Golf tour season
The2019 PGA Tour Champions season was the 40th season ofPGA Tour Champions (formerly theSenior PGA Tour and theChampions Tour ), the mainprofessional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.
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 Tom Lehman (12)Feb 10 Oasis Championship Florida 1,700,000 Bernhard Langer (39)Feb 17 Chubb Classic Florida 1,600,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (7)Mar 3 Cologuard Classic Arizona 1,700,000 Mark O'Meara (3)Mar 10 Hoag Classic California 1,800,000 Kirk Triplett (7)Mar 31 Rapiscan Systems Classic Mississippi 1,600,000 Kevin Sutherland (2)Apr 21 Mitsubishi Electric Classic Georgia 1,800,000 Scott McCarron (9)Apr 28 Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf Missouri 1,800,000 Scott Hoch (4) andTom Pernice Jr. (6)Team event May 5 Insperity Invitational Texas 2,200,000 Scott McCarron (10)May 13 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,400,000 Steve Stricker (4)PGA Tour Champions major championship May 26 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship New York 3,250,000 Ken Tanigawa (2)Senior major championship Jun 2 Principal Charity Classic Iowa 1,850,000 Kevin Sutherland (3)Jun 9 MasterCard Japan Championship Japan 2,500,000 Scott McCarron (11)Jun 23 American Family Insurance Championship Wisconsin 2,000,000 Jerry Kelly (4)Jun 30 U.S. Senior Open Indiana 4,000,000 Steve Stricker (5)Senior major championship Jul 14 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship Ohio 2,800,000 Retief Goosen (1)PGA Tour Champions major championship Jul 28 The Senior Open Championship England 2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (40)Senior major championship Aug 18 Dick's Sporting Goods Open New York 2,050,000 Doug Barron (1)Aug 25 Boeing Classic Washington 2,100,000 Brandt Jobe (2)Sep 1 Shaw Charity Classic Canada 2,350,000 Wes Short Jr. (2)Sep 15 The Ally Challenge Michigan 2,000,000 Jerry Kelly (5)Sep 22 Sanford International South Dakota 1,800,000 Rocco Mediate (4)Sep 29 PURE Insurance Championship California 2,100,000 Kirk Triplett (8)Oct 13 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,100,000 Jerry Kelly (6)Oct 21 Dominion Energy Charity Classic Virginia 2,000,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (8)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event Nov 3 Invesco QQQ Championship California 2,000,000 Colin Montgomerie (7)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event Nov 10 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Arizona 2,500,000 Jeff Maggert (6)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
The following events were sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions, 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]
Position Player Points 1 Scott McCarron 2,534,090 2 Jerry Kelly 2,510,865 3 Retief Goosen 2,290,985 4 Bernhard Langer 2,247,434 5 Colin Montgomerie 2,100,177
Themoney list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 3]
Position Player Prize money ($) 1 Scott McCarron 2,534,090 2 Jerry Kelly 2,382,675 3 Retief Goosen 1,859,085 4 Bernhard Langer 1,831,622 5 Woody Austin 1,733,517
^ 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.