Champions Tour

The Champions Tour is a North American tournament series for professional golfers from the age of 50 years, which is run by the PGA Tour and around 30 tournaments each year keeps.

This senior tour was created from a highly successful event in 1978, the Legends of Golf, in the two- man teams, made ​​up of the famous golfers of yesteryear, competed against each other. Originally named the tournament series Senior PGA Tour in 2002 and got its present name. After reaching the required age limit here have some of the best professional golfers of all time, such as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, and a variety of the former, multiple majors winners played or are like Bernhard Langer active participants. The name of the tour so has its place.

In the 2007 season, all events were held, with the exception of the Senior British Open in the USA. The guaranteed prize money amounted to U.S. $ 54.1 million, or approximately 20% of undistributed in PGA Tour prize money and about as much as that of the Ladies Tour ( LPGA Tour ). For 2008, an additional tournament in the Dominican Republic was included, the guaranteed prize money for the then 29 events will amount to U.S. $ 55.2 million.

Most tournaments are played over three rounds (54 holes), one round less than the usual stroke play events of professional golfers. Therefore, there is usually also no cut. The five Senior Major Championships, however it is over four rounds, what the actual strongest players gives a better chance to win. Further, it is allowing participants to use a golf cart in most tournaments, here too the senior majors and some other events, such as Pro - Ams are excluded. This is otherwise strictly forbidden in regular professional tournaments.

Senior Major Championships

  • Senior PGA Championship ( first 1937 Major Champions Tour since 1980)
  • U.S. Senior Open ( Champions Tour Major Erstaustragung since 1980)
  • Senior Players Championship ( Champions Tour Major Erstaustragung since 1983)
  • The Senior Open Championship (first 1987 Major Champions Tour since 2003)
  • The Tradition ( Major Champions Tour since Erstaustragung 1989)

Winner of the money list

Weblink

  • Official website (English)
  • Golf Tour
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