2012 Champions Tour

The 2012 Champions Tour was the 33rd 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 totaling $$46,700,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer topped the end-of-season money list, winning $2,140,296. Eight golfers won two tournaments each. Fred Couples 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 2012 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 ($)WinnerScoreWinner's
share ($)
Jan 22Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 Dan Forsman (3)201 (−15)307,000
Feb 12Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000 Corey Pavin (1)205 (−11)270,000
Feb 19ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Kenny Perry (2)196 (−20)240,000
Mar 18Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,750,000 Loren Roberts (13)205 (−8)262,500
Mar 25Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000 Fred Couples (7)202 (−14)240,000
Apr 15Encompass Insurance Pro-Am of Tampa BayFlorida1,600,000 Michael Allen (2)201 (−12)240,000
Apr 22Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of GolfGeorgia2,700,000 Michael Allen (3) &
David Frost (2)		187 (−29)230,000
(each)
May 6Insperity ChampionshipTexas1,700,000 Fred Funk (7)202 (−14)255,000
May 27Senior PGA ChampionshipMichigan2,000,000 Roger Chapman (1)271 (−17)378,000
Jun 3Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,750,000 Jay Haas (16)197 (−16)262,500
Jun 10Regions TraditionAlabama2,200,000 Tom Lehman (6)274 (−14)335,000
Jun 24Montreal ChampionshipQuebec, Canada1,800,000 Mark Calcavecchia (2)200 (−16)270,000
Jul 1Constellation Senior Players ChampionshipPennsylvania2,700,000 Joe Daley (1)266 (−14)405,000
Jul 8Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia1,700,000 Kirk Triplett (1)206 (−10)255,000
Jul 15U.S. Senior OpenMichigan2,600,000 Roger Chapman (2)270 (−10)500,000
Jul 29The Senior Open ChampionshipScotland2,000,000 Fred Couples (8)271 (−9)315,600
Aug 53M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Bernhard Langer (15)198 (−18)262,500
Aug 19Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,800,000 Willie Wood (1)203 (−13)270,000
Aug 26Boeing ClassicWashington2,000,000 Jay Don Blake (3)206 (−10)300,000
Sep 16Pacific Links Hawai'i ChampionshipHawaii1,800,000 Willie Wood (2)202 (−14)270,000
Oct 7SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Bernhard Langer (16)203 (−13)315,000
Oct 14Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000 Fred Funk (8)201 (−15)240,000
Oct 28AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,850,000 David Frost (3)208 (−8)277,500
Nov 4Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000 Tom Lehman (7)258 (−22)440,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Fred Couples United States68.52
2Bernhard Langer Germany68.76
3Tom Lehman United States68.92
4Kenny Perry United States69.52
5Michael Allen United States69.57

Source:[1]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bernhard Langer Germany2,140,296202
2Tom Lehman United States1,982,575192
3Michael Allen United States1,686,488222
4Fred Funk United States1,427,937222
5Jay Don Blake United States1,378,180241

Source:[2]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States26,587,27245
2Gil Morgan United States20,223,66025
3Tom Kite United States15,395,83810
4Dana Quigley United States14,836,33611
5Bruce Fleisher United States14,813,81518

Source:[3]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Tom Lehman United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Charles Schwab CupTom Lehman United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Fred Couples United States
Rookie of the YearKirk Triplett United States

See also

References
  1. "Scoring Average – 2012 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Money Leaders – 2012 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Career Money Leaders – 2012 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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