The 2006 Champions Tour was the 27th 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 $50,950,000, including five majors. One other tournament, the Bank of America Championship, with a purse of $1,600,000, was canceled due to severe weather. Jay Haas and Loren Roberts won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2006 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse ($) | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 22 | MasterCard Championship at Hualalai | Hawaii | 1,700,000 |  Loren Roberts (2) | 191 (−25) | 290,000 |
| Jan 29 | Turtle Bay Championship | Hawaii | 1,500,000 | Loren Roberts (3) | 204 (−12) | 225,000 |
| Feb 19 | The ACE Group Classic | Florida | 1,600,000 | Loren Roberts (4) | 202 (−14) | 240,000 |
| Feb 26 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | Florida | 1,600,000 | Jerry Pate (1) | 202 (−11) | 240,000 |
| Mar 12 | AT&T Classic | California | 1,600,000 | Tom Kite (8) | 204 (−12) | 240,000 |
| Mar 20 | Toshiba Classic | California | 1,650,000 | Brad Bryant (1) | 204 (−9) | 247,500 |
| Apr 2 | Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic | Mexico | 1,600,000 | Morris Hatalsky (3) | 207 (−9) | 240,000 |
| Apr 23 | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf | Georgia | 2,500,000 | Jay Haas (3) | 201 (−15) | 395,000 |
| Apr 30 | FedEx Kinko's Classic | Texas | 1,600,000 | Jay Haas (4) | 205 (−11) | 240,000 |
| May 7 | Regions Charity Classic | Alabama | 1,600,000 | Brad Bryant (2) | 199 (−17) | 240,000 |
| May 14 | The Boeing Championship at Sandestin | Florida | 1,600,000 | Bobby Wadkins (2) | 203 (−10) | 240,000 |
| May 28 | Senior PGA Championship | Oklahoma | 2,000,000 | Jay Haas (5) | 279 (−5) | 360,000 |
| Jun 4 | Allianz Championship | Iowa | 1,500,000 | Gil Morgan (24) | 197 (−16) | 225,000 |
| Jun 11 | Bank of America Championship | Massachusetts | 1,600,000 | Canceled (severe weather) |
| Jun 25 | Commerce Bank Championship | New York | 1,500,000 | John Harris (1) | 202 (−11) | 225,000 |
| Jul 2 | Greater Kansas City Golf Classic | Kansas | 1,650,000 | Dana Quigley (11) | 198 (−18) | 248,000 |
| Jul 9 | U.S. Senior Open | Kansas | 2,600,000 | Allen Doyle (11) | 272 (−8) | 470,000 |
| Jul 16 | Ford Senior Players Championship | Michigan | 2,500,000 | Bobby Wadkins (3) | 274 (−14) | 375,000 |
| Jul 30 | Senior British Open | Scotland | 1,800,000 | Loren Roberts (5) | 274 (−6) | 293,981 |
| Aug 6 | 3M Championship | Minnesota | 1,750,000 | David Edwards (1) | 204 (−12) | 262,500 |
| Aug 20 | Boeing Greater Seattle Classic | Washington | 1,600,000 | Tom Kite (9) | 201 (−15) | 240,000 |
| Aug 27 | JELD-WEN Tradition | Oregon | 2,500,000 |  Eduardo Romero (1) | 275 (−13) | 375,000 |
| Sep 3 | Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | California | 2,000,000 | Scott Simpson (1) | 204 (−12) | 300,000 |
| Sep 17 | Constellation Energy Classic | Maryland | 1,700,000 | Bob Gilder (9) | 202 (−14) | 255,000 |
| Oct 1 | Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn | North Carolina | 1,600,000 | Andy Bean (1) | 201 (−15) | 240,000 |
| Oct 8 | SAS Championship | North Carolina | 2,000,000 | Tom Jenkins (7) | 134 (−10) | 300,000 |
| Oct 15 | Administaff Small Business Classic | Texas | 1,600,000 | Jay Haas (6) | 126 (−16) | 240,000 |
| Oct 23 | AT&T Championship | Texas | 1,600,000 | Fred Funk (1) | 201 (−12) | 240,000 |
| Oct 30 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | California | 2,500,000 | Jim Thorpe (12) | 271 (−17) | 440,000 |
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[1]
Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Jay Haas | United States | 2,420,227 | 21 | 4 |
| 2 | Loren Roberts | United States | 2,365,395 | 21 | 4 |
| 3 | Brad Bryant | United States | 1,692,417 | 20 | 2 |
| 4 | Tom Kite | United States | 1,643,348 | 25 | 2 |
| 5 | Gil Morgan | United States | 1,525,050 | 27 | 1 |
Source:[2]
Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin | United States | 23,384,705 | 44 |
| 2 | Gil Morgan | United States | 17,208,472 | 24 |
| 3 | Bruce Fleisher | United States | 13,260,442 | 18 |
| 4 | Dana Quigley | United States | 13,166,725 | 11 |
| 5 | Larry Nelson | United States | 12,893,736 | 19 |
Source:[3]