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2006 Champions Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year2007
tourChampions Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events28
most_winsUSA Jay Haas (4)
USA Loren Roberts (4)
honor1Charles Schwab Cup
honoree1USA Jay Haas
honor2Money list
honoree2USA Jay Haas
honor3Player of the Year
honoree3USA Jay Haas
honor4Rookie of the Year
honoree4ARG Eduardo Romero
prevseason[2005](2005-champions-tour)
nextseason[2007](2007-champions-tour)

USA Loren Roberts (4) The 2006 Champions Tour was the 27th 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 2006 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 22MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,700,000USA Loren Roberts (2)
Jan 29Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000USA Loren Roberts (3)
Feb 19ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000USA Loren Roberts (4)
Feb 26Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000USA Jerry Pate (1)Pro-Am
Mar 12AT&T ClassicCalifornia1,600,000USA Tom Kite (8)
Mar 20Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,650,000USA Brad Bryant (1)
Apr 2Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf ClassicMexico1,600,000USA Morris Hatalsky (3)New tournament
Apr 23Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,500,000USA Jay Haas (3)
Apr 30FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000USA Jay Haas (4)
May 7Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,600,000USA Brad Bryant (2)
May 14Boeing Championship at SandestinFlorida1,600,000USA Bobby Wadkins (2)
May 28**Senior PGA Championship**Oklahoma2,000,000USA **Jay Haas** (5)Senior major championship
Jun 4Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000USA Gil Morgan (24)
Jun 11Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts–*Canceled*
Jun 25Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000USA John Harris (1)
Jul 2Greater Kansas City Golf ClassicKansas1,650,000USA Dana Quigley (11)
Jul 9**U.S. Senior Open**Kansas2,600,000USA **Allen Doyle** (11)Senior major championship
Jul 16**Ford Senior Players Championship**Michigan2,500,000USA **Bobby Wadkins** (3)Champions Tour major championship
Jul 30**[The Senior British Open Championship](2006-senior-open-championship)**Scotland1,800,000USA **Loren Roberts** (5)Senior major championship
Aug 6[3M Championship](3m-championship)Minnesota1,750,000USA David Edwards (1)
Aug 20Boeing Greater Seattle ClassicWashington1,600,000USA Tom Kite (9)
Aug 27**JELD-WEN Tradition**Oregon2,500,000ARG **Eduardo Romero** (1)Champions Tour major championship
Sep 3Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000USA Scott Simpson (1)
Sep 17Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,700,000USA Bob Gilder (9)
Oct 1Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000USA Andy Bean (1)
Oct 8SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,000,000USA Tom Jenkins (7)
Oct 15Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,600,000USA Jay Haas (6)
Oct 23AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,600,000USA Fred Funk (1)
Oct 30Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000USA Jim Thorpe (12)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)WinnersNotes
Dec 3Del Webb Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000DEU Bernhard Langer and
son Stefan LangerTeam event

Charles Schwab Cup

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

PositionPlayerPoints
1USA Jay Haas3,053
2USA Loren Roberts3,033
3USA Tom Kite1,910
4USA Brad Bryant1,685
5ARG Eduardo Romero1,546

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1USA Jay Haas2,420,227
2USA Loren Roberts2,365,395
3USA Brad Bryant1,692,417
4USA Tom Kite1,643,348
5USA Gil Morgan1,525,050

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)USA Jay Haasurl=https://thegolfwire.com/111317-2/title=Jay Haas Named Champions Tour Player Of The Year; Eduardo Romero Wins Rookie Of The Year Award And Tim Simpson Comeback Player Of The Yearwork=The Golf Wiredate=December 4, 2006access-date=November 29, 2023}}
Rookie of the YearARG Eduardo Romero
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)USA Loren Roberts
Comeback Player of the YearUSA Tim Simpson

Notes

References

References

  1. "2006 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "2006 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour.
  3. (October 31, 2006). "Haas' Cup Win Wraps Up Champions Tour Season". Golf Channel.
  4. "2006 Money list". PGA Tour.
  5. (December 4, 2006). "Jay Haas Named Champions Tour Player Of The Year; Eduardo Romero Wins Rookie Of The Year Award And Tim Simpson Comeback Player Of The Year". The Golf Wire.
  6. "2006 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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