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2012 Champions Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2012
tour	Champions Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	24
most_wins	USA Michael Allen (2)
ENG Roger Chapman (2)
USA Fred Couples (2)
ZAF David Frost (2)
USA Fred Funk (2)
DEU Bernhard Langer (2)
USA Tom Lehman (2)
USA Willie Wood (2)
honor1	Charles Schwab Cup
honoree1	USA Tom Lehman
honor2	Money list
honoree2	DEU Bernhard Langer
honor3	Player of the Year
honoree3	USA Tom Lehman
honor4	Rookie of the Year
honoree4	USA Kirk Triplett
prevseason	2011
nextseason	2013

ENG Roger Chapman (2) USA Fred Couples (2) ZAF David Frost (2) USA Fred Funk (2) DEU Bernhard Langer (2) USA Tom Lehman (2) USA Willie Wood (2) The 2012 Champions Tour was the 33rd 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.

Changes for 2012

Two of the Champions Tour major championships; the Regions Tradition and the Constellation Senior Players Championship saw changes in dates on the schedule from 2011. The Regions Tradition was moved from June to May, with the Constellation Senior Players Championship was moved from the fall season to being played in June/July.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(US$)	Winner	Notes
Jan 22	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	Hawaii	1,800,000	USA Dan Forsman (3)
Feb 12	Allianz Championship	Florida	1,800,000	USA Corey Pavin (1)
Feb 19	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,600,000	USA Kenny Perry (2)
Mar 18	Toshiba Classic	California	1,750,000	USA Loren Roberts (13)
Mar 25	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic	Mississippi	1,600,000	USA Fred Couples (7)
Apr 15	Encompass Insurance Pro-Am of Tampa Bay	Florida	1,600,000	USA Michael Allen (2)	Pro-Am
Apr 22	Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf	Georgia	2,700,000	USA Michael Allen (3) and
ZAF David Frost (2)	Team event
May 6	Insperity Championship	Texas	1,700,000	USA Fred Funk (7)
May 27	Senior PGA Championship	Michigan	2,000,000	ENG Roger Chapman (1)	Senior major championship
Jun 3	Principal Charity Classic	Iowa	1,750,000	USA Jay Haas (16)
Jun 10	Regions Tradition	Alabama	2,200,000	USA Tom Lehman (6)	Champions Tour major championship
Jun 24	Montreal Championship	Canada	1,800,000	USA Mark Calcavecchia (2)
Jul 1	Constellation Senior Players Championship	Pennsylvania	2,700,000	USA Joe Daley (1)	Champions Tour major championship
Jul 8	Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	California	1,700,000	USA Kirk Triplett (1)
Jul 15	U.S. Senior Open	Michigan	2,600,000	ENG Roger Chapman (2)	Senior major championship
Jul 29	The Senior Open Championship	Scotland	2,000,000	USA Fred Couples (8)	Senior major championship
Aug 5	3M Championship	Minnesota	1,750,000	DEU Bernhard Langer (15)
Aug 19	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	New York	1,800,000	USA Willie Wood (1)
Aug 26	Boeing Classic	Washington	2,000,000	USA Jay Don Blake (3)
Sep 16	Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship	Hawaii	1,800,000	USA Willie Wood (2)	New tournament
Oct 7	SAS Championship	North Carolina	2,100,000	DEU Bernhard Langer (16)
Oct 14	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	North Carolina	1,600,000	USA Fred Funk (8)
Oct 28	AT&T Championship	Texas	1,850,000	ZAF David Frost (3)
Nov 4	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	Arizona	2,500,000	USA Tom Lehman (7)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
($)	Winners	Notes
Dec 16	PNC Father-Son Challenge	Florida	1,085,000	USA Davis Love III and
son Dru Love	Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

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

Position	Player	Points
1	USA Tom Lehman	3,082
2	DEU Bernhard Langer	2,647
3	USA Fred Couples	1,846
4	ENG Roger Chapman	1,806
5	USA Fred Funk	1,405

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	DEU Bernhard Langer	2,140,296
2	USA Tom Lehman	1,982,575
3	USA Michael Allen	1,686,488
4	USA Fred Funk	1,427,937
5	USA Jay Don Blake	1,378,180

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	USA Tom Lehman	url=https://www.scottishgolfview.com/2012/12/y-champions-tour-staff-ponte-vedra.html	title=Tom Lehman is Champions Tour Player of the Year	work=Scottish Golf View	first=Colin	last=Farquharson	date=14 December 2012	access-date=26 November 2023	quote=Kirk Triplett was named the Champions Tour Rookie of the Year... Fred Couples claimed the Byron Nelson Award as the Champions Tour scoring leader. With a 68.52 scoring average for the year...}}
Rookie of the Year	USA Kirk Triplett
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	USA Fred Couples

Notes

References

(22 December 2011). "Champions Tour announces 2012 schedule".
"2012 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour.
"2012 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour.
(4 November 2012). "Tom Lehman wins Champions Tour finale, points title". USA Today.
"2012 Money list". PGA Tour.
Farquharson, Colin. (14 December 2012). "Tom Lehman is Champions Tour Player of the Year". Scottish Golf View.
"2012 Scoring average". PGA Tour.

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