2018 PGA Tour Champions season

The 2018 PGA Tour Champions season is the 39th 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 2018 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 14Diamond Resorts Invitational^Florida760,000 Scott Parel (n/a)93 pts125,000
Jan 20Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 Jerry Kelly (3)198 (−18)305,000
Feb 11Boca Raton ChampionshipFlorida1,600,000 Mark Calcavecchia (4)200 (−16)240,000
Feb 18Chubb ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Joe Durant (3)197 (−19)240,000
Mar 4Cologuard ClassicArizona1,700,000 Steve Stricker (1)205 (−14)255,000
Mar 11Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,800,000 Vijay Singh (2)202 (−11)270,000
Mar 25Rapiscan Systems ClassicMississippi1,600,000 Steve Stricker (2)205 (−11)240,000
Apr 15Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia1,800,000 Steve Flesch (1)205 (−11)270,000
Apr 22Bass Pro Shops Legends of GolfMissouri1,800,000 Paul Broadhurst (3) &
Kirk Triplett (6)		194 (−24)171,000
each
May 6Insperity InvitationalTexas2,200,000 Bernhard Langer (37)205 (−11)330,000
May 20Regions TraditionAlabama2,400,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (5)269 (−19)360,000
May 27KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipMichigan3,000,000 Paul Broadhurst (4)265 (−19)585,000
Jun 10Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,750,000 Tom Lehman (11)131 (−13)262,500
Jun 24American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin2,000,000 Scott McCarron (7)201 (−15)300,000
Jul 1U.S. Senior OpenColorado4,000,000 David Toms (1)277 (−3)720,000
Jul 15Constellation Senior Players ChampionshipIllinois2,800,000 Vijay Singh (3)268 (−20)420,000
Jul 29The Senior Open ChampionshipScotland2,000,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6)276 (−12)314,330
Aug 53M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Kenny Perry (10)195 (−21)262,500
Aug 19Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York2,050,000 Bart Bryant (2)200 (−16)307,500
Aug 26Boeing ClassicWashington2,100,000 Scott Parel (1)198 (−18)315,000
Sep 2Shaw Charity ClassicAlberta, Canada2,350,000 Scott McCarron (8)195 (−15)352,500
Sep 16The Ally ChallengeMichigan2,000,000 Paul Broadhurst (5)201 (−15)300,000
Sep 23Sanford InternationalSouth Dakota1,800,000 Steve Stricker (3)197 (−13)270,000
Sep 30PURE Insurance ChampionshipCalifornia2,100,000 Ken Tanigawa (1)205 (−10)315,000
Oct 14SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Bernhard Langer (38)194 (−22)315,000
Oct 21Dominion Energy Charity ClassicVirginia2,000,000 Woody Austin (4)205 (−11)305,000
Oct 28Invesco QQQ ChampionshipCalifornia2,000,000 Scott Parel (2)205 (−11)305,000
Nov 11Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000 Vijay Singh (4)262 (−22)440,000
Dec 16PNC Father Son Challenge^Florida1,085,000Davis Love III and Dru Love

^ – unofficial event

Leaders

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Bernhard Langer Germany69.01
2Jerry Kelly United States69.12
3Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain69.18
4Scott McCarron United States69.38
5Scott Parel United States69.40

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bernhard Langer Germany2,222,154242
2Scott McCarron United States2,008,618262
3Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain1,939,093212
4Jerry Kelly United States1,922,495241
5Scott Parel United States1,854,190262

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States27,111,05445
2Bernhard Langer Germany26,821,50438
3Gil Morgan United States20,625,99025
4Jay Haas United States18,428,07818
5Tom Kite United States16,251,19310

Source:[4]

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)Bernhard Langer Germany
Rookie of the YearKen Tanigawa United States

See also

References
  1. "2018 schedule". Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  2. "Scoring Average – 2018 PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  3. "Money Leaders – 2018 PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 2018 PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
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