Golf tour season
The2011 Champions Tour was the 32nd 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 2011 season.[ 1]
Date Tournament Location PurseUS$ ) Winner[ a] Notes Jan 23 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Hawaii 1,800,000 John Cook (6)Feb 13 Allianz Championship Florida 1,800,000 Tom Lehman (3)Feb 20 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,600,000 Bernhard Langer (14)Mar 13 Toshiba Classic California 1,700,000 Nick Price (4)Apr 3 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Mississippi 1,600,000 Tom Lehman (4)Apr 17 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Florida 1,700,000 John Cook (7)Pro-Am Apr 24 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Georgia 2,700,000 David Eger (4) andMark McNulty (8)Team event May 8 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,200,000 Tom Lehman Champions Tour major championship May 29 Senior PGA Championship Kentucky 2,000,000 Tom Watson Senior major championship Jun 5 Principal Charity Classic Iowa 1,725,000 Bob Gilder (10)Jun 12 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn North Carolina 1,750,000 Mark Wiebe (3)Jun 26 Dick's Sporting Goods Open New York 1,750,000 John Huston (1)Jul 3 Montreal Championship Canada 1,800,000 John Cook (8)Jul 10 Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach California 1,600,000 Jeff Sluman (4)Jul 24 The Senior Open Championship England 2,000,000 Russ Cochran Senior major championship Jul 31 U.S. Senior Open Ohio 2,600,000 Olin Browne Senior major championship Aug 7 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 Jay Haas (15)Aug 21 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship New York 2,700,000 Fred Couples Champions Tour major championship Aug 28 Boeing Classic Washington 2,000,000 Mark Calcavecchia (1)Sep 18 Songdo IBD Championship South Korea 3,000,000 Jay Don Blake (1)Oct 2 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,100,000 Kenny Perry (1)Oct 9 Insperity Championship Texas 1,700,000 Brad Faxon (1)Oct 16 AT&T Championship Texas 1,800,000 Fred Couples (6)Nov 6 Charles Schwab Cup Championship California 2,500,000 Jay Don Blake (2)Tour Championship
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]
Position Player Prize money ($) 1 Tom Lehman 2,081,526 2 Mark Calcavecchia 1,867,991 3 John Cook 1,747,075 4 Jay Don Blake 1,531,877 5 Russ Cochran 1,503,090
^ 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. ^ "2011 Tournament schedule" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on June 4, 2011. RetrievedNovember 27, 2023 .^ "2011 Charles Schwab Cup" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on December 2, 2011. RetrievedNovember 27, 2023 .^ "Blake wins finale, Lehman takes points title" .The San Diego Union-Tribune . The Associated Press. November 6, 2011. RetrievedNovember 27, 2023 .^ "2011 Money list" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on June 1, 2014. RetrievedNovember 27, 2023 .^ "Lehman named Champions Tour PoY" .Golfweek . Associated Press. December 14, 2011. RetrievedNovember 27, 2023 .^a b "Champions Tour Announcement" .ASAP sports . December 14, 2011. RetrievedNovember 27, 2023 .We also announced that Kenny Perry was named Rookie of the Year and Chip Beck was the Comeback Player of the Year on the Champions Tour. ^ "2011 Scoring average" . PGA Tour. RetrievedNovember 25, 2023 .
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