2005 Champions Tour

2005 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 21, 2005 (2005-01-21) – October 30, 2005 (2005-10-30)
Number of official events28
Most wins Hale Irwin (4)
Charles Schwab Cup Tom Watson
Money list Dana Quigley
Player of the Year Dana Quigley
Rookie of the Year Jay Haas
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The 2005 Champions Tour was the 26th 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 2005 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a] Notes
Jan 23 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,600,000 Dana Quigley (9)
Jan 30 Turtle Bay Championship Hawaii 1,500,000 Hale Irwin (41)
Feb 20 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,600,000 Mark James (2)
Feb 28 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Florida 1,600,000 Hale Irwin (42) Pro-Am
Mar 13 SBC Classic California 1,550,000 Des Smyth (1)
Mar 20 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,650,000 Mark Johnson (1)
Apr 24 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Georgia 2,250,000 Des Smyth (2)
May 1 FedEx Kinko's Classic Texas 1,650,000 Jim Thorpe (10)
May 16 Blue Angels Classic Florida 1,500,000 Jim Thorpe (11)
May 22 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,500,000 D. A. Weibring (3)
May 29 Senior PGA Championship Pennsylvania 2,000,000 Mike Reid (1) Senior major championship
Jun 5 Allianz Championship Iowa 1,500,000 Tom Jenkins (6)
Jun 13 Bayer Advantage Classic Kansas 1,650,000 Dana Quigley (10)
Jun 26 Bank of America Championship Massachusetts 1,600,000 Mark McNulty (4)
Jul 3 Commerce Bank Championship New York 1,500,000 Ron Streck (1)
Jul 10 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,500,000 Peter Jacobsen (2) Champions Tour major championship
Jul 24 The Senior British Open Championship Scotland 1,800,000 Tom Watson (7) Senior major championship
Jul 31 U.S. Senior Open Ohio 2,600,000 Allen Doyle (10) Senior major championship
Aug 7 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 Tom Purtzer (3)
Aug 21 Boeing Greater Seattle Classic Washington 1,600,000 David Eger (2)
Aug 28 JELD-WEN Tradition Oregon 2,500,000 Loren Roberts (1) Champions Tour major championship
Sep 4 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach California 2,000,000 Hale Irwin (43)
Sep 18 Constellation Energy Classic Maryland 1,700,000 Bob Gilder (8)
Oct 2 SAS Championship North Carolina 1,900,000 Hale Irwin (44)
Oct 9 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn North Carolina 1,600,000 Jay Haas (1)
Oct 16 Administaff Small Business Classic Texas 1,600,000 Mark McNulty (5)
Oct 23 SBC Championship Texas 1,550,000 Jay Haas (2)
Oct 30 Charles Schwab Cup Championship California 2,500,000 Tom Watson (8) 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
Dec 4 MBNA WorldPoints Father/Son Challenge Florida 1,000,000 Bernhard Langer and
son Stefan Langer		 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 Tom Watson 2,980
2 Dana Quigley 2,733
3 Mark McNulty 2,210
4 Hale Irwin 2,001
5 Loren Roberts 1,846

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 Dana Quigley 2,170,258
2 Hale Irwin 1,983,596
3 Mark McNulty 1,791,452
4 D. A. Weibring 1,550,030
5 Tom Watson 1,532,482

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Dana Quigley [5]
Rookie of the Year Jay Haas [5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Mark McNulty [6]
Comeback Player of the Year Peter Jacobsen [5]

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. ^ "2005 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "2005 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "Tom Watson Captures the 2005 Charles Schwab Cup". The Golf Wire. November 1, 2005. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "2005 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "NASCAR annoyed with no-shows | Tour Golf". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyoming. December 7, 2005. p. 42 (D4 in paper). Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "2005 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
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