2017 PGA Tour Champions season

2017 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 18, 2017 (2017-01-18) – November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)
Number of official events26
Most wins Bernhard Langer (7)
Charles Schwab Cup Kevin Sutherland
Money list Bernhard Langer
Player of the Year Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the Year Jerry Kelly
2016
2018

The 2017 PGA Tour Champions season was the 38th season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions 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 2017 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Notes
Jan 20 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Hawaii 1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (30)
Feb 12 Allianz Championship Florida 1,750,000 Scott McCarron (3)
Feb 19 Chubb Classic Florida 1,600,000 Fred Couples (12)
Mar 19 Tucson Conquistadores Classic Arizona 1,700,000 Tom Lehman (10)
Apr 2 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Mississippi 1,600,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4)
Apr 16 Mitsubishi Electric Classic Georgia 1,800,000 Stephen Ames (1)
Apr 23 Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf Missouri 2,400,000 Carlos Franco (2) and
Vijay Singh (1)
Team event
May 7 Insperity Invitational Texas 2,150,000 John Daly (1)
May 21 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,300,000 Bernhard Langer (31) PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 28 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship Virginia 2,800,000 Bernhard Langer (32) Senior major championship
Jun 11 Principal Charity Classic Iowa 1,750,000 Brandt Jobe (1)
Jun 25 American Family Insurance Championship Wisconsin 2,000,000 Fred Couples (13)
Jul 2 U.S. Senior Open Massachusetts 4,000,000 Kenny Perry (9) Senior major championship
Jul 16 Constellation Senior Players Championship Maryland 2,800,000 Scott McCarron (4) PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 30 The Senior Open Championship Wales £1,500,000 Bernhard Langer (33) Senior major championship
Aug 6 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 Paul Goydos (5)
Aug 20 Dick's Sporting Goods Open New York 2,000,000 Scott McCarron (5)
Aug 27 Boeing Classic Washington 2,100,000 Jerry Kelly (1)
Sep 3 Shaw Charity Classic Canada 2,350,000 Scott McCarron (6)
Sep 10 Japan Airlines Championship Japan 2,500,000 Colin Montgomerie (5)
Sep 17 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship Canada 1,800,000 Jerry Kelly (2)
Sep 24 PURE Insurance Championship California 2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (34)
Oct 15 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,100,000 Colin Montgomerie (6)
Oct 22 Dominion Charity Classic Virginia 2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (35) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Oct 29 PowerShares QQQ Championship California 2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (36) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 12 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Arizona 2,500,000 Kevin Sutherland (1) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winner(s) Notes
Jan 15 Diamond Resorts Invitational Florida 750,000 Woody Austin New to PGA Tour Champions
Dec 17 PNC Father-Son Challenge Florida 1,085,000 Ángel Cabrera and
son Ángel Cabrera Jr.
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

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

Position Player Points
1 Kevin Sutherland 3,280
2 Bernhard Langer 2,234
3 Scott McCarron 2,100
4 Kenny Perry 1,834
5 Vijay Singh 1,640

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 Bernhard Langer 3,677,359
2 Scott McCarron 2,674,195
3 Kevin Sutherland 1,961,732
4 Kenny Perry 1,728,070
5 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1,538,366

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Bernhard Langer [4]
Rookie of the Year Jerry Kelly [5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Bernhard Langer [6]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Casey, Kevin (November 12, 2017). "Kevin Sutherland wins Schwab Cup despite Bernhard Langer's 7-win season". Golfweek. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "2017 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Golf: Old Master Langer back to Champion Tour Player of the Year". World Sports News. January 17, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jerry Kelly Named PGA Tour Champions Rookie Of The Year". The Golf Wire. January 23, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "2017 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.