2017 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 18, 2017 (2017-01-18) – November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)
Number of official events26
Most winsGermany Bernhard Langer (7)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Kevin Sutherland
Money listGermany Bernhard Langer
Player of the YearGermany Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jerry Kelly
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The 2017 PGA Tour Champions season was the 38th 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

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 20Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000Germany Bernhard Langer (30)
Feb 12Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,750,000United States Scott McCarron (3)
Feb 19Chubb ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Fred Couples (12)
Mar 19Tucson Conquistadores ClassicArizona1,700,000United States Tom Lehman (10)
Apr 2Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4)
Apr 16Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia1,800,000Canada Stephen Ames (1)
Apr 23Bass Pro Shops Legends of GolfMissouri2,400,000Paraguay Carlos Franco (2) and
Fiji Vijay Singh (1)		Team event
May 7Insperity InvitationalTexas2,150,000United States John Daly (1)
May 21Regions TraditionAlabama2,300,000Germany Bernhard Langer (31)PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 28KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipVirginia2,800,000Germany Bernhard Langer (32)Senior major championship
Jun 11Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,750,000United States Brandt Jobe (1)
Jun 25American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin2,000,000United States Fred Couples (13)
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenMassachusetts4,000,000United States Kenny Perry (9)Senior major championship
Jul 16Constellation Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,800,000United States Scott McCarron (4)PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 30The Senior Open ChampionshipWales£1,500,000Germany Bernhard Langer (33)Senior major championship
Aug 63M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States Paul Goydos (5)
Aug 20Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York2,000,000United States Scott McCarron (5)
Aug 27Boeing ClassicWashington2,100,000United States Jerry Kelly (1)
Sep 3Shaw Charity ClassicCanada2,350,000United States Scott McCarron (6)
Sep 10Japan Airlines ChampionshipJapan2,500,000Scotland Colin Montgomerie (5)
Sep 17Pacific Links Bear Mountain ChampionshipCanada1,800,000United States Jerry Kelly (2)
Sep 24PURE Insurance ChampionshipCalifornia2,000,000Germany Bernhard Langer (34)
Oct 15SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000Scotland Colin Montgomerie (6)
Oct 22Dominion Charity ClassicVirginia2,000,000Germany Bernhard Langer (35)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Oct 29PowerShares QQQ ChampionshipCalifornia2,000,000Germany Bernhard Langer (36)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 12Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000United States Kevin Sutherland (1)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		Winner(s)Notes
Jan 15Diamond Resorts InvitationalFlorida750,000United States Woody AustinNew to PGA Tour Champions
Dec 17PNC Father-Son ChallengeFlorida1,085,000Argentina Ángel Cabrera and
son Ángel Cabrera Jr.		Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

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

PositionPlayerPoints
1United States Kevin Sutherland3,280
2Germany Bernhard Langer2,234
3United States Scott McCarron2,100
4United States Kenny Perry1,834
5Fiji Vijay Singh1,640

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Germany Bernhard Langer3,677,359
2United States Scott McCarron2,674,195
3United States Kevin Sutherland1,961,732
4United States Kenny Perry1,728,070
5Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez1,538,366

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Germany Bernhard Langer[4]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jerry Kelly[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Germany Bernhard Langer[6]

Notes

  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

  1. ↑ "2017 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ Casey, Kevin (November 12, 2017). "Kevin Sutherland wins Schwab Cup despite Bernhard Langer's 7-win season". Golfweek. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "2017 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Golf: Old Master Langer back to Champion Tour Player of the Year". World Sports News. January 17, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jerry Kelly Named PGA Tour Champions Rookie Of The Year". The Golf Wire. January 23, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2017 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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