2019 European Senior Tour

The 2019 Staysure Tour was the 28th season of the European Senior Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour. The season was officially called the Staysure Tour after UK-based insurance company Staysure.

Schedule

The 2019 schedule consisted of 19 events.

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Senior Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.

Date Tournament Host country Winner Notes
6 Apr Jordan Mixed Open Jordan José Cóceres (n/c)
Highest placed senior		 Co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour and Ladies European Tour.
Points earned towards the Order of Merit based only
on other golfers from the European Senior Tour.
26 May KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship United States Ken Tanigawa (n/a) Senior major championship
1 Jun Senior Italian Open Italy Barry Lane (7)
9 Jun Arras Open Senior Hauts de France France Peter Baker (1) New tournament
23 Jun Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship England Jean-François Remésy (2) New tournament
30 Jun U.S. Senior Open United States Steve Stricker (n/a) Senior major championship
7 Jul Swiss Seniors Open Switzerland José Cóceres (1)
14 Jul European Tour Destinations Senior Classic Spain José Manuel Carriles (1)
21 Jul WINSTONgolf Senior Open Germany Clark Dennis (5)
28 Jul Senior Open Championship England Bernhard Langer (7) Senior major championship
4 Aug Staysure PGA Seniors Championship England Phillip Price (2)
18 Aug Scottish Senior Open Scotland Paul Lawrie (1)
1 Sep The Sinclair Invitational England David Shacklady (2)
22 Sep Paris Legends Championship France David Shacklady (3)
29 Sep Murhof Legends – Austrian Senior Open Austria José Cóceres (2) New tournament
6 Oct Farmfoods European Senior Masters England Thomas Levet (1)
1 Dec MCB Tour Championship – Madagascar Madagascar Barry Lane (8) New tournament
7 Dec MCB Tour Championship – Seychelles Seychelles Peter Fowler (7)
15 Dec MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius Mauritius Jarmo Sandelin (1)

    For the tour schedule on the European Senior Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.

    Qualifying school

    The qualifying school was played in Portugal in late January 2019. There were two 36-hole "stage 1" events with the leading players in these events joining a number of exempt players in the 72-hole final stage. There were just five qualifying places available for the 2019 season.[1] There was a cut after 54 holes with players more than eight shots away from the fifth qualifying place not playing the final round.

    The following five players gained their places on the 2019 tour:[2]

    #PlayerNotes
    1 Tim Thelen
    2 José Manuel Carriles
    3 Dan Olsen
    4 André Bossert
    T5 Stuart Little

    Little beat Peter Wilson with a birdie at the second playoff hole.

    Order of Merit leaders

    A points-based system was used instead of one based on prize money. Tournaments had different points values with the three majors carrying 10,000 points and the remaining 16 events carrying between 2,500 and 4,500 points.

    RankPlayerCountryPoints
    1Phillip Price Wales2887.8
    2James Kingston South Africa2526.2
    3David Shacklady England2196.4
    4Jean-François Remésy France2136.8
    5Peter Fowler Australia2131.5
    6Barry Lane England2123.7
    7José Cóceres Argentina2091.2
    8Paul Broadhurst England2020.0
    9Bernhard Langer Germany1954.9
    10Peter Baker England1661.3

    There is a complete list on the official site here.

    References
    1. "Record number of entrants set for Staysure Tour Qualifying School". PGA European Tour.
    2. "Thelen triumphs as five earn cards at Staysure Tour Q-School". PGA European Tour. 31 January 2019.
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