2009 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 23, 2009 (2009-01-23) – November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01)
Number of official events25
Most winsGermany Bernhard Langer (4)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Loren Roberts
Money listGermany Bernhard Langer
Player of the YearGermany Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the YearUnited States Russ Cochran
← 2008
2010 →

The 2009 Champions Tour was the 30th season of the Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 25Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000Germany Bernhard Langer (5)
Feb 15Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,700,000United States Mike Goodes (1)
Feb 22ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Loren Roberts (9)
Mar 8Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000Argentina Eduardo Romero (5)
Mar 15AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000United States Dan Forsman (1)
Mar 29Cap Cana ChampionshipDominican Republic2,100,000United States Keith Fergus (2)
Apr 19Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000Zimbabwe Nick Price (1)Pro-Am
Apr 26Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,600,000Germany Bernhard Langer (6) and
United States Tom Lehman (1)		Team event
May 17Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,700,000United States Keith Fergus (3)
May 24Senior PGA ChampionshipOhio2,000,000United States Michael Allen (1)Senior major championship
May 31Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty (7)
Jun 7Triton Financial ClassicTexas1,600,000Germany Bernhard Langer (7)
Jun 28Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,650,000United States Lonnie Nielsen (2)
Jul 123M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000Germany Bernhard Langer (8)
Jul 26The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,000,000United States Loren Roberts (10)Senior major championship
Aug 2U.S. Senior OpenIndiana2,600,000United States Fred Funk (5)Senior major championship
Aug 23JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,700,000United States Mike Reid (2)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 30Boeing ClassicWashington1,800,000United States Loren Roberts (11)
Sep 6Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,100,000United States Jeff Sluman (3)
Sep 20Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,750,000United States Jay Haas (13)
Sep 27SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000United States Tom Pernice Jr. (1)
Oct 4Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,700,000United States Jay Haas (14)Champions Tour major championship
Oct 18Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000United States John Cook (3)
Oct 25AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,700,000United States Phil Blackmar (1)
Nov 1Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000United States John Cook (4)Tour Championship

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPoints
1United States Loren Roberts2,670
2United States John Cook2,351
3United States Fred Funk2,349
4Germany Bernhard Langer2,322
5United States Jay Haas1,984

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4][5]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Germany Bernhard Langer2,139,451
2United States Loren Roberts1,960,613
3United States John Cook1,798,664
4United States Jay Haas1,758,395
5United States Fred Funk1,563,810

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Germany Bernhard Langer[5]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Russ Cochran[6]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Germany Bernhard Langer[5][7]

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "2009 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2009 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 16, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  3. ↑ Fields, Bill (November 2, 2009). "Year Of Loss Isn't A Lost Year For Roberts". Golf Digest. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2009 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Langer makes history on Champions Tour". football.co.uk. December 21, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2023. Additionally, Langer also collected his second consecutive Byron Nelson Award for lowest scoring average (68.92) in 2009, as well as earning his second consecutive Arnold Palmer Award as the Tour's leading money winner ($2,139,451).
  6. ↑ "Russ Cochran". Golf Info Guide. Retrieved November 28, 2023. He first played on the Champions Tour in 2009, and finished in third place at the US Senior Open. At the end of that season Cochran was given the title Rookie of the Year.
  7. ↑ "2009 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.