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The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA TOUR, hosts 30 events annually in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA TOUR's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.

The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years the only high-profile tournament for golfers over 50. The idea for a senior tour grew out of a highly successful event in 1978, the Legends of Golf, which featured competition between two-member teams of some of the greatest older golfers of that day. The tour was formally established in 1980 and was known as the Senior PGA TOUR until October 2002. The original logo was based on the PGA TOUR logo, with the golfer's profile modified to depict the wearing of a flat cap and plus fours.

Former logo.

All of the events in the 2006 schedule are in the United States except for the Senior British Open in the United Kingdom and the Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic in Mexico. In 2006 the guaranteed minimum official prize money is $52.65 million. [1] This is a little over twenty percent of the prize money on the PGA Tour, and slightly less than the women's LPGA Tour.

Most of the tournaments are played over three rounds (54 holes), which is one round less than regular professional strokeplay tournaments on the PGA Tour. Because of this, there are generally no "cuts" between any of the rounds. However, the five senior majors have a full 72 holes (four rounds). A golfer's performances can be quite variable from one round to the next, and playing an extra round increases the likelihood that the senior majors will be won by leading players. In 2006, the Champions Tour Division Board of the PGA Tour organisation voted to allow players the option to use golf carts during most events on the tour. The five major championships and certain other events, including pro-ams, are excluded. [2]

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[edit] Schedule

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2006 season. The five senior majors are shown in bold. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. The Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship as well as the other unlisted Grand Champions events are unofficial to the Champions Tour.

Dates Tournament State/Country Winner
Jan 20-22 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai Hawaii Image:Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts (2)
Jan 27-29 Turtle Bay Championship Hawaii Image:Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts (3)
Feb 6 Wendy's Champions Skins Game Hawaii Image:Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Floyd and
Image:Flag of the United States.svg Dana Quigley (unofficial event)
Feb 17-19 The ACE Group Classic Florida Image:Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts (4)
Feb 24-26 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Florida Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Pate (1)
Mar 10-12 AT&T Classic California Image:Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite (8)
Mar 17-19 Toshiba Classic California Image:Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant (1)
Mar 31 - Apr 2 Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic Mexico Image:Flag of the United States.svg Morris Hatalsky (3)
Apr 21-23 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Georgia Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas (3)
Apr 28-30 FedEx Kinko's Classic Texas Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas (4)
May 5-7 Regions Charity Classic Alabama Image:Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant (2)
May 12-14 The Boeing Championship at Sandestin Florida Image:Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Wadkins (2)
May 25-28 Senior PGA Championship varies (Oklahoma in 2006) Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas (5)
Jun 2-4 Allianz Championship Iowa Image:Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan (24)
Jun 9-11 Bank of America Championship Massachusetts Cancelled due to inclement weather [3]
Jun 23-25 Commerce Bank Championship New York Image:Flag of the United States.svg John Harris (1)
Jun 30 - Jul 2 Greater Kansas City Golf Classic Kansas Image:Flag of the United States.svg Dana Quigley (11)
Jul 6-9 U.S. Senior Open varies (Kansas in 2006) Image:Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle (11)
Jul 13-16 Senior Players Championship varies (Michigan in 2006) Image:Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Wadkins (3)
Jul 27-30 Senior British Open United Kingdom Image:Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts (5)
Aug 4-6 3M Championship Minnesota Image:Flag of the United States.svg David Edwards (1)
Aug 18-20 Boeing Greater Seattle Classic Washington Image:Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite (9)
Aug 24-27 JELD-WEN Tradition Oregon Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Romero (1)
Sep 1-3 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach California Image:Flag of the United States.svg Scott Simpson (1)
Sep 8-9 Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship Georgia Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jay Sigel (unofficial event)
Sep 15-17 Constellation Energy Classic Maryland Image:Flag of the United States.svg Bob Gilder (9)
Sep 29 - Oct 1 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn North Carolina Image:Flag of the United States.svg Andy Bean (1)
Oct 6-8 SAS Championship North Carolina Image:Flag of the United States.svg Tom Jenkins (7)
Oct 13-15 Administaff Small Business Classic Texas Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas (6)
Oct 20-22 AT&T Championship Texas Image:Flag of the United States.svg Fred Funk (1)
Oct 26-29 Charles Schwab Cup Championship California Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe (12)

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[edit] Leading money winners by year

[edit] Leading career money winners

The table shows the top ten career money leaders on the Champions Tour at the end of the 2006 season.

Position Player Country Prize Money
1. Hale Irwin Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $23,384,705
2. Gil Morgan Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $17,208,472
3. Bruce Fleisher Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $13,260,442
4. Dana Quigley Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $13,166,725
5. Larry Nelson Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $12,893,736
6. Allen Doyle Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $12,118,228
7. Jim Colbert Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $11,575,162
8. Jim Thorpe Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $11,429,823
9. Dave Stockton Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $10,840,231
10. Tom Jenkins Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States $10,624,407

There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website here. The PGA Tour also publishes a list of Champions Tour players' total career earnings on its three tours here.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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