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- This article is about the Champions Tour major championship. For the European Seniors Tour event, see PGA Seniors Championship.
The Senior PGA Championship is one of the major championships in men's senior golf. It is administered by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and is recognised as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour. It was founded in 1937, and the inaugural event was played at Augusta National Golf Club. The lower age limit is 50, which is the standard limit for men's senior professional golf tournaments. In the past the event has had long spells of playing on a single host course, but currently it is played on a different course each year. Two tournaments were played in 1979 and 1984, and no tournaments were held in 1939, 1943, 1944, 1983, and 1985.
[edit] Eligibility
Here is who may be eligible to compete in the Senior PGA Championship:
- Any past winner of the Senior PGA Championship
- Any past winner of a major championship
- Any past member of the United States Ryder Cup team
- The top 15 finishers in the previous year's Senior PGA Championship
- The top 50 on the Champions Tour money list (previous year and current year)
- Any winner of a Champions Tour event between the span of the last Senior PGA Championship
- The top 35 finishers from the Callaway Golf PGA Senior Club Professional Championship
- Any winner of the previous 5 US Senior Opens
- The top eight players from the previous year's European Seniors Tour Order of Merit
- The top four players from the previous year's Japanese Seniors Tour Order of Merit
- A one-time exemption for those who have just turned 50 and have won a tour event in the last 5 years
- The top 30 on the Champions Tour career money list
- A one-time exemption for former PGA Club Professional Champions turning 50
- Invites for those not meeting criteria above also are made
[edit] Past winners
| Year | Champion | Country | Venue | Location
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| 2006 | Jay Haas | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Oak Tree Golf Club | Edmond, Oklahoma
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| 2005 | Mike Reid | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Laurel Valley Golf Club | Ligonier, Pennsylvania
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| 2004 | Hale Irwin | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Valhalla Golf Club | Louisville, Kentucky
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| 2003 | John Jacobs | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Aronimink Golf Club | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| 2002 | Fuzzy Zoeller | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Firestone Country Club | Akron, Ohio
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| 2001 | Tom Watson | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | The Ridgewood Country Club | Paramus, New Jersey
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| 2000 | Doug Tewell | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1999 | Allen Doyle | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1998 | Hale Irwin | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1997 | Hale Irwin | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1996 | Hale Irwin | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1995 | Ray Floyd | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1994 | Lee Trevino | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1993 | Tom Wargo | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1992 | Lee Trevino | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1991 | Jack Nicklaus | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1990 | Gary Player | Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1989 | Larry Mowry | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1988 | Gary Player | Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1987 | Chi Chi RodrÃguez | Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1986 | Gary Player | Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1985 | No Championship
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| 1984 (Dec.) | Peter Thomson | Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1984 (Jan.) | Arnold Palmer | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1983 | No Championship
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| 1982 | Don January | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1981 | Miller Barber | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Turnberry Isle Country Club | North Miami Beach, Florida
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| 1980 | Arnold Palmer | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Turnberry Isle Country Club | North Miami Beach, Florida
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| 1979 (Dec.) | Don January | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Turnberry Isle Country Club | North Miami Beach, Florida
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| 1979 (Feb.) | Jack Fleck | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Walt Disney World | Orlando, Florida
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| 1978 | Joe Jimenez | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Walt Disney World | Orlando, Florida
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| 1977 | Julius Boros | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Walt Disney World | Orlando, Florida
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| 1976 | Pete Cooper | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Walt Disney World | Orlando, Florida
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| 1975 | Charlie Sifford | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Walt Disney World | Orlando, Florida
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| 1974 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | Port St. Lucie Country Club | Port St. Lucie, Florida
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| 1973 | Sam Snead | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1972 | Julius Boros | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1971 | Sam Snead | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1970 | Sam Snead | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1969 | Tommy Bolt | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1968 | Chandler Harper | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1967 | Sam Snead | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1966 | Fred Haas | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1965 | Sam Snead | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Fort Lauderdale Country Club | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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| 1964 | Sam Snead | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Club | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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| 1963 | Herman Barron | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Port St. Lucie Country Club | Port St. Lucie, Florida
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| 1962 | Paul Runyan | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1961 | Paul Runyan | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1960 | Dick Metz | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1959 | Willie Goggin | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1958 | Gene Sarazen | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1957 | Al Watrous | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1956 | Pete Burke | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1955 | Mortie Dutra | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1954 | Gene Sarazen | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | [PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1953 | Harry Schwab | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1952 | Ernie Newnham | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1951 | Al Watrous | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1950 | Al Watrous | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1949 | Marshall Crichton | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1948 | Charles McKenna | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1947 | Jock Hutchison | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1946 | Eddie Williams | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1945 | Eddie Williams | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | PGA National Golf Course | Dunedin, Florida
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| 1943-44: No Championships due to World War II
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| 1942 | Eddie Williams | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Fort Myers Country Club | Fort Myers, Florida
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| 1941 | Jack Burke, Sr. | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Bobby Jones Golf Complex
Sarasota Country Club | Sarasota, Florida
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| 1940 | Otto Hackbarth | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Bobby Jones Golf Complex
Sarasota Country Club | Sarasota, Florida
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| 1939 | No Championship
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| 1938 | Freddie McLeod | Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | Augusta National Golf Club | Augusta, Georgia
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| 1937 | Jock Hutchison | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Augusta National Golf Club | Augusta, Georgia
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[edit] Future tournament sites
[edit] Multiple winners
The following men have had more than one win in the Senior PGA Championship after the 2006 tournament:
[edit] External link
