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1999 Senior PGA Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year1999
tourSenior PGA Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events39
most_winsUSA Bruce Fleisher (7)
honor1Money list
honoree1USA Bruce Fleisher
honor2Player of the Year
honoree2USA Bruce Fleisher
honor3Rookie of the Year
honoree3USA Bruce Fleisher
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The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of 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 1999 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 24MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,100,000USA John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,000,000USA Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000USA Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21GTE ClassicFlorida1,200,000USA Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,200,000USA Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,200,000USA Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000USA Bob Duval (1)
Apr 4The TraditionArizona1,500,000AUS Graham Marsh (6)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 18PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,750,000USA Allen Doyle (2)Senior major championship
Apr 25Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,200,000USA Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,200,000USA Larry Nelson (5)
May 9Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,400,000USA Hale Irwin (21)
May 16Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000ARG Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000USA Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,400,000USA Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000USA Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,400,000USA Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20Southwestern Bell DominionTexas1,100,000USA John Mahaffey (1)
Jun 27Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,000,000USA Hale Irwin (23)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,300,000IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
Jul 11U.S. Senior OpenIowa1,500,000USA Dave Eichelberger (4)Senior major championship
Jul 18Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000USA Hale Irwin (24)
Jul 25Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£560,000IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr (2)Senior major championship
Jul 25Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,500,000USA Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,350,000USA Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,200,000USA Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15Foremost Insurance ChampionshipMichigan1,000,000IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,200,000USA Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,350,000USA Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,200,000USA Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12Comfort ClassicIndiana1,200,000USA Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19Bank One ChampionshipTexas1,300,000USA Tom Watson (1)New tournament
Sep 26Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,400,000USA Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000USA Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10The TransamericaCalifornia1,100,000USA Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,000,000AUS David Graham (5)
Oct 24EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,000,000USA Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31Pacific Bell Senior ClassicCalifornia1,200,000USA Joe Inman (2)
Nov 7Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000USA Gary McCord (2)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)WinnersNotes
Dec 5Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000USA Jack Nicklaus and
son Gary NicklausTeam event

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1USA Bruce Fleisher2,515,705
2USA Hale Irwin2,025,232
3USA Allen Doyle1,911,640
4USA Larry Nelson1,513,524
5USA Gil Morgan1,493,282

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)USA Bruce Fleisherurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/107394616/title=Fleisher sweeps top Senior awardsnewspaper=The Indianapolis Starpage=33location=Indianapolis, Indianadate=8 December 1999access-date=2 December 2023via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription}}
Rookie of the YearUSA Bruce Fleisher
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)USA Bruce Fleisher
Comeback Player of the YearUSA Tom Jenkins

Notes

References

References

  1. "2000 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour.
  2. "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide {{!}} Tournament Chronology". PGA Tour.
  3. "1999 Money list". PGA Tour.
  4. (8 December 1999). "Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards". The Indianapolis Star.
  5. "1999 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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