Golf tour season
The2009 European Senior Tour was the 18th season of theEuropean Senior Tour , the mainprofessional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.
The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[ 1]
Date Tournament Host country Purse€ ) Winner[ a] Notes 1 Mar Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters Brunei 400,000 Mike Cunning (1)New tournament 20 Mar DGM Barbados Open Barbados £145,000 Sam Torrance (11)10 May Son Gual Mallorca Senior Open Spain 300,000 Mark James (2)New tournament 24 May Senior PGA Championship United States US$2,000,000 Michael Allen Senior major championship 7 Jun Irish Seniors Open Ireland 350,000 Ian Woosnam (3)14 Jun Jersey Seniors Classic Jersey £140,000 Delroy Cambridge (5)21 Jun Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open Wales £500,000 Bertus Smit (1)28 Jun De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship England £250,000 Carl Mason (21)26 Jul The Senior Open Championship England US$2,000,000 Loren Roberts Senior major championship 2 Aug U.S. Senior Open United States US$2,600,000 Fred Funk Senior major championship [ b] 9 Aug Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open Switzerland 220,000 John Bland (2)23 Aug Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open Scotland £225,000 Glenn Ralph (1)6 Sep Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters England £250,000 Tony Johnstone (2)20 Sep Casa Serena Open Czech Republic 600,000 Peter Mitchell (4)18 Oct Benahavis Senior Masters Spain 180,000 Carl Mason (22)New tournament 8 Nov OKI Castellón Senior Tour Championship Spain 400,000 Mike Harwood (1)Tour Championship
TheOrder of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated inEuros .[ 2] [ 3]
^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Senior Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Senior Tour members. ^ Official win; unofficial money.
Carl Mason (2)
Sam Torrance
Mike Harwood
Ian Woosnam
Ángel Franco
