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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 23MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,200,000 George Archer (19)207 (−9)199,000
Feb 6Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,100,000 Bruce Fleisher (8)30 (Stableford)165,000
Feb 13ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,200,000 Lanny Wadkins (1)202 (−14)180,000
Feb 20GTE ClassicFlorida1,300,000 Bruce Fleisher (9)200 (−13)195,000
Feb 27LiquidGolf.com InvitationalFlorida1,200,000 Tom Wargo (4)202 (−14)180,000
Mar 5Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,300,000 Allen Doyle (5)136 (−6)195,000
Mar 12Audi Senior ClassicMexico1,500,000 Hubert Green (2)197 (−19)225,000
Mar 26Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,250,000 Gil Morgan (16)197 (−13)187,500
Apr 2The Countrywide TraditionArizona1,600,000 Tom Kite (1)280 (−8)240,000
Apr 16PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000 Doug Tewell (1)201 (−15)324,000
Apr 23Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000 Larry Nelson (6)197 (−19)210,000
Apr 30Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,300,000 John Jacobs (3)203 (−13)195,000
May 7The Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,300,000 Bruce Fleisher (10)203 (−13)195,000
May 14Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,450,000 Hale Irwin (26)207 (−9)217,500
May 21TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,300,000 Dana Quigley (4)198 (−18)195,000
May 28Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,500,000 Larry Nelson (7)200 (−16)225,000
Jun 4BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,500,000 Hale Irwin (27)198 (−18)225,000
Jun 11SBC Senior OpenIllinois1,400,000 Tom Kite (2)207 (−9)210,000
Jun 18SBC ChampionshipTexas1,100,000 Doug Tewell (2)202 (−14)165,000
Jun 25Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000 Lee Trevino (29)202 (−14)165,000
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenPennsylvania2,250,000 Hale Irwin (28)267 (−17)400,000
Jul 9State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,350,000 Leonard Thompson (2)205 (−11)202,500
Jul 16Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,300,000 Raymond Floyd (14)273 (−15)345,000
Jul 23The Instinet ClassicNew Jersey1,400,000 Gil Morgan (17)199 (−17)210,000
Jul 30Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,500,000 Bruce Fleisher (11)198 (−18)225,000
Aug 6Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,600,000 Ed Dougherty (1)197 (−19)240,000
Aug 13AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,450,000 Tom Jenkins (2)274 (−14)217,500
Aug 20Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,450,000 Doug Tewell (3)199 (−17)217,500
Aug 27FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,300,000 Larry Nelson (8)203 (−13)195,000
Sep 3Foremost Insurance ChampionshipMichigan1,100,000 Larry Nelson (9)198 (−18)165,000
Sep 10Comfort ClassicIndiana1,250,000 Gil Morgan (18)131 (−13)187,500
Sep 17Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,400,000 Hubert Green (3)200 (−10)210,000
Sep 24Bank One Senior ChampionshipTexas1,400,000 Larry Nelson (10)203 (−1)210,000
Oct 1Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Larry Nelson (11)198 (−12)225,000
Oct 8The TransamericaCalifornia1,100,000 Jim Thorpe (1)198 (−18)165,000
Oct 15Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,100,000 Jim Thorpe (2)195 (−21)165,000
Oct 22EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,100,000 Hale Irwin (29)198 (−15)165,000
Oct 29SBC Senior ClassicCalifornia1,400,000 Joe Inman (3)198 (−15)210,000
Nov 5IR Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,100,000 Tom Watson (2)270 (−18)365,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Gil Morgan United States68.83
2Larry Nelson United States68.87
3Bruce Fleisher United States69.01
4Hale Irwin United States69.16
5Tom Watson United States69.23

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Larry Nelson United States2,708,005306
2Bruce Fleisher United States2,373,977304
3Hale Irwin United States2,128,968244
4Gil Morgan United States1,873,216233
5Dana Quigley United States1,802,063391

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States11,774,45329
2Jim Colbert United States9,623,84419
3Lee Trevino United States9,211,21629
4Dave Stockton United States8,618,42614
5Bob Charles New Zealand8,284,08123

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
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 YearDoug Tewell United States
Comeback Player of the YearRaymond 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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