2019 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 17, 2019 (2019-01-17) – November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)
Number of official events27
Most winsUnited States Jerry Kelly (3)
United States Scott McCarron (3)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Scott McCarron
Money listUnited States Scott McCarron
Player of the YearUnited States Scott McCarron
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Retief Goosen
2018

The 2019 PGA Tour Champions season was the 40th season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions 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 2019 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 19Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000United States Tom Lehman (12)
Feb 10Oasis ChampionshipFlorida1,700,000Germany Bernhard Langer (39)
Feb 17Chubb ClassicFlorida1,600,000Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (7)
Mar 3Cologuard ClassicArizona1,700,000United States Mark O'Meara (3)
Mar 10Hoag ClassicCalifornia1,800,000United States Kirk Triplett (7)
Mar 31Rapiscan Systems ClassicMississippi1,600,000United States Kevin Sutherland (2)
Apr 21Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia1,800,000United States Scott McCarron (9)
Apr 28Bass Pro Shops Legends of GolfMissouri1,800,000United States Scott Hoch (4) and
United States Tom Pernice Jr. (6)
Team event
May 5Insperity InvitationalTexas2,200,000United States Scott McCarron (10)
May 13Regions TraditionAlabama2,400,000United States Steve Stricker (4)PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 26KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipNew York3,250,000United States Ken Tanigawa (2)Senior major championship
Jun 2Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,850,000United States Kevin Sutherland (3)
Jun 9MasterCard Japan ChampionshipJapan2,500,000United States Scott McCarron (11)
Jun 23American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin2,000,000United States Jerry Kelly (4)
Jun 30U.S. Senior OpenIndiana4,000,000United States Steve Stricker (5)Senior major championship
Jul 14Bridgestone Senior Players ChampionshipOhio2,800,000South Africa Retief Goosen (1)PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 28The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,000,000Germany Bernhard Langer (40)Senior major championship
Aug 18Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York2,050,000United States Doug Barron (1)
Aug 25Boeing ClassicWashington2,100,000United States Brandt Jobe (2)
Sep 1Shaw Charity ClassicCanada2,350,000United States Wes Short Jr. (2)
Sep 15The Ally ChallengeMichigan2,000,000United States Jerry Kelly (5)
Sep 22Sanford InternationalSouth Dakota1,800,000United States Rocco Mediate (4)
Sep 29PURE Insurance ChampionshipCalifornia2,100,000United States Kirk Triplett (8)
Oct 13SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000United States Jerry Kelly (6)
Oct 21Dominion Energy Charity ClassicVirginia2,000,000Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (8)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 3Invesco QQQ ChampionshipCalifornia2,000,000Scotland Colin Montgomerie (7)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 10Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000United States Jeff Maggert (6)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)
WinnersNotes
Dec 8PNC Father-Son ChallengeFlorida1,085,000Germany Bernhard Langer and
son Jason Langer
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]

PositionPlayerPoints
1United States Scott McCarron2,534,090
2United States Jerry Kelly2,510,865
3South Africa Retief Goosen2,290,985
4Germany Bernhard Langer2,247,434
5Scotland Colin Montgomerie2,100,177

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Scott McCarron2,534,090
2United States Jerry Kelly2,382,675
3South Africa Retief Goosen1,859,085
4Germany Bernhard Langer1,831,622
5United States Woody Austin1,733,517

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Scott McCarron[4]
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Retief Goosen[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)South Africa Retief Goosen[4]

Notes

  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Champions events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour Champions members.

References

  1. "2019 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  2. "Tour Edge Staff Player Scott McCarron Captures 2019 Charles Schwab Cup". The Golf Wire. November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  3. "2019 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Kelly, Todd (January 15, 2020). "Scott McCarron named 2019 PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year". Golfweek. Retrieved November 24, 2023. Goosen won the Rookie of the Year award over Doug Barron. Goosen had the lowest scoring average (69.14) of the season.
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