2011 Champions Tour

2011 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 21, 2011 (2011-01-21) – November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)
Number of official events24
Most wins John Cook (3)
Tom Lehman (3)
Charles Schwab Cup Tom Lehman
Money list Tom Lehman
Player of the Year Tom Lehman
Rookie of the Year Kenny Perry
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The 2011 Champions Tour was the 32nd 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 2011 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a] Notes
Jan 23 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Hawaii 1,800,000 John Cook (6)
Feb 13 Allianz Championship Florida 1,800,000 Tom Lehman (3)
Feb 20 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,600,000 Bernhard Langer (14)
Mar 13 Toshiba Classic California 1,700,000 Nick Price (4)
Apr 3 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Mississippi 1,600,000 Tom Lehman (4)
Apr 17 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Florida 1,700,000 John Cook (7) Pro-Am
Apr 24 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Georgia 2,700,000 David Eger (4) and
Mark McNulty (8)		 Team event
May 8 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,200,000 Tom Lehman (5) Champions Tour major championship
May 29 Senior PGA Championship Kentucky 2,000,000 Tom Watson (14) Senior major championship
Jun 5 Principal Charity Classic Iowa 1,725,000 Bob Gilder (10)
Jun 12 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn North Carolina 1,750,000 Mark Wiebe (3)
Jun 26 Dick's Sporting Goods Open New York 1,750,000 John Huston (1)
Jul 3 Montreal Championship Canada 1,800,000 John Cook (8)
Jul 10 Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach California 1,600,000 Jeff Sluman (4)
Jul 24 The Senior Open Championship England 2,000,000 Russ Cochran (3) Senior major championship
Jul 31 U.S. Senior Open Ohio 2,600,000 Olin Browne (1) Senior major championship
Aug 7 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 Jay Haas (15)
Aug 21 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship New York 2,700,000 Fred Couples (5) Champions Tour major championship
Aug 28 Boeing Classic Washington 2,000,000 Mark Calcavecchia (1)
Sep 18 Songdo IBD Championship South Korea 3,000,000 Jay Don Blake (1)
Oct 2 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,100,000 Kenny Perry (1)
Oct 9 Insperity Championship Texas 1,700,000 Brad Faxon (1)
Oct 16 AT&T Championship Texas 1,800,000 Fred Couples (6)
Nov 6 Charles Schwab Cup Championship California 2,500,000 Jay Don Blake (2) Tour Championship

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 Lehman 2,422
2 Mark Calcavecchia 2,348
3 Peter Senior 1,874
4 Jay Don Blake 1,803
5 John Cook 1,798

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 Tom Lehman 2,081,526
2 Mark Calcavecchia 1,867,991
3 John Cook 1,747,075
4 Jay Don Blake 1,531,877
5 Russ Cochran 1,503,090

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Tom Lehman [5]
Rookie of the Year Kenny Perry [6]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Mark Calcavecchia [7]
Comeback Player of the Year Chip Beck [6]

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. ^ "2011 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "2011 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Blake wins finale, Lehman takes points title". The San Diego Union-Tribune. The Associated Press. November 6, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "2011 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Lehman named Champions Tour PoY". Golfweek. Associated Press. December 14, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Champions Tour Announcement". ASAP sports. December 14, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023. We also announced that Kenny Perry was named Rookie of the Year and Chip Beck was the Comeback Player of the Year on the Champions Tour.
  7. ^ "2011 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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