2009 Champions Tour

The 2009 Champions Tour was the 30th 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 25 official money events with purses totalling $48,875,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2009 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 25Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (5)198 (−18)315,000
Feb 15Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,700,000 Mike Goodes (1)201 (−15)255,000
Feb 22The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Loren Roberts (9)209 (−7)240,000
Mar 8Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000 Eduardo Romero (5)202 (−11)255,000
Mar 15AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000 Dan Forsman (1)205 (−11)240,000
Mar 29Cap Cana ChampionshipDominican Republic2,100,000 Keith Fergus (2)203 (−13)315,000
Apr 19Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000 Nick Price (1)204 (−9)255,000
Apr 26Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,600,000 Bernhard Langer (6) &
Tom Lehman (1)		189 (−27)225,000
(each)
May 17Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,700,000 Keith Fergus (3)132 (−12)255,000
May 24Senior PGA ChampionshipOhio2,000,000 Michael Allen (1)274 (−6)360,000
May 31Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000 Mark McNulty (7)203 (−10)258,750
Jun 7Triton Financial ClassicTexas1,600,000 Bernhard Langer (7)201 (−15)240,000
Jun 28Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,650,000 Lonnie Nielsen (2)195 (−21)247,500
Jul 123M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Bernhard Langer (8)200 (−16)262,500
Jul 26Senior British OpenEngland2,000,000 Loren Roberts (10)268 (−12)315,600
Aug 2U.S. Senior OpenIndiana2,600,000 Fred Funk (5)268 (−20)470,000
Aug 23JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,700,000 Mike Reid (2)272 (−16)392,000
Aug 30Boeing ClassicWashington1,800,000 Loren Roberts (11)198 (−18)270,000
Sep 6Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,100,000 Jeff Sluman (3)206 (−10)315,000
Sep 20Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,750,000 Jay Haas (13)198 (−18)262,500
Sep 27SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Tom Pernice Jr. (1)203 (−13)315,000
Oct 4Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,700,000 Jay Haas (14)267 (−13)405,000
Oct 18Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000 John Cook (3)205 (−11)255,000
Oct 25AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,700,000 Phil Blackmar (1)203 (−10)255,000
Nov 1Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 John Cook (4)266 (−22)442,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Bernhard Langer Germany68.92
2Jay Haas United States69.25
3Loren Roberts United States69.65
4Mark O'Meara United States69.69
5Tom Watson United States69.69

Source:[1]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bernhard Langer Germany2,139,451204
2Loren Roberts United States1,960,613223
3John Cook United States1,798,664232
4Jay Haas United States1,758,395212
5Fred Funk United States1,563,810211

Source:[2]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States25,217,82645
2Gil Morgan United States19,600,90425
3Dana Quigley United States14,634,84111
4Bruce Fleisher United States14,406,86218
5Tom Kite United States13,727,37310

Source:[3]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Bernhard Langer Germany
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Charles Schwab CupLoren Roberts United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Rookie of the YearRuss Cochran United States

See also

References
  1. "Scoring Average – 2009 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Money Leaders – 2009 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Career Money Leaders – 2009 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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