1999 Senior PGA Tour

1999 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 22, 1999 (1999-01-22) – November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
Number of official events39
Most wins Bruce Fleisher (7)
Money list Bruce Fleisher
Player of the Year Bruce Fleisher
Rookie of the Year Bruce Fleisher
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The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a] Notes
Jan 24 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,100,000 John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 1,000,000 Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14 American Express Invitational Florida 1,200,000 Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21 GTE Classic Florida 1,200,000 Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,200,000 Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,200,000 Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,100,000 Bob Duval (1)
Apr 4 The Tradition Arizona 1,500,000 Graham Marsh (6) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 18 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,750,000 Allen Doyle (2) Senior major championship
Apr 25 Home Depot Invitational North Carolina 1,200,000 Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,200,000 Larry Nelson (5)
May 9 Nationwide Championship Georgia 1,400,000 Hale Irwin (21)
May 16 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada 1,400,000 Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23 Bell Atlantic Classic Pennsylvania 1,100,000 Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30 Boone Valley Classic Missouri 1,400,000 Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,100,000 Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,400,000 Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20 Southwestern Bell Dominion Texas 1,100,000 John Mahaffey (1)
Jun 27 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,000,000 Hale Irwin (23) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland 1,300,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
Jul 11 U.S. Senior Open Iowa 1,500,000 Dave Eichelberger (4) Senior major championship
Jul 18 Ameritech Senior Open Illinois 1,300,000 Hale Irwin (24)
Jul 25 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £560,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (2) Senior major championship[b]
Jul 25 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota 1,500,000 Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1 Novell Utah Showdown Utah 1,350,000 Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York 1,200,000 Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15 Foremost Insurance Championship Michigan 1,000,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22 BankBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,200,000 Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,350,000 Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri 1,200,000 Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12 Comfort Classic Indiana 1,200,000 Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19 Bank One Championship Texas 1,300,000 Tom Watson (1) New tournament
Sep 26 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,400,000 Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,500,000 Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10 The Transamerica California 1,100,000 Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17 Raley's Gold Rush Classic California 1,000,000 David Graham (5)
Oct 24 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 1,000,000 Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31 Pacific Bell Senior Classic California 1,200,000 Joe Inman (2)
Nov 7 Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship South Carolina 2,000,000 Gary McCord (2) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winners Notes
Dec 5 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 860,000 Jack Nicklaus and
son Gary Nicklaus		 Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Bruce Fleisher 2,515,705
2 Hale Irwin 2,025,232
3 Allen Doyle 1,911,640
4 Larry Nelson 1,513,524
5 Gil Morgan 1,493,282

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Bruce Fleisher [4]
Rookie of the Year Bruce Fleisher [4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Bruce Fleisher [5][4]
Comeback Player of the Year Tom Jenkins [4]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

  1. ^ "2000 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "1999 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. December 8, 1999. p. 33. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1999 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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