European Senior Tour

The European Senior Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was relaunched as the Legends Tour in 2020, having been known as the Staysure Tour in 2018 and 2019 after UK-based insurance company Staysure became the first-ever title sponsors of the tour in December 2017.[1][2]

Staysure Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 European Senior Tour
FormerlyEuropean Senior Tour
SportGolf
Founded1992
CountriesBased in Europe.
Current schedule includes tournaments in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and Mauritius.
Most titlesTommy Horton (5 titles)
Official websitehttp://www.europeantour.com/staysure-tour/

History

The Tour was founded in 1992 after calls from 60 leading professionals five years after the first Senior Open Championship in 1987. The highest profile event in Europe is the Senior British Open Championship, which is co-sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions; this will be played on the Old Course at St Andrew for the first time in 2018. The European Tour co-sanctions the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open. Prize money in latter does not count towards the Order of Merit, but since 2007 the former has been an official money event.[3]

Tour schedules

The table below summarises the development of the tour since 1999, which was the year that the euro became the currency of record for the tour. Individual tournaments have purses fixed in a mixture of British pounds, euros and U.S. dollars, so year on year changes in the total prize fund reflect exchange rate fluctuations as well as prize fund movements in constant currencies.

Year Tournaments Total purse (€)
2019 19
2018 19
2017 15
2016 13
2015 12 12,030,299
2014 14 6,957,767
2013 16 5,089,169
2012 16 7,454,025
2011 22 8,971,738
2010 21 9,043,584
2009 16 7,045,769
2008 18 7,729,284
2007 19 8,305,947
2006 17 6,346,453
2005 21 7,019,820
2004 20 6,340,626
2003 20 6,041,828
2002 19 5,497,811
2001 20 6,539,844
2000 20 4,714,254
1999 17 3,266,041

Order of Merit winners

The winner of the Order of Merit is awarded the John Jacobs Trophy.[4][5]

YearOrder of Merit leaderCountryEarnings (€)
2019Phillip Price Wales2887.8^
2018Paul Broadhurst England547,793
2017Clark Dennis United States222,055
2016Paul Broadhurst England399,285
2015Colin Montgomerie Scotland679,147
2014Colin Montgomerie Scotland624,543
2013Paul Wesselingh England311,644
2012Roger Chapman England356,751
2011Peter Fowler Australia302,327
2010Boonchu Ruangkit Thailand266,609
2009Sam Torrance Scotland170,696
2008Ian Woosnam Wales320,120
2007Carl Mason England412,376
2006Sam Torrance Scotland347,525
2005Sam Torrance Scotland277,421
2004Carl Mason England354,743
2003Carl Mason England350,242
2002Seiji Ebihara Japan330,211
2001Ian Stanley Australia287,025
2000Noel Ratcliffe Australia163,167
1999Tommy Horton England138,944
1998Tommy Horton England178,719
1997Tommy Horton England221,798
1996Tommy Horton England186,473
1995Brian Barnes Scotland89,068
1994John Morgan England80,093
1993Tommy Horton England79,709
1992John Fourie South Africa66,998

^ From 2019, the tour used a point-based system instead of prize money.

Leading career money winners

The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Senior Tour as of the end of the 2018 season.

RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)
1Bernhard Langer Germany2,811,071
2Carl Mason England2,757,126
3Colin Montgomerie Scotland1,943,628
4Nick Job England1,653,634
5Peter Fowler Australia1,652,178
6Barry Lane England1,571,534
7Tom Watson United States1,570,663
8Sam Torrance Scotland1,560,985
9Tommy Horton England1,527,506
10Bill Longmuir Scotland1,472,192

There is a full list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website here.

See also

References
  1. "Ground-breaking joint venture creates new Legends Tour". PGA European Tour. 1 September 2020.
  2. "Staysure to become first title sponsor of the European Senior Tour". PGA European Tour. 7 December 2017.
  3. "Strong Seniors contingent head to the United States". PGA European Tour. 21 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
  4. "John Jacobs Trophy winners". PGA European Tour. 14 October 2014.
  5. "European Senior Tour Order of Merit winners 1992 - 2015". PGA European Tour. 14 October 2014.
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