2011 Champions Tour

The 2011 Champions Tour was the 32nd 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 24 official money events with purses totalling $48,075,000, including five majors. Tom Lehman topped the end-of-season money list, winning $2,081,526. Lehman and John Cook won the most tournaments, three each. Mark Calcavecchia led the tour in scoring average. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2011 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 23Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 John Cook (6)194 (−22)305,000
Feb 13Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000 Tom Lehman (3)203 (−13)270,000
Feb 20The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Bernhard Langer (14)196 (−20)240,000
Mar 13Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000 Nick Price (4)196 (−17)255,000
Apr 3Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000 Tom Lehman (4)200 (−16)240,000
Apr 17Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000 John Cook (7)204 (−9)255,000
Apr 24Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,700,000 David Eger (4) &
/ Mark McNulty (8)		189 (−27)230,000
(each)
May 8Regions TraditionAlabama2,200,000 Tom Lehman (5)275 (−13)330,000
May 29Senior PGA ChampionshipKentucky2,000,000 Tom Watson (14)278 (−10)360,000
Jun 5Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000 Bob Gilder (10)199 (−14)258,750
Jun 12Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,750,000 Mark Wiebe (3)197 (−7)262,500
Jun 26Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,750,000 John Huston (1)200 (−16)262,500
Jul 3Montreal ChampionshipCanada1,800,000 John Cook (8)195 (−21)270,000
Jul 10Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia1,600,000 Jeff Sluman (4)206 (−10)240,000
Jul 24Senior British OpenEngland2,000,000 Russ Cochran (3)276 (−12)315,600
Jul 31U.S. Senior OpenOhio2,600,000 Olin Browne (1)269 (−15)500,000
Aug 73M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Jay Haas (15)201 (−15)262,500
Aug 21Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipNew York2,700,000 Fred Couples (5)273 (−11)405,000
Aug 28Boeing ClassicWashington2,000,000 Mark Calcavecchia (1)202 (−14)300,000
Sep 18Songdo IBD ChampionshipSouth Korea3,000,000 Jay Don Blake (1)203 (−13)456,000
Oct 2SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Kenny Perry (1)205 (−11)315,000
Oct 9Insperity ChampionshipTexas1,700,000 Brad Faxon (1)134 (−10)255,000
Oct 16AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,800,000 Fred Couples (6)193 (−23)270,000
Nov 6Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Jay Don Blake (2)276 (−8)440,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Mark Calcavecchia United States69.04
2Tom Lehman United States69.22
3Russ Cochran United States69.22
4Michael Allen United States69.47
5Nick Price Zimbabwe69.56

Source:[1]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Tom Lehman United States2,081,526213
2Mark Calcavecchia United States1,867,991221
3John Cook United States1,747,075233
4Jay Don Blake United States1,531,877202
5Russ Cochran United States1,503,090181

Source:[2]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States26,195,61545
2Gil Morgan United States20,010,74825
3Tom Kite United States14,883,50010
4Dana Quigley United States14,782,22311
5Bruce Fleisher United States14,721,41718

Source:[3]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Tom Lehman United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Tom Lehman United States
Charles Schwab CupTom Lehman United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Mark Calcavecchia United States
Rookie of the YearKenny Perry United States
Comeback Player of the YearChip Beck United States

See also

References
  1. "Scoring Average – 2011 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Money Leaders – 2011 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Career Money Leaders – 2011 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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