Edward Island, was held during late January and early February. The open playdowns were held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club from January 26–29, while the final eight playdowns were held at the Cornwall Curling Club from February 6–11. The winner of the Tankard was Peter Gallant, who won his first Tankard as a skip. He and his rink represented PEI at the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier in Hamilton, Ontario, where they finished tied for eighth place at 4–7.


2007 PEI Labatt Tankard, Open Playdowns
The open playdowns consisted of 21 teams playing in a triple-knockout format. The top eight teams advanced to the final round.


2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season
The 2007 Russian football season, saw CSKA Moscow competed in the Russian Premier League, Russian Super Cup, Russian Cup, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. CSKA were defending Premier League champions but could not successfully defend it, finishing 3rd. They also failed to defend their 2005/06 Cup crown, getting knocked out at the Sixth Round stage by Krylia Sovetov during the 2006/07 Cup. They did however win all their games from the 2007/08 cup that were played in 2007, progressing to the Semi-finals by the end of the 2007 season. CSKA did however retain their Russian Super Cup.


2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season
After being eliminated to the UEFA Cup during the 2006/07 European campaign, they were knocked out by Maccabi Haifa at the Round of 32. CSKA qualified directly for the group stage of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, however they did not make it out of the group, after being drawn with Inter Milan, Fenerbahçe and PSV Eindhoven, finishing bottom of the group with 1 point.


2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 PGA Championship
The 2007 PGA Championship was the 89th PGA Championship, played August 9–12 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Defending champion Tiger Woods won his fourth PGA Championship and 13th major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Woody Austin.


2007 PGA Championship, Venue
Similar to the upgrades it received prior to the 2001 U.S. Open, Southern Hills underwent extensive renovations to prepare for the 2007 PGA Championship, including new greens and renovated bunkers, as well as an upgrade to the clubhouse. A major heatwave gripping the United States impacted playing conditions significantly. The high temperature for the four days of the tournament reached 101, 99, 99, and 102. Joking about the heat after hooking one of his drives into the trees, Colin Montgomerie said "at least it's in the shade".


2007 PGA Championship, Venue
It was the seventh major championship and fourth PGA Championship at Southern Hills; the three previous winners were Dave Stockton (1970), Raymond Floyd (1982) and Nick Price (1994). The U.S. Open winners were Tommy Bolt (1958), Hubert Green (1977),  and Retief Goosen (2001).


2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round
Graeme Storm led the field after the first round by shooting a bogey-free 65 (−5). Storm is playing in his first PGA Championship. Defending champion Tiger Woods began his campaign for his 13th major victory by shooting a 71 (+1).


2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round
Other notable scores include: John Daly, currently ranked 423rd in the world, shooting a 67 (−3); Brad Lardon shot the best round of the day among those who qualified for the tournament through the PGA Professional National Championship by shooting an even-par 70; U.S. Open champion Ángel Cabrera shot a disappointing 81 (+11), largely due to a septuple-bogey 10 on the par 3 6th hole; Retief Goosen, the last major champion at Southern Hills (2001 U.S. Open), shot an even-par 70 including an eagle and a double-bogey.


2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round
The scoring average for the round was 74.29 (+4.29) with 12 players under par. The par 4 18th hole ranked the toughest with a scoring average of 4.49 (+0.49). The par 3 11th hole was the easiest of the day with a scoring average of 2.97 (−0.03), the only hole that played under par.


2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Tiger Woods scored a 63, tying the record for the lowest single-round score at a major championship. The feat had been previously accomplished 22 times by 20 other players, and also tied the course record set by Raymond Floyd in the 1982 PGA Championship. His birdie putt on the 18th hole for the record outright horseshoed around the cup but did not fall. Local fan favorite and former Oklahoma State golfer Scott Verplank also had a good round with a score of 66. The cut was at 145 (+5) and 72 players advanced. Only two PGA club professionals made the cut. Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh were among those who missed the cut. The scoring average for the round was 72.80 (+2.80) with 24 players under par for the round.


2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Tiger Woods stretched his lead to three strokes, and has held at least a share of the 54-hole lead in a major 13 times. He was in the final group of three out of the four major championships in 2007. Boo Weekley shot the low round of the day, a five-under par 65. Sergio García was disqualified after the third round for signing an incorrect scorecard. Had he signed it correctly, he would have been at 219 (+9) in a tie for 63rd place. The scoring average for the round was 71.92 (+1.92) with 15 players under par for the round.


2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Tiger Woods claimed his fourth PGA Championship and improved to 13–0 in major championships when holding at least a share of the 54-hole lead. He led by as many as five strokes in the third and fourth rounds. However, his bogey on the 14th hole, coupled with Woody Austin's third consecutive birdie at the 13th, whittled Woods' lead down to a single stroke. Woods rebounded, however, with a birdie on the 15th hole, and then parred in to claim the championship. Simon Dyson shot the low round of the day with a 64 (−6). The scoring average for the round was 71.82 (+1.82) with 16 players under par for the round.


2007 PGA Championship, Television
Television coverage in the United States was provided by TNT and CBS.


2007 PGA Tour
The 2007 PGA Tour season ran from January 4, 2007 to November 4, 2007. The season consisted of 47 official money events. This included four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the European Tour. There were also five unofficial events played in November and December. Tiger Woods swept all the major awards for a sixth time.


2007 PGA Tour
Twelve players won three million dollars, 34 won two million or more and 99 won one million or more. The cut off to make the top 125 on the money list and retain a tour card was a record $785,180.


2007 PGA Tour
The total prize money, as stated on the 2007 schedule of tournaments page of the PGA Tour website, was $271.1 million. The actual prize money was slightly higher – $272,304,886.89 (due to more than 70 players making the cut at most tournaments). If one player had played and won each of the 44 events (excluding the three alternate events), he would have won $46,787,450.


2007 PGA Tour, Schedule
The following table lists the main season events. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event.


2007 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 26 players who earned their 2008 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2007.


2007 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2008 Results
*PGA Tour rookie in 2008T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 150).


2007 PGA Tour of Australasia
The 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer so they are split between the first and last months of the year. The tour's developmental series, known as the Von Nida Tour was played in the middle of the year.


2007 PGA Tour of Australasia, Main tournament results
The table below shows the 2007 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour. For a complete table of events recognised by the PGA Tour of Australasia, including Von Nida Tour events and World Golf Championships see the official site. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.


2007 PLFA season
The 2007 season of the Polish American Football League (PLFA) was the 2nd season played by the major american football league in Poland. Regular season play was held from April 14 to September 23, 2007. The Polish champion title was eventually won by The Crew Wrocław when they defeated the AZS Silesia Miners; the Polish Bowl championship game, at Marymont stadium in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship on October 14.


2007 PLFA season, Playoffs
Three division winners and one runner-up was qualify to the play-offs.


2007 PTT Bangkok Open
The 2007 PTT Bangkok Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd and final edition of the PTT Bangkok Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. It was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 8 October through 14 October 2009. Total prize money for the tournament was $200,000.


2007 PTT Bangkok Open, Champions, Doubles
Sun Tiantian /  Yan Zi def. Ayumi Morita /  Junri Namigata, Walkover


2007 PTT Bangkok Open, WTA Entrants, Singles, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2007 PTT Bangkok Open, WTA Entrants, Singles, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2007 PTT Bangkok Open, WTA Entrants, Doubles, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2007 PTT Bangkok Open, WTA Entrants, Doubles, Other entrants
The following players received an entry as alternates into the doubles main draw:


2007 PTT Bangkok Open – Doubles
The Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2007 PTT Bangkok Open took place between 8 October and 14 October on the outdoor hard courts in Bangkok, Thailand. Sun Tiantian and Yan Zi won the title after Ayumi Morita and Junri Namigata retired from the final.


2007 PTT Bangkok Open – Singles
Vania King was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw in the quarterfinals due to a lower back injury.


2007 PTT Bangkok Open – Singles
Flavia Pennetta won the tournament, defeating Chan Yung-jan 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


2007 Pacific Curling Championships
The 2007 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 19 to 24 at the C.S.O. Curling Club in Huairou, Beijing, China. The top 2 teams in each gender qualified for the 2007 World Curling Championships.


2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams
Skip : Kim ForgeThird: Sandy GagnonSecond: Lynette Kate GillLead: Madeleine Kate Wilson


2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams
Skip : Wang BingyuThird: Yue QingshuangSecond: Liu YinLead: Zhou YanAlternate: Liu Jinli


2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams
Skip : Moe MeguroThird: Mari MotohashiSecond: Mayo YamauraLead: Kotomi IshizakiAlternate: Anna Ohmiya


2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams
Skip : Park Ji-hyunThird: Kim Mi-yeonSecond: Shin Mi-sungLead: Park Kyung-miAlternate: Lee Hyun-jung


2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams
Skip : Bridget BeckerThird: Brydie DonaldSecond: Abby Lee PyleLead: Linda Geary


2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Playoffs
As China was the first placed team at the conclusion of the round robin, a silver medal game was played to determine which team would go to the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.


2007 Pacific League Climax Series
The 2007 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 8 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.


2007 Pacific Life Open
The 2007 Indian Wells Masters (also known as the Pacific Life Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States, from March 5 through March 18, 2007.


2007 Pacific Life Open, Review
The tournament was the first Masters Series event on the 2007 ATP Tour, and saw Rafael Nadal win his first tournament of the year. Roger Federer lost unexpectedly in the second round to lucky loser Guillermo Cañas, who only returned to the circuit six months earlier after a ban for doping offences. Federer, on a 41-match unbeaten streak, was unable to break Guillermo Vilas' record of 46 straight victories. Novak Djokovic managed to make his first impression in a major tournament, reaching the final.


2007 Pacific Life Open, Review
The women's side saw Daniela Hantuchová win the second tournament of her career, her first also coming at Indian Wells five years previously in 2002.


2007 Pacific Life Open, Champions, Men's Doubles
Martin Damm /  Leander Paes defeated  Jonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram 6–4, 6–4


2007 Pacific Life Open, Champions, Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Samantha Stosur defeated  Chan Yung-jan /  Chuang Chia-jung 6–3, 7–5


2007 Pacific Life Open – Men's Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Lukáš Dlouhý and David Škoch.


2007 Pacific Life Open – Men's Doubles
Martin Damm and Leander Paes won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.


2007 Pacific Life Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–2, 7–5, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2007 Indian Wells Masters.


2007 Pacific Life Open – Men's Singles
By reaching the final, Djokovic became world No. 10, entering the top 10 in rankings for the first time in his career.


2007 Pacific Life Open – Men's Singles
Roger Federer was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Guillermo Cañas.


2007 Pacific Life Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
All thirty-two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2007 Pacific Life Open – Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending women's doubles champions at the 2007 Pacific Life Open tennis tournament played at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, USA. They were seeded first of the 16 doubles teams that participated and extended their title by beating Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2007 Pacific Life Open – Women's Singles
The 2007 Pacific Life Open – Women's Singles was the women's singles event of the 2007 Pacific Life Open, a WTA Tier I tennis tournament held in March. Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Vera Zvonareva.


2007 Pacific Life Open – Women's Singles
Daniela Hantuchová defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6–3, 6–4, to win the tournament for the second time.


2007 Pacific Rugby Cup
The 2007 Pacific Rugby Cup was the second edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition and featured 6 representative rugby union football teams; 2 from each of the three Pacific rugby unions - Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. It was played from 31 March to 5 May.


2007 Pacific Rugby Cup
In the grand final match, Upolu Samoa was victorious on Tongan soil, beating the Tau'uta Reds in the decider by 20 points (35 to 15).


2007 Pacific Rugby Cup, Teams and format
The six teams that were created for the inaugural 2006 competition returned to compete in 2007. These teams were:


2007 Pacific Rugby Cup, Teams and format
The teams played a single round robin (home or away) series. The two top-ranked teams at the end of the standings met in the grand final match, with the first-ranked team awarded home advantage.


2007 Pacific Women's Handball Cup
The 2007 Women's Pacific Handball Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 25–26 May 2007. It featured participants New Zealand, Tahiti, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.


2007 Pacific Women's Handball Cup
New Caledonia were the winners and undefeated all tournament. Next was New Zealand claiming second Tahiti third and Vanuatu fourth.


2007 Pacific hurricane season
The 2007 Pacific hurricane season was a below-average Pacific hurricane season, featuring one major hurricane. The season officially started on May 15 in the eastern Pacific and on June 1 in the central Pacific, and ended on November 30; these dates conventionally delimit the period during which most tropical cyclones form in the region. The first tropical cyclone of the season, Alvin, developed on May 27, while the final system of the year, Kiko, dissipated on October 23.


2007 Pacific hurricane season
Due to unusually strong wind shear, activity fell short of the long-term average, with a total of 11 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and 1 major hurricane. At the time, 2007 featured the second-lowest value of the Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index since reliable records began in 1971. Two tropical cyclones – Cosme and Flossie – crossed into the central Pacific basin during the year, activity below the average of 4 to 5 systems.


2007 Pacific hurricane season
Impact during the season was relatively minimal. In early June, Tropical Storm Barbara moved ashore just northwest of the Mexico–Guatemala border, causing $55 million (2007 USD) in damage and 4 deaths. In late July, Cosme passed south of the island of Hawaii as a weakening tropical depression; light rain and increased surf resulted. A few days later, Dalila passed offshore the coastline of southwestern Mexico, killing 11 and causing minimal damage. Hurricane Flossie followed a similar track to Cosme in mid-August, producing gusty winds and light precipitation in Hawaii.


2007 Pacific hurricane season
Hurricane Henriette in early September produced torrential rainfall in southwestern Mexico, killing 6 and causing $25 million in damage. Baja California received moderate rains from Hurricane Ivo in mid-September, though no damage nor fatalities were reported. In mid-October, Tropical Storm Kiko passed just offshore the coastline of southwestern Mexico. Though no deaths were reported on the Mexico mainland, the storm capsized a ship with 30 people on board, 15 of whom were recovered dead, and 9 of whom were reported missing. Overall, the season ended with $80 million in damage and 49 deaths.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts
On May 21, 2007, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Central Pacific Hurricane Center released its outlook for the 2007 Central Pacific hurricane season, predicting a total of 2–3 tropical cyclones to form or cross into the basin; in a typical season, 4–5 systems cross or form in the Central Pacific. A day later, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center released its seasonal prediction for the 2007 East Pacific hurricane season, predicting a total of 11–16 named storms, 6–9 hurricanes, and 2–4 major hurricanes. Below-average activity was expected as a result of either ENSO-Neutral or La Niña conditions, as well as the continuation of the reduction in activity beginning in 1995.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2007 Pacific hurricane season was 35 units in the Eastern Pacific and 17.5625 units in the Central Pacific. The total ACE in the basin is 52.5625 units. which was a well below the 1981–2010 average of 113.3 units, and at the time the second-lowest value observed since reliable records began in 1971. Broadly speaking, ACE is a measure of the power of a tropical or subtropical storm multiplied by the length of time it existed. It is only calculated for full advisories on specific tropical and subtropical systems reaching or exceeding wind speeds of 39 mph (63 km/h).


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
Tropical cyclone activity totaled to eleven named storms, four hurricanes, and only major hurricane within the season; all three of these values fall below the 1971–2006 long-term average of 15 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. The main contributing factor to below-average activity was much above-average wind shear across the Pacific basin. In May 2007, two tropical storms – Alvin and Barbara – developed, marking at the time the third such instance of more than one tropical storm developing within the month since official records began in 1949.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
In June 2007, only one tropical depression developed in the East Pacific basin, making 2007 one of only four years in which a tropical storm did not form in the month. By the following month, in terms of ACE, 2007 was considered the third quietest year-to-date since the satellite era began in 1966; in September, the season fell to the second quietest year-to-date. Below-average activity continued for the remainder of the year.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alvin
The genesis of Alvin can be attributed to a tropical wave that crossed Dakar, Africa on May 9. The wave remained poorly organized as it moved across the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea through mid-May. On May 20, the disturbance crossed Central America and emerged into the eastern Pacific Ocean, where convection—shower and thunderstorm activity—gradually began to increase over the well-defined center; this led to the formation of a tropical depression by 0000 UTC on May 27, approximately 345 mi (555 km) south of the southern tip of Baja California.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alvin
Following designation, the depression was slow to organize as a result of moderate easterly shear; by 0000 UTC on May 29, however, the system had gained enough organization to be considered a tropical storm. After attaining its peak intensity with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1003 mb (hPa; 29.62 inHg), increasingly stable air and higher wind shear caused Alvin to begin a weakening trend. At 0600 UTC on May 30, it weakened to a tropical depression, and by 0000 UTC on June 1, Alvin degenerated into a non-convective remnant low. The remnant low continued generally westward until dissipation six days later.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara
A tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on May 14. After emerging into the eastern Pacific on May 25, the system acquired enough organization to be considered a tropical depression at 1800 UTC on May 29, about 115 mi (185 km) south-southeast of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Within an environment of weak steering currents, the storm became better organized as evidenced by an improving satellite appearance, with the formation of a curved band in the southeast quadrant.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara
At 1200 UTC on May 30, the depression was upgraded to a tropical storm; by 0000 UTC on June 1, however, increased northerly wind shear caused Barbara to weaken back to a tropical depression.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara
After re-intensifying into a tropical storm for a second time six hours later, Barbara attained its peak intensity with winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1000 mb (hPa; 29.53 inHg) at 1800 UTC. Drifting northeast, the storm maintained this intensity until landfall just northwest of the Mexico-Guatemala border at 1300 UTC on June 2. Rapid weakening ensued thereafter, with the system weakening to a tropical depression at 1800 UTC. The low-level circulation dissipated six hours later, marking the dissipation of Barbara.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara
Heavy rainfall exceeding 4 in (100 mm) caused many rivers to swell. An unspecified island was separated from the Mexico mainland after the bridge connecting the two was washed away, stranding dozens of families. In El Salvador, significant flooding killed four people. Gusts peaked at 58 mph (85 km/h) at an automated weather station in Puerto Madero, Chiapas. Across the affected regions, these winds caused damage limited to house roofs and trees. Barbara caused severe crop damage totaling to 200 million pesos (2007 MXN; $55 million). About a hundred residents were forced to evacuate after the storm destroyed a dozen palm huts in Guatemala.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Three-E
On May 24, a tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa. The wave entered the eastern Pacific around June 6 and shower and thunderstorm activity began to increase shortly thereafter. A broad area of low pressure formed a few hundred miles south of Acapulco, Mexico two days later. Following satellite evidence of a well-defined circulation and organized convective activity, the National Hurricane Center upgraded the disturbance to a tropical depression at 1200 UTC on June 11.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Three-E
After attaining winds of 35 mph (55 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1004 mb (hPa; 29.65 inHg), the depression began to traverse cooler waters and much more stable air. This caused all associated convection to fade away, and the depression degenerated to a non-convective remnant low at 0000 UTC on June 13. The remnant low continued northwest until dissipation by 0600 UTC on June 15.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Four-E
A tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on June 23. It reached the eastern Pacific on July 3, where associated convection began to increase three days later. Continued slow development occurred thereafter, and following satellite trends, the disturbance was upgraded to Tropical Depression Four-E at 1800 UTC on July 9. Tracking westward, the depression began to move across waters too cool to support a tropical cyclone and into an environment of moderate shear. The low-level circulation became ill-defined and exposed, leading to degeneration to a remnant low at 0600 UTC on July 11 about 910 mi (1465 km) west-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The low continued northwest until dissipation at 0000 UTC the following day.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Five-E
On June 21, a tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa. It entered the eastern Pacific on July 10, and shower and thunderstorm activity began to increase a day later as a result. Tracking westward, the wave gradually became better organized; by 1200 UTC on July 14, the disturbance acquired enough organization to be upgraded to a tropical depression. Within an environment of moderate wind shear, the low-level center quickly became poorly defined as convection dissipated. Turning west-northwest on July 15, the depression entered cooler waters and an increasingly stable airmass, causing the system to degenerate into a remnant low by 0000 UTC the following day. The remnant low dissipated a few hours later.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Cosme
A tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on June 27 and tracked westward to reach the eastern Pacific on July 8. There, the system steadily gained organization and was declared a tropical depression by 1200 UTC on July 14. Moving slowly northwest, a low wind shear and warm sea surface temperature environment allowed the system to strengthen to a tropical storm at 1800 UTC on July 15.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Cosme
Following the development of a curved convection band and appearance of an eye on satellite, Cosme was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane at 1800 UTC the next day; it is at this time that the system attained its peak with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 987 mb (hPa; 29.15 inHg). Cosme tracked over ever cooler waters beginning at that time, causing the system to weaken quickly back to tropical storm strength.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Cosme
It turned west as a result of an intensifying ridge of high pressure to its north while continuing to deteriorate in organization. At 1800 UTC on July 18, Cosme weakened to a tropical depression after crossing into the central Pacific, and by 1800 UTC on July 22, no longer sustained enough organization to be considered a tropical cyclone. The remnant low continued generally westward until dissipation early on July 25.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Cosme
Cosme was initially forecast to pass over Hawaii at tropical storm strength. Instead, a strong ridge of high pressure kept the system well south of the island. Outer rainbands produced several inches of rainfall, leading to minor flooding while simultaneously alleviating drought conditions. Winds gusts briefly reached tropical storm strength, though no damage was reported.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Dalila
A tropical wave emerged into the eastern Pacific on July 17. Tracking west-northwest, the system acquired enough organization to be upgraded to a tropical depression at 0000 UTC on July 22, while positioned 460 mi (740 km) south of Manzanillo, Mexico. Following formation, moderate northeasterly shear inhibited significant development, causing the system to remain a tropical depression for 48 hours. A mid-level ridge over Mexico caused the system to turn northwest as shear began to decrease; at 0000 UTC on July 24, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Dalila.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Dalila
After attaining its peak intensity with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 995 mb (hPa; 29.39 inHg) a day later, the storm tracked over progressively cool waters, causing it to weaken. At 0600 UTC on July 27, Dalila weakened to a tropical storm, and by 1800 UTC, the system no longer retained enough organization to be considered a tropical cyclone. The remnant low tracked west, southwest, and eventually south prior to dissipation at 1200 UTC on July 30.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Dalila
Though the center of the storm remained offshore, outer rainbands led to heavy rainfall that triggered substantial flooding. In Michoacán, Dalila flooded ten municipalities with at least 15 in (380 mm) of precipitation, destroying dozens of wooden structures. Heavy rains in Jalisco killed eleven, many of whom occurred in automobile crashes. Flood waters covered numerous roads, causing many accidents, while approximately 50 homes were damaged. Rough seas and heavy rain affected Baja California Sur, though no damage or fatalities were reported.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Erick
A tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on July 16. Tracking westward, intermittent bursts of deep convection occurred as it crossed the Leeward Islands on July 22, but associated activity remained disorganized. The wave crossed Central America three days later, emerging into the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly thereafter. On July 28, a broad area of low pressure formed along the wave axis; easterly shear, however, prevented thunderstorms from developing over the center. Convective activity increased by July 31, leading to the formation of a tropical depression at 1200 UTC that day.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Erick
Despite the unfavorable environment, satellite intensity estimates increased to tropical storm intensity, prompting the National Hurricane Center to upgrade the depression to such. After attained a peak intensity with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1004 mb (hPa; 29.65 inHg) at 0600 UTC on August 1, continued wind shear caused Erick to weaken to a tropical depression. The low-level center became lost organization as it became elongated northeast to southwest on August 2, leading to degeneration into a tropical wave by 0600 UTC. The remnants of the system dissipated six hours later.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie
An ill-defined tropical wave entered the eastern Pacific on August 1 and steadily organized to attain tropical depression intensity eight days later. Within an environment of light shear, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Flossie at 0000 UTC on August 9 and continued to organize to attain Category 1 hurricane intensity by 1200 UTC the following day as an eye became apparent on satellite.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie
Continuing westward and crossing into the central Pacific basin, the system began a period of rapid intensification that brought it to its peak intensity with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 949 mb (hPa; 28.03 inHg) at 0000 UTC on September 12, while positioned roughly 980 mi (1575 km) east-southeast of the Big Island.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie
Increased wind shear the next day caused Flossie to begin a slow weakening trend thereafter; at 1200 UTC on September 14, the system weakened to a Category 2 hurricane, and by 0600 UTC on September 15, the cyclone was barely a Category 1 hurricane. Six hours later, it weakened to a tropical storm as the low-level center became exposed on satellite. Flossie weakened to a tropical depression early on September 16 and dissipated by 1800 UTC.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie
In preparation for the cyclone, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for the Big Island. A tropical storm warning was subsequently issued for the same location, The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sent 20 transportation, public works, and health experts to the region. Many schools were closed, including the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawaii Community College; as a result, an estimated 26,000 college students were sent home. As a weakening cyclone, Flossie produced light precipitation on the island of Hawaii. Large waves impacted south-facing beaches while the maximum sustained wind observed reached 39 mph (63 km/h) at South Point. No fatalities were reported.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gil
A vigorous tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on August 16. Characterized with abundant deep convection, the wave remained organization until it interacted with an upper-level trough across the eastern Caribbean Sea a few days later. On August 26, the wave split in two, with the northern portion leading the formation of a weak low in the Bay of Campeche and the southern portion continuing westward into the eastern Pacific. After the formation of deep convection over the center and associated convective bands, the disturbance was upgraded to a tropical depression at 1200 UTC on August 29.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gil
Though the circulation remained positioned on the northeast side of most thunderstorm activity, satellite intensity estimates supported tropical storm strength and it was upgraded to such accordingly. At 1200 UTC on August 30, Gil attained its peak intensity with winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1001 mb (hPa; 29.56 inHg).


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gil
Shortly thereafter, increasing wind shear and decreasing sea surface temperatures caused the system to steadily weaken; at 0000 UTC on September 1, the system deteriorated into a tropical depression, and by 1800 UTC the following afternoon, the system no longer displayed enough organization to be considered a cyclone. The remnant low continued westward and dissipated twelve hours later.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gil
Heavy rainfall was reported throughout the state of Sinaloa. A total of 26 neighborhoods were flooded with up to 4.9 ft (1.5 m) of water in the town of Culiacán, while a 14-year-old boy was swept away by a swollen river.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Henriette
A poorly organized tropical wave moved into the eastern Pacific on August 29 and quickly developed into a tropical depression by 0600 UTC the following day. Within an environment of low wind shear, the depression intensified into a tropical storm, acquiring the name Henriette, at 1200 UTC on August 31. Moving west-northwest around a ridge positioned over inland Mexico, the center passed narrowly offshore after producing squally weather along the coastline.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Henriette
The system moved westward while continuing to intensify, becoming a Category 1 hurricane at 0600 UTC on September 4 and subsequently attaining its peak intensity with winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 972 mb (hPa; 28.71 inHg) six hours later. An approaching upper-level trough caused Henriette to turn northwest later that day, moving it ashore near San José del Cabo, Mexico at 2100 UTC as a minimal hurricane. After crossing Baja California Sur, Henriette weakened to a tropical storm and made a second landfall near Guaymas, Mexico. The system moved inland and quickly weakened, dissipating by 1200 UTC on September 6.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Henriette
The hardest hit city by Henriette was Acapulco, where heavy rains led to rockslides and mudslides that killed six. In Sonora, the hurricane damaged thousands of structures and killed four, two of whom off the coast. Farther northwest, a woman died while attempting to surf waves off the coast of Baja California Sur. Heavy rains stranded many cars while causing rivers to overflow, flooding communities. Damage totaled to $275 million (2007 MXN; $25 million).


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivo
A tropical wave moved off the western coast of Africa on September 1 and continued westward until reaching the eastern Pacific fifteen days later. A broad area of low pressure formed along the wave axis on September 16 as convective activity organized, and by 0600 UTC on September 18, the system acquired enough organization to be declared a tropical depression. Convective bands began to form near the center a few hours later, leading to an improved satellite presentation overall.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivo
Tracking west-northwestward as a result of the mid-level ridge, the system intensified into Tropical Storm Ivo at 0000 UTC on September 19. Turning northwest, a well-defined eye became visible on satellite, prompting the NHC to upgrade the system to a Category 1 hurricane 24 hours later. With an area of deep convection near the center, the hurricane attained its peak intensity with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 984 mb (hPa; 29.06 inHg) at 0000 UTC on September 21.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivo
Westerly flow associated with a large upper-level low began to undercut the outflow of Ivo, and it weakened to a tropical storm by the afternoon hours. The convective pattern rapidly deteriorated due to southeasterly wind shear, and despite a brief burst of convection, the storm was downgraded to a tropical depression to the west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California at 0000 UTC on September 23. Associated deep convection dissipated later that day as Ivo turned eastward, and the system degenerated into a remnant low accordingly. The remnant low dissipated two days later as it continued in the same direction.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivo
Initially, some forecasts predicted the storm would strike the Baja California Peninsula as a tropical storm; a tropical storm watch was briefly issued from Santa Fe to Cabo San Lucas accordingly. Over 100 shelters were opened in the municipalities of Los Cabos, La Paz and Comondú, respectively. In all, Ivo contributed to heavy rainfall across Baja California Sur; however, damage was not reported.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Thirteen-E
A tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on August 27 and reached the eastern Pacific on September 7. Tracking westward, little development occurred until September 18, when associated shower and thunderstorm activity began to increase. Following visible satellite trends, the National Hurricane Center deemed the disturbance organized enough to be declared a tropical depression at 0600 UTC on September 19, while located about 1,200 mi (1930 km) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. In an environment of cool ocean temperatures and stable air, the depression failed to organize as it turned west-northwest. Associated deep convection dissipated, leading to degeneration into a remnant low by 0000 UTC on September 20. Performing a slow counter-clockwise loop, the remnant low dissipated five days later.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Juliette
The formation of Tropical Storm Juliette can be traced back to a tropical wave that emerged off the western coast of Africa on September 12. After interacting with a secondary wave over the central Atlantic a few days later, it entered the eastern Caribbean, becoming steadily better defined. Convective activity was enhanced as the wave passed into the West Caribbean on September 22 and it moved inland over Central American shortly thereafter.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Juliette
A broad area of low pressure formed along the wave axis on September 27 and convection steadily increased; around 0000 UTC on September 29, the system acquired enough organization to be declared a tropical depression. Twelve hours later, the system intensified into Tropical Storm Juliette. Turning northwest as a result of an upper-level trough, the system attained its peak with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 997 mb (hPa; 29.44 inHg) at 1200 UTC on September 30.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Juliette
Strong wind shear began to affect the storm thereafter, causing it to steadily weaken to tropical depression strength by 0000 UTC on October 2. Twelve hours later, the system degenerated into a remnant low. The low meandered several hundred miles off the coast of Baja California before degenerating into a trough on October 5.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kiko
A tropical wave exited the coast of Africa and moved westward across the Atlantic before entering the eastern Pacific on October 8. Despite strong easterly wind shear, the system acquired enough organization to be deemed a tropical depression at 0000 UTC on October 15. Within a broad cyclonic gyre, the system moved erratically, first drifting south then east-northeast and eventually northwest.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kiko
Early on October 16, the system briefly intensified into a tropical storm as a convective band wrapped around the circulation, but continued strong shear caused associated convection to dissipate and the system weakened to a tropical depression by 1800 UTC. After intensifying back to a tropical storm the following day, a brief reprieve in harsh upper-level winds allowed Kiko to reach its peak intensity with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 991 mb (hPa; 29.27 inHg).


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kiko
An increase in southerly shear and entrance into a more stable airmass caused the system to weaken to a tropical depression at 0000 UTC on October 23; the system degenerated into a remnant low 24 hours later. The remnant low tracked west before turning north and eventually dissipated early on October 27.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kiko
Beginning early on October 18, Kiko was forecast to strike Mexico at tropical storm intensity and cyclone advisories were issued accordingly. However, a building mid-level ridge of high pressure over inland Mexico was then forecast to cause the center of circulation to pass just offshore. Though no damage was reported in association with the cyclone, rough seas created by Kiko capsized a ship with thirty people on board; two were found still alive, fifteen bodies were recovered, and nine were reported missing.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for tropical storms that formed in the northeast Pacific Ocean in 2007. There were no names retired during this year; thus, the same list was used again in the 2013 season. This is the same list used in 2001 with the exception of Alvin, which replaced Adolph. For this reason, the name Alvin was used for the first time this year.


2007 Pacific hurricane season, Season effects
The following table lists all of the storms that have formed in the 2007 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s) (in parentheses), damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2007 USD.


2007 Pacific typhoon season
The 2007 Pacific typhoon season was a below average season which featured 24 named storms, fourteen typhoons, and five super typhoons. It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the western Pacific Ocean. The season ran throughout 2007, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and November. The season's first named storm, Kong-rey, developed on March 30, while the season's last named storm, Mitag, dissipated on November 27. The season's first typhoon, Yutu, reached typhoon status on May 18, and became the first super typhoon of the year on the next day.


2007 Pacific typhoon season
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, to the north of the equator between 100°E and the 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names to tropical cyclones, which can often result in a cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) will name a tropical cyclone should it be judged to have 10-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) anywhere in the basin.


2007 Pacific typhoon season
PAGASA assigns unofficial names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility, located between 115°E–135°E and between 5°N–25°N, regardless of whether or not a tropical cyclone has already been given a name by the JMA. Tropical depressions that are monitored by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) are given a numerical designation with a "W" suffix.


2007 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, City University of Hong Kong
Since the 2000 typhoon season, the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (LAR), of the City University of Hong Kong have issued forecasts of activity for each upcoming typhoon season. Forecasts were released in April and June predicting how many tropical cyclones, tropical storms, and typhoons there will be during the season. During the season, the LAR is predicting a below average season with fewer than usual tropical cyclones. In its April forecast, the LAR predicted that 28 tropical cyclones, 25 tropical storms, and 14 typhoons before in its June forecast predicting 27 tropical cyclones, 24 tropical storms and 14 typhoons.


2007 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, Tropical Storm Risk Consortium
Since the 2000 typhoon season, the Tropical Storm Risk Consortium (TSR) of the University College of London have issued forecasts of activity for each upcoming typhoon season. During 2007, forecasts were released in March, May, June, July and August predicting how many tropical cyclones, tropical storms, typhoons and intense typhoons there will be during a season. In its March forecast, TSR predicted that the season would be about 15% below average with 24 tropical storms, 15 typhoons and 7 intense typhoons.


2007 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, Tropical Storm Risk Consortium
In its May forecast, TSR predicted that the season would now be near normal with 27 tropical storms, 17 typhoons and 8 intense typhoons forming during the season. Within their June July and August forecasts, TSR forecasted the season would be near normal with 27 tropical storms and 17 typhoons forming.


2007 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, National meteorological service predictions
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), reported on January 27, 2007, that they were expecting 15–19 tropical cyclones to move through their area of responsibility, during the upcoming typhoon season. They also predicted that due to the weak El Niño event that was occurring the first tropical cyclone wouldn't move through their area of responsibility until May.