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2008 Champions Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year2008
tourChampions Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events29
most_winsDEU Bernhard Langer (3)
ARG Eduardo Romero (3)
honor1Charles Schwab Cup
honoree1USA Jay Haas
honor2Money list
honoree2DEU Bernhard Langer
honor3Player of the Year
honoree3DEU Bernhard Langer
honor4Rookie of the Year
honoree4DEU Bernhard Langer
prevseason2007
nextseason2009

ARG Eduardo Romero (3) The 2008 Champions Tour was the 29th 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 2008 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 20MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,800,000USA Fred Funk (3)
Jan 27Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000USA Jerry Pate (2)
Feb 10Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,650,000USA Scott Hoch (2)
Feb 17ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000USA Scott Hoch (3)
Mar 9Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000DEU Bernhard Langer (2)
Mar 16AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000ZWE Denis Watson (3)
Mar 30Ginn Championship Hammock Beach ResortFlorida2,500,000DEU Bernhard Langer (3)
Apr 6Cap Cana ChampionshipDominican Republic2,000,000USA Mark Wiebe (2)New tournament
Apr 20Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000USA Tom Watson (11)Pro-Am
Apr 27Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,600,000USA Andy North (1) and
USA Tom Watson (12)Team event
May 4FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000ZWE Denis Watson (4)
May 18Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,700,000USA Andy Bean (2)
May 25Senior PGA ChampionshipNew York2,000,000USA Jay Haas (11)Senior major championship
Jun 1Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000USA Jay Haas (12)
Jun 22Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,650,000USA Jeff Sluman (1)
Jun 29Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,600,000USA Loren Roberts (8)
Jul 6Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,600,000ARG Eduardo Romero (2)
Jul 203M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000USA R.W. Eaks (3)
Jul 27The Senior Open ChampionshipScotland2,000,000USA Bruce Vaughan (1)Senior major championship
Aug 3U.S. Senior OpenColorado2,600,000ARG Eduardo Romero (3)Senior major championship
Aug 17JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,600,000USA Fred Funk (4)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 24Boeing ClassicWashington1,700,000USA Tom Kite (10)
Aug 31Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,100,000USA Jeff Sluman (2)
Sep 14Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,700,000USA R.W. Eaks (4)
Sep 28SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000ARG Eduardo Romero (4)
Oct 12Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,600,000USA D. A. Weibring (5)Champions Tour major championship
Oct 19Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000DEU Bernhard Langer (4)
Oct 26AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,650,000USA John Cook (2)
Nov 2Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000USA Andy Bean (3)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 2Del Webb Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000USA Larry Nelson and
son Drew NelsonTeam 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 Haas2,556
2USA Fred Funk2,544
3DEU Bernhard Langer2,460
4ARG Eduardo Romero2,032
5USA John Cook1,867

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1DEU Bernhard Langer2,035,073
2USA Jay Haas1,991,726
3USA Fred Funk1,825,931
4USA Jeff Sluman1,728,443
5USA John Cook1,721,038

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)DEU Bernhard Langerurl=http://www.pgatour.com/2008/s/12/15/langer/index.htmltitle=Champions Tour Player/Rookie of the Year: Bernhard Langerpublisher=PGA Tourdate=16 December 2008access-date=28 November 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217141844/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/s/12/15/langer/index.htmlarchive-date=17 December 2008quote=The World Golf Hall of Fame member also had the lowest scoring average of the season.}}
Rookie of the YearDEU Bernhard Langer
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)DEU Bernhard Langerurl=https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions/stats/detail/108title=2008 Scoring averagepublisher=PGA Touraccess-date=28 November 2023}}

Notes

References

References

  1. "2008 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "2008 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour.
  3. (1 November 2008). "Win For Bean, Cup To Haas".
  4. "2008 Money list". PGA Tour.
  5. (16 December 2008). "Champions Tour Player/Rookie of the Year: Bernhard Langer". PGA Tour.
  6. "2008 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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