Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse ($) | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 21 | MasterCard Championship | Hawaii | 1,400,000 |  Larry Nelson (12) | 197 (−19) | 240,000 |
| Feb 4 | Royal Caribbean Classic | Florida | 1,400,000 | Larry Nelson (13) | 29 (Stableford) | 210,000 |
| Feb 11 | ACE Group Classic | Florida | 1,400,000 | Gil Morgan (19) | 204 (−12) | 210,000 |
| Feb 18 | Verizon Classic | Florida | 1,400,000 | Bob Gilder (1) | 205 (−8) | 210,000 |
| Feb 25 | Mexico Senior Classic | Mexico | 1,500,000 | Mike McCullough (1) | 204 (−12) | 225,000 |
| Mar 4 | Toshiba Senior Classic | California | 1,400,000 |  José Maria Cañizares (1) | 202 (−11) | 210,000 |
| Mar 11 | SBC Senior Classic | California | 1,400,000 | Jim Colbert (20) | 204 (−12) | 210,000 |
| Mar 18 | Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley | California | 1,400,000 | Hale Irwin (30) | 206 (−10) | 210,000 |
| Mar 25 | Emerald Coast Classic | Florida | 1,400,000 | Mike McCullough (2) | 200 (−10) | 210,000 |
| Apr 15 | The Countrywide Tradition | Arizona | 1,700,000 | Doug Tewell (4) | 265 (−23) | 255,000 |
| Apr 22 | Las Vegas Senior Classic | Nevada | 1,400,000 | Bruce Fleisher (12) | 208 (−8) | 210,000 |
| Apr 29 | Bruno's Memorial Classic | Alabama | 1,400,000 | Hale Irwin (31) | 195 (−21) | 210,000 |
| May 6 | The Home Depot Invitational | North Carolina | 1,300,000 | Bruce Fleisher (13) | 201 (−15) | 195,000 |
| May 13 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship | Missouri | 2,000,000 | Leonard Thompson (3) | 1 up | 300,000 |
| May 20 | TD Waterhouse Championship | Missouri | 1,500,000 | Ed Dougherty (2) | 194 (−22) | 225,000 |
| May 27 | Senior PGA Championship | New Jersey | 2,000,000 | Tom Watson (3) | 274 (−14) | 360,000 |
| Jun 3 | BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland | Tennessee | 1,600,000 | Sammy Rachels (1) | 199 (−17) | 240,000 |
| Jun 10 | NFL Golf Classic | New Jersey | 1,200,000 | John Schroeder (1) | 207 (−9) | 180,000 |
| Jun 17 | The Instinet Classic | New Jersey | 1,500,000 | Gil Morgan (20) | 201 (−15) | 225,000 |
| Jun 24 | FleetBoston Classic | Massachusetts | 1,400,000 | Larry Nelson (14) | 201 (−15) | 210,000 |
| Jul 1 | U.S. Senior Open | Massachusetts | 2,400,000 | Bruce Fleisher (14) | 280 (E) | 430,000 |
| Jul 8 | Farmers Charity Classic | Michigan | 1,400,000 | Larry Nelson (15) | 202 (−14) | 210,000 |
| Jul 15 | Ford Senior Players Championship | Michigan | 2,400,000 | Allen Doyle (6) | 273 (−15) | 375,000 |
| Jul 22 | SBC Senior Open | Illinois | 1,400,000 | Dana Quigley (5) | 200 (−16) | 210,000 |
| Jul 29 | State Farm Senior Classic | Maryland | 1,450,000 | Allen Doyle (7) | 205 (−11) | 217,500 |
| Aug 5 | Lightpath Long Island Classic | New York | 1,700,000 | Bobby Wadkins (1) | 202 (−14) | 255,000 |
| Aug 12 | 3M Championship | Minnesota | 1,750,000 | Bruce Lietzke (1) | 207 (−9) | 262,500 |
| Aug 19 | Novell Utah Showdown | Utah | 1,500,000 | Steve Veriato (1) | 204 (−12) | 225,000 |
| Aug 26 | AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship | Canada | 1,600,000 | Walter Hall (1) | 199 (−15) | 240,000 |
| Sep 2 | Kroger Senior Classic | Ohio | 1,500,000 | Jim Thorpe (3) | 130 (−10) | 220,000 |
| Sep 9 | Allianz Championship | Iowa | 1,750,000 | Jim Thorpe (4) | 199 (−14) | 262,500 |
| Sep 16 | Vantage Championship | North Carolina | 1,600,000 | Canceled due to terrorist activities of September 11 |
| Sep 23 | SAS Championship | North Carolina | 1,600,000 | Bruce Lietzke (2) | 201 (−15) | 240,000 |
| Sep 30 | Gold Rush Classic | California | 1,300,000 | Tom Kite (3) | 194 (−22) | 195,000 |
| Oct 7 | Turtle Bay Championship | Hawaii | 1,500,000 | Hale Irwin (32) | 205 (−11) | 225,000 |
| Oct 14 | The Transamerica | California | 1,300,000 | Sammy Rachels (2) | 202 (−14) | 195,000 |
| Oct 21 | SBC Championship | Texas | 1,400,000 | Larry Nelson (16) | 199 (−17) | 210,000 |
| Oct 28 | Senior Tour Championship | Oklahoma | 2,500,000 | Bob Gilder (2) | 277 (−11) | 440,000 |
Source:[1]
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[2]
Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Allen Doyle | United States | 2,553,582 | 34 | 2 |
| 2 | Bruce Fleisher | United States | 2,411,543 | 31 | 3 |
| 3 | Hale Irwin | United States | 2,147,422 | 26 | 3 |
| 4 | Larry Nelson | United States | 2,109,936 | 28 | 5 |
| 5 | Gil Morgan | United States | 1,885,871 | 24 | 2 |
Source:[3]
Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin | United States | 13,921,875 | 32 |
| 2 | Jim Colbert | United States | 10,553,940 | 20 |
| 3 | Gil Morgan | United States | 9,749,317 | 20 |
| 4 | Lee Trevino | United States | 9,426,642 | 29 |
| 5 | Dave Stockton | United States | 9,140,870 | 14 |
Source:[4]