CHAMPIONS TOUR

The 'Champions Tour', a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years the only high-profile tournament for golfers over 50. The idea for a senior tour grew out of a highly successful event in 1978, the Legends of Golf, which featured competition between two-member teams of some of the greatest older golfers of that day. The tour was formally established in 1980 and was known as the 'Senior PGA TOUR' until October 2002. The original logo was based on the PGA Tour logo, with the golfer's profile modified to depict the wearing of a flat cap and plus fours.

In 2007 all the tournaments are in the United States except for the Senior British Open. The guaranteed minimum official prize money is $54.1 million.[1] For 2008, the tour has added Dominican Republic to the schedule with $55.2 million guaranteed minimum prize money over 29 tournaments.[2]
Most of the tournaments are played over three rounds (54 holes), which is one round less than regular professional stroke play tournaments on the PGA Tour. Because of this and having smaller fields, there are generally no "cuts" between any of the rounds. However, the five senior majors have a full 72 holes (four rounds). A golfer's performances can be quite variable from one round to the next, and playing an extra round increases the likelihood that the senior majors will be won by leading players. In 2006, the Champions Tour Division Board of the PGA Tour organization voted to allow players the option to use golf carts during most events on the tour. The five major championships and certain other events, including pro-ams, are excluded.

Contents

2007 schedule

Money winners and most wins leaders

Multiple money list titles

Leading career money winners

See also

External links

2007 schedule

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2007 season. The five senior majors are shown in bold. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event.
{| class="wikitable"
!Dates
!Tournament
!State/Country
!Winner
|-
|Jan 19-21
|MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
|Hawaii
| Hale Irwin (45)
|-
|Jan 26-28
|Turtle Bay Championship
|Hawaii
| Fred Funk (2)
|-
|Feb 9-11
|Allianz Championship
|Florida
| Mark James (3)
|-
|Feb 16-18
|Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am
|Florida
| Tom Watson (9)
|-
|Feb 23-25
|The ACE Group Classic
|Florida
| Bobby Wadkins (4)
|-
|Mar 9-11
|Toshiba Classic
|California
| Jay Haas (7)
|-
|Mar 16-18
|AT&T Champions Classic
|California
| Tom Purtzer (4)
|-
|Mar 30 - Apr 1
|Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort
|Florida
| Keith Fergus (1)
|-
|Apr 20-22
|Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
|Georgia
| Jay Haas (8)
|-
|May 4-6
|FedEx Kinko's Classic
|Texas
| Scott Hoch (1)
|-
|May 18-20
|Regions Charity Classic
|Alabama
| Brad Bryant (3)
|-
|'May 24-27'
|'Senior PGA Championship'
|'varies (South Carolina in 2007)'
| 'Denis Watson' (1)
|-
|Jun 1-3
|The Boeing Championship at Sandestin
|Florida
| Loren Roberts (6)
|-
|Jun 8-10
|The Principal Charity Classic
|Iowa
| Jay Haas (9)
|-
|Jun 22-24
|Bank of America Championship
|Massachusetts
| Jay Haas (10)
|-
|Jun 29 - Jul 1
|Commerce Bank Championship
|New York
| Lonnie Nielsen (1)
|-
|'Jul 5-8'
|' U.S. Senior Open'
|'varies (Wisconsin in 2007)'
| 'Brad Bryant' (4)
|-
|Jul 13-15
|Dick's Sporting Goods Open
|New York
| R.W. Eaks (1)
|-
|'Jul 26-29'
|'Senior British Open'
|'United Kingdom'
| 'Tom Watson' (10)
|-
|Aug 3-5
|3M Championship
|Minnesota
| D. A. Weibring (4)
|-
|'Aug 16-19'
|'JELD-WEN Tradition'
|'Oregon'
| 'Mark McNulty' (6)
|-
|Aug 24-26
|Boeing Classic
|Washington
| Denis Watson (2)
|-
|Aug 31 - Sep 2
|Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
|California
| Gil Morgan (25)
|-
|Sep 14-16
|Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn
|North Carolina
|
|-
|Sep 21-23
|SAS Championship
|North Carolina
|
|-
|'Oct 4-7'
|'Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship'
|'Maryland'
|
|-
|Oct 12-14
|Administaff Small Business Classic
|Texas
|
|-
|Oct 19-21
|AT&T Championship
|Texas
|
|-
|Oct 25-28
|Charles Schwab Cup Championship
|California
|

Money winners and most wins leaders

Players who lead the money list on the Champions Tour win the Arnold Palmer Award.
{| class="wikitable"
!Year !!Money Leader !!Earnings ($) !! Most wins
|-
| 2006 || Jay Haas || $2,420,227 || 4: Jay Haas, Loren Roberts
|-
| 2005 || Dana Quigley || $2,170,258 || 4: Hale Irwin
|-
| 2004 || Craig Stadler || $2,306,066 || 5: Craig Stadler
|-
| 2003 || Tom Watson || $1,853,108 || 3: Craig Stadler
|-
| 2002 || Hale Irwin || $3,028,304 || 4: Bob Gilder, Hale Irwin
|-
| 2001 || Allen Doyle || $2,553,582 || 5: Larry Nelson
|-
| 2000 || Larry Nelson || $2,708,005 || 6: Larry Nelson
|-
| 1999 || Bruce Fleisher || $2,515,705 || 7: Bruce Fleisher
|-
| 1998 || Hale Irwin || $2,861,945 || 7: Hale Irwin
|-
| 1997 || Hale Irwin || $2,343,364 || 9: Hale Irwin
|-
| 1996 || Jim Colbert || $1,627,890 || 5: Jim Colbert
|-
| 1995 || Jim Colbert || $1,444,386 || 4: Jim Colbert, Bob Murphy
|-
| 1994 || Dave Stockton || $1,402,519 || 6: Lee Trevino
|-
| 1993 || Dave Stockton || $1,175,944 || 5: Dave Stockton
|-
| 1992 || Lee Trevino || $1,027,002 || 5: Lee Trevino
|-
| 1991 || Mike Hill || $1,065,657 || 5: Mike Hill
|-
| 1990 || Lee Trevino || $1,190,518 || 7: Lee Trevino
|-
| 1989 || Bob Charles || $725,887 || 5: Bob Charles
|-
| 1988 || Bob Charles || $533,929 || 5: Bob Charles, Gary Player
|-
| 1987 || Chi Chi Rodriguez || $509,145 || 7: Chi Chi Rodriguez
|-
| 1986 || Bruce Crampton || $454,299 || 7: Bruce Crampton
|-
| 1985 || Peter Thomson || $386,724 || 9: Peter Thomson
|-
| 1984 || Don January || $328,597 || 4: Miller Barber
|-
| 1983 || Don January || $237,571 || 6: Don January
|-
| 1982 || Miller Barber || $106,890 || 3: Miller Barber
|-
| 1981 || Miller Barber || $83,136 || 3: Miller Barber
|-
| 1980 || Don January || $44,100 || 1: 4 players (note 1)
|}
Notes:
# Players with 1 win in 1980: Roberto DeVicenzo, Don January, Arnold Palmer, Charlie Sifford

Multiple money list titles

The following players have won more than one money list title through 2006:

★ 3: Hale Irwin, Don January

★ 2: Miller Barber, Bob Charles, Jim Colbert, Dave Stockton, Lee Trevino

Leading career money winners

The table shows the top ten career money leaders on the Champions Tour at the end of the 2006 season.
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank !! Player !! Country !! Prize Money
|-
|1 || Hale Irwin || || $23,384,705
|-
|2 || Gil Morgan || || $17,208,472
|-
|3 || Bruce Fleisher || || $13,260,442
|-
|4 || Dana Quigley || || $13,166,725
|-
|5 || Larry Nelson || || $12,893,736
|-
|6 || Allen Doyle || || $12,118,228
|-
|7 || Jim Colbert || || $11,575,162
|-
|8 || Jim Thorpe || || $11,429,823
|-
|9 || Dave Stockton || || $10,840,231
|-
|10 || Tom Jenkins || || $10,624,407
|}
There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website here. The PGA Tour also publishes a list of Champions Tour players' total career earnings on its three tours here.

See also

★ Champions Tour awards

★ Champions Tour records

★ Golfers with most Champions Tour major championship wins

★ Golfers with most Champions Tour wins

★ Professional golf tours

External links

★ Official site

★ 2006 Media Guide