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2010 Champions Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year2010
tourChampions Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events26
most_winsDEU Bernhard Langer (5)
honor1Charles Schwab Cup
honoree1DEU Bernhard Langer
honor2Money list
honoree2DEU Bernhard Langer
honor3Player of the Year
honoree3DEU Bernhard Langer
honor4Rookie of the Year
honoree4USA Fred Couples
prevseason[2009](2009-champions-tour)
nextseason[2011](2011-champions-tour)

The 2010 Champions Tour was the 31st 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 2010 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 24Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000USA Tom Watson (13)
Feb 14ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000USA Fred Couples (1)
Feb 21Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,700,000DEU Bernhard Langer (9)
Mar 7Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000USA Fred Couples (2)
Mar 28Cap Cana ChampionshipDominican Republic1,600,000USA Fred Couples (3)
Apr 18Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000DEU Bernhard Langer (10)Pro-Am
Apr 25Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,700,000USA Mark O'Meara (1) and
ZWE Nick Price (2)Team event
May 2Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000USA David Eger (3)New tournament
May 16Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,700,000USA Dan Forsman (2)
May 30**Senior PGA Championship**Colorado2,000,000USA **Tom Lehman** (2)Senior major championship
Jun 6Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000ZWE Nick Price (3)
Jun 27Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,700,000USA Loren Roberts (12)
Jul 4Montreal ChampionshipCanada1,800,000USA Larry Mize (1)New tournament
Jul 25**[The Senior Open Championship](2010-senior-open-championship)**Scotland2,000,000DEU **Bernhard Langer** (11)Senior major championship
Aug 1**[U.S. Senior Open](2010-u-s-senior-open)**Washington2,600,000DEU **Bernhard Langer** (12)Senior major championship
Aug 8[3M Championship](3m-championship)Minnesota1,750,000RSA David Frost (1)
Aug 22**JELD-WEN Tradition**Oregon2,600,000USA **Fred Funk** (6)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 29Boeing ClassicWashington1,900,000DEU Bernhard Langer (13)
Sep 5Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia1,800,000USA Ted Schulz (1)
Sep 12Posco E&C Songdo ChampionshipSouth Korea3,000,000USA Russ Cochran (1)New tournament
Sep 26SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000USA Russ Cochran (2)
Oct 3Ensure Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,750,000USA Gary Hallberg (1)
Oct 10**Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship**Maryland2,700,000USA **Mark O'Meara** (2)Champions Tour major championship
Oct 24Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000USA Fred Couples (4)
Oct 31AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,750,000CAN Rod Spittle (1)
Nov 7Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000USA John Cook (5)Tour Championship

Charles Schwab Cup

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

PositionPlayerPoints
1DEU Bernhard Langer3,597
2USA Fred Couples2,771
3USA John Cook2,451
4USA Michael Allen1,846
5USA Russ Cochran1,818

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1DEU Bernhard Langer2,648,939
2USA Fred Couples2,344,894
3USA John Cook1,924,305
4USA Russ Cochran1,754,003
5ZIM Nick Price1,457,815

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)DEU Bernhard Langerurl=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2010/12/06/langer-wins-champions-tour-player-year/title=Langer wins Champions Tour Player of Yearmagazine=Golfweekagency=Associated Pressdate=6 December 2010access-date=27 November 2023quote=Fred Couples was voted Champions Tour rookie of the year, while Ken Green was comeback player of the year for returning to competition after losing his left leg in crash that killed his girlfriend and brother.}}
Rookie of the YearUSA Fred Couples
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)USA Fred Couples
Comeback Player of the YearUSA Ken Green

Notes

References

References

  1. "2010 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "2010 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour.
  3. (8 November 2010). "You're Some Langer. Bernhard win Charles Schwab Cup". Golf Central Daily.
  4. "2010 Money list". PGA Tour.
  5. (6 December 2010). "Langer wins Champions Tour Player of Year".
  6. "2010 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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