2004 Champions Tour

2004 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 23, 2004 (2004-01-23) – October 24, 2004 (2004-10-24)
Number of official events30
Most wins Craig Stadler (5)
Charles Schwab Cup Hale Irwin
Money list Craig Stadler
Player of the Year Craig Stadler
Rookie of the Year Mark McNulty
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The 2004 Champions Tour was the 25th season of the Champions Tour (formerly 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 2004 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a] Notes
Jan 25 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,600,000 Fuzzy Zoeller (2)
Feb 8 Royal Caribbean Golf Classic Florida 1,450,000 Bruce Fleisher (17)
Feb 15 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,600,000 Craig Stadler (4)
Feb 22 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Florida 1,600,000 Mark McNulty (1) Pro-Am
Mar 7 MasterCard Classic Mexico 2,000,000 Ed Fiori (1)
Mar 14 SBC Classic California 1,500,000 Gil Morgan (23)
Mar 21 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,600,000 Tom Purtzer (2)
Apr 18 Blue Angels Classic Florida 1,500,000 Tom Jenkins (5)
Apr 25 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Georgia 3,100,000 Hale Irwin (39)
May 2 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,500,000 Bruce Fleisher (18)
May 9 FedEx Kinko's Classic Texas 1,600,000 Larry Nelson (18)
May 23 Allianz Championship Iowa 1,500,000 D. A. Weibring (2)
May 31 Senior PGA Championship Kentucky 2,000,000 Hale Irwin (40) Senior major championship
Jun 6 Farmers Charity Classic Michigan 1,600,000 Jim Thorpe (8)
Jun 13 Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am Missouri 1,650,000 Allen Doyle (9) Pro-Am
Jun 27 Bank of America Championship Massachusetts 1,550,000 Craig Stadler (5)
Jul 4 Commerce Bank Long Island Classic New York 1,500,000 Jim Thorpe (9)
Jul 11 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,500,000 Mark James (1) Champions Tour major championship
Jul 25 The Senior British Open Championship Northern Ireland 1,600,000 Pete Oakley (1) Senior major championship
Aug 1 U.S. Senior Open Missouri 2,600,000 Peter Jacobsen (1) Senior major championship
Aug 8 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 Tom Kite (7)
Aug 22 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn North Carolina 1,600,000 Doug Tewell (8)
Aug 29 JELD-WEN Tradition Oregon 2,300,000 Craig Stadler (6) Champions Tour major championship
Sep 5 First Tee Open at Pebble Beach California 2,000,000 Craig Stadler (7) New tournament
Sep 12 Kroger Classic Ohio 1,500,000 Bruce Summerhays (3)
Sep 26 SAS Championship North Carolina 1,800,000 Craig Stadler (8)
Oct 3 Constellation Energy Classic Maryland 1,600,000 Wayne Levi (2)
Oct 10 Administaff Small Business Classic Texas 1,600,000 Larry Nelson (19) New tournament
Oct 17 SBC Championship Texas 1,500,000 Mark McNulty (2)
Oct 24 Charles Schwab Cup Championship California 2,500,000 Mark McNulty (3) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winners Notes
Nov 21 UBS Cup South Carolina 3,000,000 Team USA Team event
Dec 5 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 1,000,000 Larry Nelson and
son Josh Nelson		 Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3]

Position Player Points
1 Hale Irwin 3,427
2 Craig Stadler 3,388
3 Tom Kite 2,981
4 Peter Jacobsen 2,471
5 Mark McNulty 2,417

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Craig Stadler 2,306,066
2 Hale Irwin 2,035,397
3 Tom Kite 1,831,211
4 Gil Morgan 1,606,453
5 Bruce Fleisher 1,537,571

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Craig Stadler [5]
Rookie of the Year Mark McNulty [5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Craig Stadler [6]
Comeback Player of the Year Hubert Green [7]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Champions Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Champions Tour members.

References

  1. ^ "2004 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "2004 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "McNulty takes cash; Irwin earns cup". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. October 25, 2004. p. 40 (C10 in paper). Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2004 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Stadler Chosen Champions Tour POY". NBC Sports. Sports Network. December 6, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2023. Mark McNulty, a native of Zimbabwe, won the Rookie of the Year honors...
  6. ^ "2004 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "Green gains perspective". Los Angeles Times. March 18, 2005. Retrieved November 29, 2023. He returned in April and completed 16 events, earning Champions Tour Comeback Player of the Year for the second time in three seasons.
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