European Seniors Tour
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The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over.
The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2005 it had a total prize fund of €6,950,056 (£4,694,746).[1], so it is much further behind the U.S. based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European Tour is behind the PGA Tour. The highest profile seniors event in Europe is the Senior British Open Championship, which is co-sanctioned by the Champions Tour. The European Tour co-sanctions the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open, but the prize money in these events does not count towards the Order of Merit.
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[edit] Schedule
The table below shows the 2006 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.
For the latest version of the tour schedule on the European Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.
[edit] Order of Merit winners
[edit] Leading career money winners
The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Tour at the end of the 2006 season. [2]
| Position | Player | Country | Prize money (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tommy Horton | Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England | 1,478,499 |
| 2. | Carl Mason | Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England | 1,230,584 |
| 3. | Noel Ratcliffe | Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 1,201,150 |
| 4. | Jim Rhodes | Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England | 996,494 |
| 5. | Terry Gale | Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 959,184 |
| 6. | John Morgan | Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan | 947,080 |
| 7. | Denis O'Sullivan | Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | 946,079 |
| 8. | Neil Coles | Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England | 919,868 |
| 9. | Nick Job | Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England | 901,250 |
| 10. | Denis Durnian | Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England | 872,309 |
There is a full updated list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website here.
