2017 PGA Tour Champions season

The 2017 PGA Tour Champions season is the 38th in which PGA Tour Champions, a golf tour for men age 50 and over, has operated. The tour officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour.

Tournament results

The following table shows the official money events for the 2017 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they will have on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Purse ($) Winner Score Winner's
share ($)
Jan 15Diamond Resorts Invitational^Florida750,000 Woody Austin (n/a)104 pts125,000
Jan 20Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (30)129 (−15)300,000
Feb 12Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,750,000 Scott McCarron (3)199 (−17)262,500
Feb 19Chubb ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Fred Couples (12)200 (−16)240,000
Mar 19Tucson Conquistadores ClassicArizona1,700,000 Tom Lehman (10)199 (−20)255,000
Apr 2Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4)203 (−13)240,000
Apr 16Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia1,800,000 Stephen Ames (1)201 (−15)270,000
Apr 23Bass Pro Shops Legends of GolfMissouri2,400,000 Carlos Franco (2) &
Vijay Singh (1)
93 (−15)230,000
each
May 7Insperity InvitationalTexas2,150,000 John Daly (1)202 (−14)322,500
May 21Regions TraditionAlabama2,300,000 Bernhard Langer (31)268 (−20)345,000
May 28KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipVirginia2,800,000 Bernhard Langer (32)270 (−18)540,000
Jun 11Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,750,000 Brandt Jobe (1)202 (−14)262,500
Jun 25American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin2,000,000 Fred Couples (13)201 (−15)300,000
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenMassachusetts4,000,000 Kenny Perry (9)264 (−16)720,000
Jul 16Constellation Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,800,000 Scott McCarron (4)270 (−18)420,000
Jul 30Senior Open ChampionshipWales1,905,400 Bernhard Langer (33)280 (−4)304,869
Aug 63M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Paul Goydos (5)196 (−20)262,500
Aug 20Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York2,000,000 Scott McCarron (5)196 (−20)300,000
Aug 27Boeing ClassicWashington2,100,000 Jerry Kelly (1)197 (−19)315,000
Sep 3Shaw Charity ClassicAlberta, Canada2,350,000 Scott McCarron (6)194 (−16)352,500
Sep 10Japan Airlines ChampionshipJapan2,500,000 Colin Montgomerie (5)202 (−14)375,000
Sep 17Pacific Links Bear Mountain ChampionshipBritish Columbia, Canada1,800,000 Jerry Kelly (2)199 (−14)270,000
Sep 24PURE Insurance ChampionshipCalifornia2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (34)198 (−17)300,000
Oct 15SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Colin Montgomerie (6)200 (−16)315,000
Oct 22Dominion Charity ClassicVirginia2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (35)200 (−16)305,000
Oct 29PowerShares QQQ ChampionshipCalifornia2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (36)205 (−11)305,000
Nov 12Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000 Kevin Sutherland (1)198 (−15)440,000

^ – unofficial event

Leaders

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Bernhard Langer Germany68.03
2Kevin Sutherland United States68.79
3Scott McCarron United States68.87
4Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain68.98
5Jerry Kelly United States69.34

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bernhard Langer Germany3,677,359227
2Scott McCarron United States2,674,195264
3Kevin Sutherland United States1,961,732231
4Kenny Perry United States1,728,070221
5Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain1,538,366191

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States27,076,47945
2Bernhard Langer Germany24,599,35036
3Gil Morgan United States20,617,66825
4Jay Haas United States17,859,48318
5Tom Kite United States16,213,40010

Source:[4]

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Bernhard Langer Germany
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Charles Schwab CupKevin Sutherland United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Rookie of the YearJerry Kelly United States

See also

References

  1. "2017 schedule". December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  2. "Scoring Average – 2017 PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  3. "Money Leaders – 2017 PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 2017 PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
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