2005 Champions Tour

The 2005 Champions Tour was the 26th 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 28 official money events with purses totalling $51,200,000, including five majors. Hale Irwin won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2005 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 23MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000United States Dana Quigley (9)198 (−18)272,000
Jan 30Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (41)200 (−20)225,000
Feb 20The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000England Mark James (2)203 (−13)240,000
Feb 28Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000United States Hale Irwin (42)134 (−8)240,000
Mar 13SBC ClassicCalifornia1,550,000Republic of Ireland Des Smyth (1)211 (−5)232,500
Mar 20Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,650,000United States Mark Johnson (1)200 (−13)247,500
Apr 24Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,250,000Republic of Ireland Des Smyth (2)208 (−8)382,000
May 1FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,650,000United States Jim Thorpe (10)206 (−10)247,500
May 16Blue Angels ClassicFlorida1,500,000United States Jim Thorpe (11)194 (−16)225,000
May 22Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,500,000United States D. A. Weibring (3)201 (−15)225,000
May 29Senior PGA ChampionshipPennsylvania2,000,000United States Mike Reid (1)280 (−8)360,000
Jun 5Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000United States Tom Jenkins (6)204 (−9)225,000
Jun 13Bayer Advantage ClassicKansas1,650,000United States Dana Quigley (10)133 (−11)248,000
Jun 26Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,600,000Zimbabwe Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty (4)204 (−12)240,000
Jul 3Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000United States Ron Streck (1)197 (−16)225,000
Jul 10Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000United States Peter Jacobsen (2)273 (−15)375,000
Jul 24Senior British OpenScotland1,800,000United States Tom Watson (7)280 (−4)274,099
Jul 31U.S. Senior OpenOhio2,600,000United States Allen Doyle (10)274 (−10)470,000
Aug 73M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States Tom Purtzer (3)201 (−15)262,500
Aug 21Boeing Greater Seattle ClassicWashington1,600,000United States David Eger (2)199 (−17)240,000
Aug 28JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,500,000United States Loren Roberts (1)273 (−15)375,000
Sep 4Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000United States Hale Irwin (43)203 (−13)300,000
Sep 18Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,700,000United States Bob Gilder (8)198 (−18)255,000
Oct 2SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,900,000United States Hale Irwin (44)203 (−13)285,000
Oct 9Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000United States Jay Haas (1)200 (−16)240,000
Oct 16Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,600,000Zimbabwe Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty (5)200 (−16)240,000
Oct 23SBC ChampionshipTexas1,550,000United States Jay Haas (2)199 (−14)232,500
Oct 30Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000United States Tom Watson (8)272 (−16)440,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Mark McNulty Zimbabwe
 Ireland		69.41
2Dana Quigley United States69.64
3Craig Stadler United States69.65
4Morris Hatalsky United States69.68
5D. A. Weibring United States69.84

Source:[1]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Dana Quigley United States2,170,258272
2Hale Irwin United States1,983,596224
3Mark McNulty Zimbabwe
 Ireland		1,791,452232
4D. A. Weibring United States1,550,030251
5Tom Watson United States1,532,482132

Source:[2]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States22,576,56144
2Gil Morgan United States15,683,42223
3Bruce Fleisher United States12,825,90918
4Larry Nelson United States12,373,80519
5Dana Quigley United States12,333,49110

Source:[3]

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Dana Quigley United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Dana Quigley United States
Charles Schwab CupTom Watson United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Mark McNulty Zimbabwe
 Ireland
Rookie of the YearJay Haas United States
Comeback Player of the YearPeter Jacobsen United States

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Scoring Average – 2005 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Money Leaders – 2005 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Career Money Leaders – 2005 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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