1999 Senior PGA Tour
The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003). The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $48,900,000, including four majors. Bruce Fleisher won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1999 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse ($) | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 24 | MasterCard Championship | Hawaii | 1,100,000 |  John Jacobs (2) | 203 (−13) | 185,000 |
| Feb 7 | Royal Caribbean Classic | Florida | 1,000,000 | Bruce Fleisher (1) | 205 (−8) | 150,000 |
| Feb 14 | American Express Invitational | Florida | 1,200,000 | Bruce Fleisher (2) | 203 (−13) | 180,000 |
| Feb 21 | GTE Classic | Florida | 1,200,000 | Larry Nelson (4) | 205 (−8) | 180,000 |
| Feb 28 | The ACE Group Classic | Florida | 1,200,000 | Allen Doyle (1) | 203 (−13) | 180,000 |
| Mar 14 | Toshiba Senior Classic | California | 1,200,000 | Gary McCord (1) | 204 (−9) | 180,000 |
| Mar 28 | Emerald Coast Classic | Florida | 1,100,000 | Bob Duval (1) | 200 (−10) | 165,000 |
| Apr 4 | The Tradition | Arizona | 1,500,000 |  Graham Marsh (6) | 136 (−8) | 225,000 |
| Apr 18 | PGA Seniors' Championship | Florida | 1,750,000 | Allen Doyle (2) | 274 (−14) | 315,000 |
| Apr 25 | The Home Depot Invitational | North Carolina | 1,200,000 | Bruce Fleisher (3) | 205 (−11) | 180,000 |
| May 2 | Bruno's Memorial Classic | Alabama | 1,200,000 | Larry Nelson (5) | 205 (−11) | 180,000 |
| May 9 | Nationwide Championship | Georgia | 1,400,000 | Hale Irwin (21) | 206 (−10) | 210,000 |
| May 16 | Las Vegas Senior Classic | Nevada | 1,400,000 |  Vicente Fernández (3) | 274 (−13) | 210,000 |
| May 23 | Bell Atlantic Classic | Pennsylvania | 1,100,000 | Tom Jenkins (1) | 206 (−10) | 165,000 |
| May 30 | Boone Valley Classic | Missouri | 1,400,000 | Hale Irwin (22) | 203 (−13) | 210,000 |
| Jun 6 | Cadillac NFL Golf Classic | New Jersey | 1,100,000 | Allen Doyle (3) | 202 (−12) | 165,000 |
| Jun 13 | BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland | Tennessee | 1,400,000 | Bruce Fleisher (4) | 200 (−16) | 210,000 |
| Jun 20 | Southwestern Bell Dominion | Texas | 1,100,000 | John Mahaffey (1) | 204 (−12) | 165,000 |
| Jun 27 | Ford Senior Players Championship | Michigan | 2,000,000 | Hale Irwin (23) | 267 (−21) | 300,000 |
| Jul 4 | State Farm Senior Classic | Maryland | 1,300,000 |  Christy O'Connor Jnr (1) | 198 (−18) | 195,000 |
| Jul 11 | U.S. Senior Open | Iowa | 1,500,000 | Dave Eichelberger (4) | 281 (−7) | 315,000 |
| Jul 18 | Ameritech Senior Open | Illinois | 1,300,000 | Hale Irwin (24) | 206 (−10) | 195,000 |
| Jul 25 | Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic | Minnesota | 1,500,000 | Hale Irwin (25) | 201 (−15) | 225,000 |
| Aug 1 | Novell Utah Showdown | Utah | 1,350,000 | Dave Eichelberger (5) | 197 (−19) | 202,500 |
| Aug 8 | Lightpath Long Island Classic | New York | 1,200,000 | Bruce Fleisher (5) | 206 (−10) | 180,000 |
| Aug 15 | Foremost Insurance Championship | Michigan | 1,000,000 | Christy O'Connor Jnr (2) | 205 (−11) | 150,000 |
| Aug 22 | BankBoston Classic | Massachusetts | 1,200,000 | Tom McGinnis (1) | 205 (−11) | 180,000 |
| Aug 29 | AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship | Canada | 1,350,000 | Jim Ahern (1) | 272 (−16) | 202,500 |
| Sep 5 | TD Waterhouse Championship | Missouri | 1,200,000 | Allen Doyle (4) | 198 (−18) | 180,000 |
| Sep 12 | Comfort Classic | Indiana | 1,200,000 | Gil Morgan (14) | 201 (−15) | 180,000 |
| Sep 19 | Bank One Championship | Texas | 1,300,000 | Tom Watson (1) | 196 (−20) | 195,000 |
| Sep 26 | Kroger Senior Classic | Ohio | 1,400,000 | Gil Morgan (15) | 198 (−12) | 210,000 |
| Oct 3 | Vantage Championship | North Carolina | 1,500,000 | Fred Gibson (1) | 195 (−15) | 225,000 |
| Oct 10 | The Transamerica | California | 1,100,000 | Bruce Fleisher (6) | 199 (−17) | 165,000 |
| Oct 17 | Raley's Gold Rush Classic | California | 1,000,000 | David Graham (5) | 199 (−17) | 150,000 |
| Oct 24 | EMC Kaanapali Classic | Hawaii | 1,000,000 | Bruce Fleisher (7) | 199 (−14) | 150,000 |
| Oct 31 | Pacific Bell Senior Classic | California | 1,200,000 | Joe Inman (2) | 199 (−14) | 180,000 |
| Nov 7 | Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship | South Carolina | 2,000,000 | Gary McCord (2) | 276 (−12) | 347,000 |
Source:[1]
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[2]
Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Bruce Fleisher | United States | 2,515,705 | 32 | 7 |
| 2 | Hale Irwin | United States | 2,025,232 | 26 | 5 |
| 3 | Allen Doyle | United States | 1,911,640 | 31 | 4 |
| 4 | Larry Nelson | United States | 1,513,524 | 28 | 2 |
| 5 | Gil Morgan | United States | 1,493,282 | 27 | 2 |
Source:[3]
Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings($) | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin | United States | 9,645,485 | 25 |
| 2 | Jim Colbert | United States | 8,887,831 | 19 |
| 3 | Lee Trevino | United States | 8,666,030 | 28 |
| 4 | Dave Stockton | United States | 8,104,786 | 14 |
| 5 | Bob Charles |  New Zealand | 8,001,710 | 23 |
Source:[4]
Awards
See also
References
External links