2019 PGA Tour Champions season

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2019 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 17, 2019 (2019-01-17) – November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)
Number of official events27
Most winsUnited States Jerry Kelly (3)
United States Scott McCarron (3)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Scott McCarron
Money listUnited States Scott McCarron
Player of the YearUnited States Scott McCarron
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Retief Goosen
2018

The 2019 PGA Tour Champions season was the 40th season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Notes
Jan 19 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Hawaii 1,800,000 United States Tom Lehman (12)
Feb 10 Oasis Championship Florida 1,700,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (39)
Feb 17 Chubb Classic Florida 1,600,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (7)
Mar 3 Cologuard Classic Arizona 1,700,000 United States Mark O'Meara (3)
Mar 10 Hoag Classic California 1,800,000 United States Kirk Triplett (7)
Mar 31 Rapiscan Systems Classic Mississippi 1,600,000 United States Kevin Sutherland (2)
Apr 21 Mitsubishi Electric Classic Georgia 1,800,000 United States Scott McCarron (9)
Apr 28 Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf Missouri 1,800,000 United States Scott Hoch (4) and
United States Tom Pernice Jr. (6)
Team event
May 5 Insperity Invitational Texas 2,200,000 United States Scott McCarron (10)
May 13 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,400,000 United States Steve Stricker (4) PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 26 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship New York 3,250,000 United States Ken Tanigawa (2) Senior major championship
Jun 2 Principal Charity Classic Iowa 1,850,000 United States Kevin Sutherland (3)
Jun 9 MasterCard Japan Championship Japan 2,500,000 United States Scott McCarron (11)
Jun 23 American Family Insurance Championship Wisconsin 2,000,000 United States Jerry Kelly (4)
Jun 30 U.S. Senior Open Indiana 4,000,000 United States Steve Stricker (5) Senior major championship
Jul 14 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship Ohio 2,800,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (1) PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 28 The Senior Open Championship England 2,000,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (40) Senior major championship
Aug 18 Dick's Sporting Goods Open New York 2,050,000 United States Doug Barron (1)
Aug 25 Boeing Classic Washington 2,100,000 United States Brandt Jobe (2)
Sep 1 Shaw Charity Classic Canada 2,350,000 United States Wes Short Jr. (2)
Sep 15 The Ally Challenge Michigan 2,000,000 United States Jerry Kelly (5)
Sep 22 Sanford International South Dakota 1,800,000 United States Rocco Mediate (4)
Sep 29 PURE Insurance Championship California 2,100,000 United States Kirk Triplett (8)
Oct 13 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,100,000 United States Jerry Kelly (6)
Oct 21 Dominion Energy Charity Classic Virginia 2,000,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (8) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 3 Invesco QQQ Championship California 2,000,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (7) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 10 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Arizona 2,500,000 United States Jeff Maggert (6) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events[edit]

The following events were sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winners Notes
Dec 8 PNC Father-Son Challenge Florida 1,085,000 Germany Bernhard Langer and
son Jason Langer
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup[edit]

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]

Position Player Points
1 United States Scott McCarron 2,534,090
2 United States Jerry Kelly 2,510,865
3 South Africa Retief Goosen 2,290,985
4 Germany Bernhard Langer 2,247,434
5 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 2,100,177

Money list[edit]

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Scott McCarron 2,534,090
2 United States Jerry Kelly 2,382,675
3 South Africa Retief Goosen 1,859,085
4 Germany Bernhard Langer 1,831,622
5 United States Woody Austin 1,733,517

Awards[edit]

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) United States Scott McCarron [4]
Rookie of the Year South Africa Retief Goosen [4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) South Africa Retief Goosen [4]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Champions events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour Champions members.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "Tour Edge Staff Player Scott McCarron Captures 2019 Charles Schwab Cup". The Golf Wire. November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "2019 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Kelly, Todd (January 15, 2020). "Scott McCarron named 2019 PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year". Golfweek. Retrieved November 24, 2023. Goosen won the Rookie of the Year award over Doug Barron. Goosen had the lowest scoring average (69.14) of the season.

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