2013 Champions Tour

The 2013 Champions Tour was the 34th 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 totaling $50,750,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer topped the end-of-season money list, winning $2,448,428. This was his second straight money title and fifth overall. Kenny Perry won the most tournaments, three. Fred Couples led the tour in scoring average for the second straight year and third time overall. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2013 season.[1] "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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScoreWinner's
share ($)
Jan 20Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 John Cook (9)199 (−17)309,000
Feb 10Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000 Rocco Mediate (1)[lower-alpha 1]199 (−17)270,000
Feb 17ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Bernhard Langer (17)204 (−12)240,000
Mar 17Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,750,000 David Frost (4)194 (−19)262,500
Mar 24Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000 Michael Allen (4)205 (−11)240,000
Apr 21Greater Gwinnett ChampionshipGeorgia1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (18)206 (−10)270,000
Apr 28Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of GolfGeorgia2,700,000 Brad Faxon (2) &
Jeff Sluman (5)		193 (−23)230,000
each
May 5Insperity ChampionshipTexas1,800,000 Esteban Toledo (1)210 (−6)270,000
May 26Senior PGA ChampionshipMissouri2,100,000 Kōki Idoki (1)273 (−11)378,000
Jun 2Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,750,000 Russ Cochran (4)205 (−11)262,500
Jun 9Regions TraditionAlabama2,200,000 David Frost (5)272 (−16)335,000
Jun 23Encompass ChampionshipIllinois1,800,000 Craig Stadler (9)203 (−13)270,000
Jun 30Constellation Senior Players ChampionshipPennsylvania2,700,000 Kenny Perry (3)261 (−19)405,000
Jul 14U.S. Senior OpenNebraska2,750,000 Kenny Perry (4)267 (−13)500,000
Jul 29The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,000,000 Mark Wiebe (4)271 (−9)392,000
Aug 43M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Tom Pernice Jr. (2)199 (−17)262,500
Aug 18Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,800,000 Bart Bryant (1)200 (−16)270,000
Aug 25Boeing ClassicWashington2,000,000 John Riegger (1)201 (−15)300,000
Sep 1Shaw Charity ClassicAlberta, Canada2,000,000 Rocco Mediate (2)191 (−22)300,000
Sep 8Montreal ChampionshipQuebec, Canada1,600,000 Esteban Toledo (2)211 (−5)240,000
Sep 22Pacific Links Hawai'i ChampionshipHawaii1,800,000 Mark Wiebe (5)205 (−11)270,000
Sep 29Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia1,800,000 Kirk Triplett (2)205 (−11)270,000
Oct 13SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Russ Cochran (5)199 (−17)315,000
Oct 20Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000 Michael Allen (5)197 (−13)240,000
Oct 27AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,900,000 Kenny Perry (5)203 (−13)285,000
Nov 3Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Fred Couples (9)267 (−17)440,000
  1. First tournament played on the PGA Tour Champions.[2]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Fred Couples United States68.64
2Bernhard Langer Germany68.92
3Kenny Perry United States69.21
4David Frost South Africa69.49
5Tom Lehman United States69.58

Source:[3]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bernhard Langer Germany2,448,428242
2Kenny Perry United States2,241,188203
3David Frost South Africa1,817,234252
4Fred Couples United States1,706,812151
5Russ Cochran United States1,458,583232

Source:[4]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States26,751,03645
2Gil Morgan United States20,375,20425
3Tom Kite United States15,836,65110
4Dana Quigley United States14,847,28611
5Bruce Fleisher United States14,836,38618

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Kenny Perry United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Charles Schwab CupKenny Perry United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Fred Couples United States
Rookie of the YearRocco Mediate United States

See also

References
  1. "Champions Tour announces 2013 tournament schedule". PGA Tour. December 19, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  2. "Mediate wins debut on Champions Tour". The Everett Herald. Associated Press. February 10, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  3. "Scoring Average – 2013 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Money Leaders – 2013 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 2013 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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