2004 Champions Tour

The 2004 Champions Tour was the 25th season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 30 official money events with purses totalling $53,932,400, including five majors. Craig Stadler 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 2004 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 Champions Tour debut are shown in italics.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 25MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000 Fuzzy Zoeller (2)196 (−20)268,000
Feb 8Royal Caribbean Golf ClassicFlorida1,450,000 Bruce Fleisher (17)210 (−6)217,500
Feb 15The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Craig Stadler (4)206 (−10)240,000
Feb 22Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000 Mark McNulty (1)200 (−13)241,000
Mar 7MasterCard ClassicMexico2,000,000 Ed Fiori (1)210 (−6)300,000
Mar 14SBC ClassicCalifornia1,500,000 Gil Morgan (23)202 (−14)225,000
Mar 21Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,600,000 Tom Purtzer (2)198 (−15)240,000
Apr 18Blue Angels ClassicFlorida1,500,000 Tom Jenkins (5)196 (−14)225,500
Apr 25Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia3,100,000 Hale Irwin (39)205 (−11)364,000
May 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,500,000 Bruce Fleisher (18)200 (−16)225,000
May 9FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000 Larry Nelson (18)209 (−7)240,000
May 23Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000 D. A. Weibring (2)204 (−9)225,000
May 31Senior PGA ChampionshipKentucky2,000,000 Hale Irwin (40)276 (−8)360,000
Jun 6Farmers Charity ClassicMichigan1,600,000 Jim Thorpe (8)203 (−13)240,000
Jun 13Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-AmMissouri1,650,000 Allen Doyle (9)131 (−13)247,500
Jun 27Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,550,000 Craig Stadler (5)201 (−15)232,500
Jul 4Commerce Bank Long Island ClassicNew York1,500,000 Jim Thorpe (9)201 (−9)225,000
Jul 11Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000 Mark James (1)275 (−13)375,000
Jul 25Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland1,832,400 Pete Oakley (1)284 (−4)289,153
Aug 1U.S. Senior OpenMissouri2,600,000 Peter Jacobsen (1)272 (−12)470,000
Aug 83M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Tom Kite (7)203 (−13)262,500
Aug 22Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000 Doug Tewell (8)202 (−14)240,000
Aug 29JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,300,000 Craig Stadler (6)275 (−13)345,000
Sep 5The First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000 Craig Stadler (7)201 (−15)300,000
Sep 12Kroger ClassicOhio1,500,000 Bruce Summerhays (3)201 (−15)225,000
Sep 26SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,800,000 Craig Stadler (8)199 (−17)270,000
Oct 3Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,600,000 Wayne Levi (2)200 (−16)240,000
Oct 10Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,600,000 Larry Nelson (19)202 (−14)240,000
Oct 17SBC ChampionshipTexas1,500,000 Mark McNulty (2)195 (−19)240,000
Oct 24Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Mark McNulty (3)277 (−11)440,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Craig Stadler United States69.30
2Hale Irwin United States69.58
3Gil Morgan United States69.76
4Tom Kite United States69.98
5Mark McNulty Zimbabwe
 Ireland		70.03

Source:[1]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Craig Stadler United States2,306,066215
2Hale Irwin United States2,035,397232
3Tom Kite United States1,831,211271
4Gil Morgan United States1,606,453261
5Bruce Fleisher United States1,537,571282

Source:[2]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States20,592,96540
2Gil Morgan United States14,319,25223
3Larry Nelson United States12,023,81919
4Bruce Fleisher United States12,005,34418
5Jim Colbert United States11,310,74020

Source:[3]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Craig Stadler United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Craig Stadler United States
Charles Schwab CupHale Irwin United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Craig Stadler United States
Rookie of the YearMark McNulty Zimbabwe
 Ireland
Comeback Player of the YearHubert Green United States

See also

References
  1. "Scoring Average – 2004 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Money Leaders – 2004 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Career Money Leaders – 2004 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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