2001 Senior PGA Tour

The 2001 Senior PGA Tour was the 22nd season since the Senior PGA Tour, now known as PGA Tour Champions, officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 37 official money events with purses totalling $58,150,000 (not including the Vantage Championship which was canceled due to terrorist activities of September 11), including four majors. Larry Nelson won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 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 21MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,400,000 Larry Nelson (12)197 (−19)240,000
Feb 4Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,400,000 Larry Nelson (13)29 (Stableford)210,000
Feb 11ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,400,000 Gil Morgan (19)204 (−12)210,000
Feb 18Verizon ClassicFlorida1,400,000 Bob Gilder (1)205 (−8)210,000
Feb 25Mexico Senior ClassicMexico1,500,000 Mike McCullough (1)204 (−12)225,000
Mar 4Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,400,000 José María Cañizares (1)202 (−11)210,000
Mar 11SBC Senior ClassicCalifornia1,400,000 Jim Colbert (20)204 (−12)210,000
Mar 18Siebel Classic in Silicon ValleyCalifornia1,400,000 Hale Irwin (30)206 (−10)210,000
Mar 25Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,400,000 Mike McCullough (2)200 (−10)210,000
Apr 15The Countrywide TraditionArizona1,700,000 Doug Tewell (4)265 (−23)255,000
Apr 22Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000 Bruce Fleisher (12)208 (−8)210,000
Apr 29Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,400,000 Hale Irwin (31)195 (−21)210,000
May 6The Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,300,000 Bruce Fleisher (13)201 (−15)195,000
May 13Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play ChampionshipMissouri2,000,000 Leonard Thompson (3)1 up300,000
May 20TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,500,000 Ed Dougherty (2)194 (−22)225,000
May 27Senior PGA ChampionshipNew Jersey2,000,000 Tom Watson (3)274 (−14)360,000
Jun 3BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,600,000 Sammy Rachels (1)199 (−17)240,000
Jun 10NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,200,000 John Schroeder (1)207 (−9)180,000
Jun 17The Instinet ClassicNew Jersey1,500,000 Gil Morgan (20)201 (−15)225,000
Jun 24FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,400,000 Larry Nelson (14)201 (−15)210,000
Jul 1U.S. Senior OpenMassachusetts2,400,000 Bruce Fleisher (14)280 (E)430,000
Jul 8Farmers Charity ClassicMichigan1,400,000 Larry Nelson (15)202 (−14)210,000
Jul 15Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,400,000 Allen Doyle (6)273 (−15)375,000
Jul 22SBC Senior OpenIllinois1,400,000 Dana Quigley (5)200 (−16)210,000
Jul 29State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,450,000 Allen Doyle (7)205 (−11)217,500
Aug 5Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,700,000 Bobby Wadkins (1)202 (−14)255,000
Aug 123M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Bruce Lietzke (1)207 (−9)262,500
Aug 19Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,500,000 Steve Veriato (1)204 (−12)225,000
Aug 26AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,600,000 Walter Hall (1)199 (−15)240,000
Sep 2Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,500,000 Jim Thorpe (3)130 (−10)220,000
Sep 9Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,750,000 Jim Thorpe (4)199 (−14)262,500
Sep 16Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,600,000Canceled due to terrorist activities of September 11
Sep 23SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,600,000 Bruce Lietzke (2)201 (−15)240,000
Sep 30Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,300,000 Tom Kite (3)194 (−22)195,000
Oct 7Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000 Hale Irwin (32)205 (−11)225,000
Oct 14The TransamericaCalifornia1,300,000 Sammy Rachels (2)202 (−14)195,000
Oct 21SBC ChampionshipTexas1,400,000 Larry Nelson (16)199 (−17)210,000
Oct 28Senior Tour ChampionshipOklahoma2,500,000 Bob Gilder (2)277 (−11)440,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Gil Morgan United States69.20
2Hale Irwin United States69.29
3Allen Doyle United States69.41
4Bruce Fleisher United States69.52
5Tom Kite United States69.80

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Allen Doyle United States2,553,582342
2Bruce Fleisher United States2,411,543313
3Hale Irwin United States2,147,422263
4Larry Nelson United States2,109,936285
5Gil Morgan United States1,885,871242

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States13,921,87532
2Jim Colbert United States10,553,94020
3Gil Morgan United States9,749,31720
4Lee Trevino United States9,426,64229
5Dave Stockton United States9,140,87014

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Allen Doyle United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Allen Doyle United States
Charles Schwab CupAllen Doyle United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Gil Morgan United States
Rookie of the YearBob Gilder United States
Comeback Player of the YearJohn Schroeder United States

See also

References
  1. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 33–34. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Scoring Average – 2001 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Money Leaders – 2001 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 2001 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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