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2000 Senior PGA Tour

The 2000 Senior PGA Tour was the 21st season since the Senior PGA Tour, now known as PGA Tour Champions, officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 39 official money events with purses totalling $54,850,000, including four majors. Larry Nelson won the most tournaments, six. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2000 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 23 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,200,000 United States George Archer (19) 207 (−9) 199,000
Feb 6 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 1,100,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (8) 30 (Stableford) 165,000
Feb 13 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,200,000 United States Lanny Wadkins (1) 202 (−14) 180,000
Feb 20 GTE Classic Florida 1,300,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (9) 200 (−13) 195,000
Feb 27 LiquidGolf.com Invitational Florida 1,200,000 United States Tom Wargo (4) 202 (−14) 180,000
Mar 5 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,300,000 United States Allen Doyle (5) 136 (−6) 195,000
Mar 12 Audi Senior Classic Mexico 1,500,000 United States Hubert Green (2) 197 (−19) 225,000
Mar 26 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,250,000 United States Gil Morgan (16) 197 (−13) 187,500
Apr 2 The Countrywide Tradition Arizona 1,600,000 United States Tom Kite (1) 280 (−8) 240,000
Apr 16 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,800,000 United States Doug Tewell (1) 201 (−15) 324,000
Apr 23 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada 1,400,000 United States Larry Nelson (6) 197 (−19) 210,000
Apr 30 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,300,000 United States John Jacobs (3) 203 (−13) 195,000
May 7 The Home Depot Invitational North Carolina 1,300,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (10) 203 (−13) 195,000
May 14 Nationwide Championship Georgia 1,450,000 United States Hale Irwin (26) 207 (−9) 217,500
May 21 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri 1,300,000 United States Dana Quigley (4) 198 (−18) 195,000
May 28 Boone Valley Classic Missouri 1,500,000 United States Larry Nelson (7) 200 (−16) 225,000
Jun 4 BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland Tennessee 1,500,000 United States Hale Irwin (27) 198 (−18) 225,000
Jun 11 SBC Senior Open Illinois 1,400,000 United States Tom Kite (2) 207 (−9) 210,000
Jun 18 SBC Championship Texas 1,100,000 United States Doug Tewell (2) 202 (−14) 165,000
Jun 25 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,100,000 United States Lee Trevino (29) 202 (−14) 165,000
Jul 2 U.S. Senior Open Pennsylvania 2,250,000 United States Hale Irwin (28) 267 (−17) 400,000
Jul 9 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland 1,350,000 United States Leonard Thompson (2) 205 (−11) 202,500
Jul 16 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,300,000 United States Raymond Floyd (14) 273 (−15) 345,000
Jul 23 The Instinet Classic New Jersey 1,400,000 United States Gil Morgan (17) 199 (−17) 210,000
Jul 30 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York 1,500,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (11) 198 (−18) 225,000
Aug 6 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota 1,600,000 United States Ed Dougherty (1) 197 (−19) 240,000
Aug 13 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,450,000 United States Tom Jenkins (2) 274 (−14) 217,500
Aug 20 Novell Utah Showdown Utah 1,450,000 United States Doug Tewell (3) 199 (−17) 217,500
Aug 27 FleetBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,300,000 United States Larry Nelson (8) 203 (−13) 195,000
Sep 3 Foremost Insurance Championship Michigan 1,100,000 United States Larry Nelson (9) 198 (−18) 165,000
Sep 10 Comfort Classic Indiana 1,250,000 United States Gil Morgan (18) 131 (−13) 187,500
Sep 17 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,400,000 United States Hubert Green (3) 200 (−10) 210,000
Sep 24 Bank One Senior Championship Texas 1,400,000 United States Larry Nelson (10) 203 (−1) 210,000
Oct 1 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,500,000 United States Larry Nelson (11) 198 (−12) 225,000
Oct 8 The Transamerica California 1,100,000 United States Jim Thorpe (1) 198 (−18) 165,000
Oct 15 Gold Rush Classic California 1,100,000 United States Jim Thorpe (2) 195 (−21) 165,000
Oct 22 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 1,100,000 United States Hale Irwin (29) 198 (−15) 165,000
Oct 29 SBC Senior Classic California 1,400,000 United States Joe Inman (3) 198 (−15) 210,000
Nov 5 IR Senior Tour Championship South Carolina 2,100,000 United States Tom Watson (2) 270 (−18) 365,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank Player Country Average
1 Gil Morgan United States 68.83
2 Larry Nelson United States 68.87
3 Bruce Fleisher United States 69.01
4 Hale Irwin United States 69.16
5 Tom Watson United States 69.23

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Events Wins
1 Larry Nelson United States 2,708,005 30 6
2 Bruce Fleisher United States 2,373,977 30 4
3 Hale Irwin United States 2,128,968 24 4
4 Gil Morgan United States 1,873,216 23 3
5 Dana Quigley United States 1,802,063 39 1

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Wins
1 Hale Irwin United States 11,774,453 29
2 Jim Colbert United States 9,623,844 19
3 Lee Trevino United States 9,211,216 29
4 Dave Stockton United States 8,618,426 14
5 Bob Charles New Zealand 8,284,081 23

Source:[4]

Awards

Award Winner Country
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Larry Nelson United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) Larry Nelson United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Gil Morgan United States
Rookie of the Year Doug Tewell United States
Comeback Player of the Year Raymond Floyd United States

See also

References

  1. ^ "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 32–33. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Scoring Average – 2000 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Money Leaders – 2000 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "Career Money Leaders – 2000 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

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