2010 Champions Tour

The 2010 Champions Tour was the 31st 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 26 official money events with purses totalling $51,475,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer topped the end-of-season money list for an unprecedented third consecutive year, winning $2,648,939, and also won the most tournaments, five. Fred Couples had a spectacularly successful rookie season. He finished second in the first tournament he entered, followed by wins in his next three events. Couples finished the season with four wins, was second to Langer on the money list, and set a tour record for lowest scoring average (67.96). The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2010 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. No golfer won on his Champions Tour debut this season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 24Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 Tom Watson (13)194 (−22)315,000
Feb 14The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Fred Couples (1)199 (−17)240,000
Feb 21Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,700,000 Bernhard Langer (9)199 (−17)255,000
Mar 7Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000 Fred Couples (2)195 (−18)255,000
Mar 28Cap Cana ChampionshipDominican Republic1,600,000 Fred Couples (3)195 (−21)240,000
Apr 18Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000 Bernhard Langer (10)133 (−9)255,000
Apr 25Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,700,000 Mark O'Meara (1) &
Nick Price (2)		188 (−28)230,000
(each)
May 2Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000 David Eger (3)205 (−11)240,000
May 16Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,700,000 Dan Forsman (2)196 (−20)255,000
May 30Senior PGA ChampionshipColorado2,000,000 Tom Lehman (2)281 (−7)360,000
Jun 6Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000 Nick Price (3)199 (−14)258,750
Jun 27Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,700,000 Loren Roberts (12)201 (−15)255,000
Jul 4Montreal ChampionshipCanada1,800,000 Larry Mize (1)199 (−17)270,000
Jul 25Senior British OpenScotland2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (11)279 (−5)315,600
Aug 1U.S. Senior OpenWashington2,600,000 Bernhard Langer (12)272 (−8)470,000
Aug 83M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 David Frost (1)191 (−25)262,500
Aug 22JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,600,000 Fred Funk (6)276 (−12)392,000
Aug 29Boeing ClassicWashington1,900,000 Bernhard Langer (13)198 (−18)285,000
Sep 5Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia1,800,000 Ted Schulz (1)202 (−14)270,000
Sep 12Posco E&C Songdo ChampionshipSouth Korea3,000,000 Russ Cochran (1)204 (−12)450,000
Sep 26SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Russ Cochran (2)202 (−14)315,000
Oct 3Ensure Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,750,000 Gary Hallberg (1)198 (−18)262,500
Oct 10Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,700,000 Mark O'Meara (2)273 (−7)405,000
Oct 24Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000 Fred Couples (4)199 (−17)255,000
Oct 31AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,750,000 Rod Spittle (1)201 (−12)262,500
Nov 7Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 John Cook (5)267 (−17)440,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Fred Couples United States67.96
2Nick Price Zimbabwe69.09
3Bernhard Langer Germany69.18
4Tom Lehman United States69.49
5Corey Pavin United States69.53

Source:[1]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bernhard Langer Germany2,648,939235
2Fred Couples United States2,344,894174
3John Cook United States1,924,305251
4Russ Cochran United States1,754,003252
5Nick Price Zimbabwe1,457,815182

Source:[2]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States25,570,80445
2Gil Morgan United States19,855,65325
3Dana Quigley United States14,715,85711
4Bruce Fleisher United States14,592,35018
5Tom Kite United States14,525,66210

Source:[3]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Bernhard Langer Germany
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Charles Schwab CupBernhard Langer Germany
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Fred Couples United States
Rookie of the YearFred Couples United States
Comeback Player of the YearKen Green United States

See also

References
  1. "Scoring Average – 2010 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Money Leaders – 2010 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Career Money Leaders – 2010 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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