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2000 Senior PGA Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year2000
tourSenior PGA Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events40
most_winsUSA Larry Nelson (6)
honor1Money list
honoree1USA Larry Nelson
honor2Player of the Year
honoree2USA Larry Nelson
honor3Rookie of the Year
honoree3USA Doug Tewell
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nextseason2001

The 2000 Senior PGA Tour was the 21st 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 2000 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 23MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,200,000USA George Archer (19)
Feb 6Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,100,000USA Bruce Fleisher (8)
Feb 13ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,200,000USA Lanny Wadkins (1)
Feb 20GTE ClassicFlorida1,300,000USA Bruce Fleisher (9)
Feb 27LiquidGolf.com InvitationalFlorida1,200,000USA Tom Wargo (5)
Mar 5Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,300,000USA Allen Doyle (5)
Mar 12Audi Senior ClassicMexico1,500,000USA Hubert Green (2)New tournament
Mar 26Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,250,000USA Gil Morgan (16)
Apr 2The Countrywide TraditionArizona1,600,000USA Tom Kite (1)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 16PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000USA Doug Tewell (1)Senior major championship
Apr 23Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000USA Larry Nelson (6)
Apr 30Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,300,000USA John Jacobs (3)
May 7Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,300,000USA Bruce Fleisher (10)
May 14Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,450,000USA Hale Irwin (26)
May 21TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,300,000USA Dana Quigley (4)
May 28Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,500,000USA Larry Nelson (7)
Jun 4BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,500,000USA Hale Irwin (27)
Jun 11SBC Senior OpenIllinois1,400,000USA Tom Kite (2)
Jun 18SBC ChampionshipTexas1,100,000USA Doug Tewell (2)
Jun 25Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000USA Lee Trevino (29)
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenPennsylvania2,250,000USA Hale Irwin (28)Senior major championship
Jul 9State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,350,000USA Leonard Thompson (2)
Jul 16Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,300,000USA Raymond Floyd (14)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 23Instinet ClassicNew Jersey1,400,000USA Gil Morgan (17)
Jul 30Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£400,000IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr (4)Senior major championship
Jul 30Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,500,000USA Bruce Fleisher (11)
Aug 6Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,600,000USA Ed Dougherty (1)
Aug 13AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,450,000USA Tom Jenkins (2)
Aug 20Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,450,000USA Doug Tewell (3)
Aug 27FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,300,000USA Larry Nelson (8)
Sep 3Foremost Insurance ChampionshipMichigan1,100,000USA Larry Nelson (9)
Sep 10Comfort ClassicIndiana1,250,000USA Gil Morgan (18)
Sep 17Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,400,000USA Hubert Green (3)
Sep 24Bank One Senior ChampionshipTexas1,400,000USA Larry Nelson (10)
Oct 1Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000USA Larry Nelson (11)
Oct 8The TransamericaCalifornia1,100,000USA Jim Thorpe (1)
Oct 15Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,100,000USA Jim Thorpe (2)
Oct 22EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,100,000USA Hale Irwin (29)
Oct 29SBC Senior ClassicCalifornia1,400,000USA Joe Inman (3)
Nov 5IR Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,100,000USA Tom Watson (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 10Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000USA Raymond Floyd and
son Robert FloydTeam event

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1USA Larry Nelson2,708,005
2USA Bruce Fleisher2,373,977
3USA Hale Irwin2,128,968
4USA Gil Morgan1,873,216
5USA Dana Quigley1,802,063

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)USA Larry Nelsonurl=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/12/07/Larry-Nelson-tops-among-seniors/6159976165200/title=Larry Nelson tops among seniorswork=United Press Internationaldate=7 December 2000access-date=1 December 2023quote=Coming off a season in which he led the Senior Tour in victories and earnings, Larry Nelson received the Jack Nicklaus Award Thursday after being voted Player of the Year by his fellow peers. Doug Tewell claimed Rookie of the Year honors, while Raymond Floyd took home the Comeback Player of the Year Award.}}
Rookie of the YearUSA Doug Tewell
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)USA Gil Morgan
Comeback Player of the YearUSA Raymond Floyd

Notes

References

References

  1. "2000 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "2001 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour.
  3. "2000 Money list". PGA Tour.
  4. (7 December 2000). "Larry Nelson tops among seniors". United Press International.
  5. "2000 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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