1999 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 22, 1999 (1999-01-22) – November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
Number of official events39
Most winsUnited States Bruce Fleisher (7)
Money listUnited States Bruce Fleisher
Player of the YearUnited States Bruce Fleisher
Rookie of the YearUnited States Bruce Fleisher
← 1998
2000 →

The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 24MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,100,000United States John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,000,000United States Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000United States Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21GTE ClassicFlorida1,200,000United States Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,200,000United States Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,200,000United States Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000United States Bob Duval (1)
Apr 4The TraditionArizona1,500,000Australia Graham Marsh (6)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 18PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,750,000United States Allen Doyle (2)Senior major championship
Apr 25Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,200,000United States Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,200,000United States Larry Nelson (5)
May 9Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,400,000United States Hale Irwin (21)
May 16Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000Argentina Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000United States Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,400,000United States Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000United States Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,400,000United States Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20Southwestern Bell DominionTexas1,100,000United States John Mahaffey (1)
Jun 27Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,000,000United States Hale Irwin (23)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,300,000Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
Jul 11U.S. Senior OpenIowa1,500,000United States Dave Eichelberger (4)Senior major championship
Jul 18Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000United States Hale Irwin (24)
Jul 25Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£560,000Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (2)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 25Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,350,000United States Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,200,000United States Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15Foremost Insurance ChampionshipMichigan1,000,000Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,200,000United States Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,350,000United States Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,200,000United States Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12Comfort ClassicIndiana1,200,000United States Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19Bank One ChampionshipTexas1,300,000United States Tom Watson (1)New tournament
Sep 26Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,400,000United States Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10The TransamericaCalifornia1,100,000United States Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,000,000Australia David Graham (5)
Oct 24EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,000,000United States Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31Pacific Bell Senior ClassicCalifornia1,200,000United States Joe Inman (2)
Nov 7Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000United States Gary McCord (2)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 5Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000United States Jack Nicklaus and
son Gary Nicklaus		Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Bruce Fleisher2,515,705
2United States Hale Irwin2,025,232
3United States Allen Doyle1,911,640
4United States Larry Nelson1,513,524
5United States Gil Morgan1,493,282

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Bruce Fleisher[4]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Bruce Fleisher[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Bruce Fleisher[5][4]
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States Tom Jenkins[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ↑ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

  1. ↑ "2000 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1999 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. December 8, 1999. p. 33. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "1999 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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