Golf tour season
The2006 Champions Tour was the 27th season of theChampions Tour (formerly theSenior PGA Tour ), the mainprofessional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.
The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[ 1]
Date Tournament Location PurseUS$ ) Winner[ b] Notes Jan 22 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,700,000 Loren Roberts (2)Jan 29 Turtle Bay Championship Hawaii 1,500,000 Loren Roberts (3)Feb 19 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,600,000 Loren Roberts (4)Feb 26 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Florida 1,600,000 Jerry Pate (1)Pro-Am Mar 12 AT&T Classic California 1,600,000 Tom Kite (8)Mar 20 Toshiba Classic California 1,650,000 Brad Bryant (1)Apr 2 Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic Mexico 1,600,000 Morris Hatalsky (3)New tournament Apr 23 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Georgia 2,500,000 Jay Haas (3)Apr 30 FedEx Kinko's Classic Texas 1,600,000 Jay Haas (4)May 7 Regions Charity Classic Alabama 1,600,000 Brad Bryant (2)May 14 Boeing Championship at Sandestin Florida 1,600,000 Bobby Wadkins (2)May 28 Senior PGA Championship Oklahoma 2,000,000 Jay Haas Senior major championship Jun 4 Allianz Championship Iowa 1,500,000 Gil Morgan (24)Jun 11 Bank of America Championship Massachusetts – Canceled Jun 25 Commerce Bank Championship New York 1,500,000 John Harris (1)Jul 2 Greater Kansas City Golf Classic Kansas 1,650,000 Dana Quigley (11)Jul 9 U.S. Senior Open Kansas 2,600,000 Allen Doyle Senior major championship Jul 16 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,500,000 Bobby Wadkins Champions Tour major championship Jul 30 The Senior British Open Championship Scotland 1,800,000 Loren Roberts Senior major championship Aug 6 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 David Edwards (1)Aug 20 Boeing Greater Seattle Classic Washington 1,600,000 Tom Kite (9)Aug 27 JELD-WEN Tradition Oregon 2,500,000 Eduardo Romero Champions Tour major championship Sep 3 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach California 2,000,000 Scott Simpson (1)Sep 17 Constellation Energy Classic Maryland 1,700,000 Bob Gilder (9)Oct 1 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn North Carolina 1,600,000 Andy Bean (1)Oct 8 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,000,000 Tom Jenkins (7)Oct 15 Administaff Small Business Classic Texas 1,600,000 Jay Haas (6)Oct 23 AT&T Championship Texas 1,600,000 Fred Funk (1)Oct 30 Charles Schwab Cup Championship California 2,500,000 Jim Thorpe (12)Tour Championship
The following events were sanctioned by the Champions Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
TheCharles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[ 2] [ 3]
Themoney list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 4] [ 3]
Position Player Prize money ($) 1 Jay Haas 2,420,227 2 Loren Roberts 2,365,395 3 Brad Bryant 1,692,417 4 Tom Kite 1,643,348 5 Gil Morgan 1,525,050
^ One further tournament was scheduled but was canceled. ^ 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. ^ "2006 Tournament schedule" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on January 27, 2007. RetrievedNovember 29, 2023 .^ "2006 Charles Schwab Cup" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on December 5, 2006. RetrievedNovember 29, 2023 .^a b "Haas' Cup Win Wraps Up Champions Tour Season" .Golf Channel . Associated Press. October 31, 2006. Archived fromthe original on November 1, 2006. RetrievedNovember 29, 2023 .Haas also won the Arnold Palmer Award as the tour's leading money-winner, finishing with $2,420,227 in earnings... ^ "2006 Money list" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on June 1, 2014. RetrievedNovember 29, 2023 .^a b c "Jay Haas Named Champions Tour Player Of The Year; Eduardo Romero Wins Rookie Of The Year Award And Tim Simpson Comeback Player Of The Year" .The Golf Wire . December 4, 2006. RetrievedNovember 29, 2023 .^ "2006 Scoring average" . PGA Tour. RetrievedNovember 29, 2023 .
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