The 2004 Champions Tour was the 25th season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 30 official money events with purses totalling $53,932,400, including five majors. Craig Stadler won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2004 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Champions Tour debut are shown in italics.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse ($) | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 25 | MasterCard Championship | Hawaii | 1,600,000 |  Fuzzy Zoeller (2) | 196 (−20) | 268,000 |
| Feb 8 | Royal Caribbean Golf Classic | Florida | 1,450,000 | Bruce Fleisher (17) | 210 (−6) | 217,500 |
| Feb 15 | The ACE Group Classic | Florida | 1,600,000 | Craig Stadler (4) | 206 (−10) | 240,000 |
| Feb 22 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | Florida | 1,600,000 |   Mark McNulty (1) | 200 (−13) | 241,000 |
| Mar 7 | MasterCard Classic | Mexico | 2,000,000 | Ed Fiori (1) | 210 (−6) | 300,000 |
| Mar 14 | SBC Classic | California | 1,500,000 | Gil Morgan (23) | 202 (−14) | 225,000 |
| Mar 21 | Toshiba Senior Classic | California | 1,600,000 | Tom Purtzer (2) | 198 (−15) | 240,000 |
| Apr 18 | Blue Angels Classic | Florida | 1,500,000 | Tom Jenkins (5) | 196 (−14) | 225,500 |
| Apr 25 | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf | Georgia | 3,100,000 | Hale Irwin (39) | 205 (−11) | 364,000 |
| May 2 | Bruno's Memorial Classic | Alabama | 1,500,000 | Bruce Fleisher (18) | 200 (−16) | 225,000 |
| May 9 | FedEx Kinko's Classic | Texas | 1,600,000 | Larry Nelson (18) | 209 (−7) | 240,000 |
| May 23 | Allianz Championship | Iowa | 1,500,000 | D. A. Weibring (2) | 204 (−9) | 225,000 |
| May 31 | Senior PGA Championship | Kentucky | 2,000,000 | Hale Irwin (40) | 276 (−8) | 360,000 |
| Jun 6 | Farmers Charity Classic | Michigan | 1,600,000 | Jim Thorpe (8) | 203 (−13) | 240,000 |
| Jun 13 | Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am | Missouri | 1,650,000 | Allen Doyle (9) | 131 (−13) | 247,500 |
| Jun 27 | Bank of America Championship | Massachusetts | 1,550,000 | Craig Stadler (5) | 201 (−15) | 232,500 |
| Jul 4 | Commerce Bank Long Island Classic | New York | 1,500,000 | Jim Thorpe (9) | 201 (−9) | 225,000 |
| Jul 11 | Ford Senior Players Championship | Michigan | 2,500,000 |  Mark James (1) | 275 (−13) | 375,000 |
| Jul 25 | Senior British Open | Northern Ireland | 1,832,400 | Pete Oakley (1) | 284 (−4) | 289,153 |
| Aug 1 | U.S. Senior Open | Missouri | 2,600,000 | Peter Jacobsen (1) | 272 (−12) | 470,000 |
| Aug 8 | 3M Championship | Minnesota | 1,750,000 | Tom Kite (7) | 203 (−13) | 262,500 |
| Aug 22 | Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn | North Carolina | 1,600,000 | Doug Tewell (8) | 202 (−14) | 240,000 |
| Aug 29 | JELD-WEN Tradition | Oregon | 2,300,000 | Craig Stadler (6) | 275 (−13) | 345,000 |
| Sep 5 | The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | California | 2,000,000 | Craig Stadler (7) | 201 (−15) | 300,000 |
| Sep 12 | Kroger Classic | Ohio | 1,500,000 | Bruce Summerhays (3) | 201 (−15) | 225,000 |
| Sep 26 | SAS Championship | North Carolina | 1,800,000 | Craig Stadler (8) | 199 (−17) | 270,000 |
| Oct 3 | Constellation Energy Classic | Maryland | 1,600,000 | Wayne Levi (2) | 200 (−16) | 240,000 |
| Oct 10 | Administaff Small Business Classic | Texas | 1,600,000 | Larry Nelson (19) | 202 (−14) | 240,000 |
| Oct 17 | SBC Championship | Texas | 1,500,000 | Mark McNulty (2) | 195 (−19) | 240,000 |
| Oct 24 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | California | 2,500,000 | Mark McNulty (3) | 277 (−11) | 440,000 |
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[1]
Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Craig Stadler | United States | 2,306,066 | 21 | 5 |
| 2 | Hale Irwin | United States | 2,035,397 | 23 | 2 |
| 3 | Tom Kite | United States | 1,831,211 | 27 | 1 |
| 4 | Gil Morgan | United States | 1,606,453 | 26 | 1 |
| 5 | Bruce Fleisher | United States | 1,537,571 | 28 | 2 |
Source:[2]
Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin | United States | 20,592,965 | 40 |
| 2 | Gil Morgan | United States | 14,319,252 | 23 |
| 3 | Larry Nelson | United States | 12,023,819 | 19 |
| 4 | Bruce Fleisher | United States | 12,005,344 | 18 |
| 5 | Jim Colbert | United States | 11,310,740 | 20 |
Source:[3]