The 2008 Champions Tour was the 29th 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 29 official money events with purses totalling $55,625,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer and Eduardo Romero won the most tournaments, three. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2008 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse ($) | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 20 | MasterCard Championship at Hualalai | Hawaii | 1,800,000 |  Fred Funk (3) | 195 (−21) | 300,000 |
| Jan 27 | Turtle Bay Championship | Hawaii | 1,600,000 | Jerry Pate (2) | 211 (−5) | 240,000 |
| Feb 10 | Allianz Championship | Florida | 1,650,000 | Scott Hoch (2) | 202 (−14) | 247,500 |
| Feb 17 | The ACE Group Classic | Florida | 1,600,000 | Scott Hoch (3) | 202 (−14) | 240,000 |
| Mar 9 | Toshiba Classic | California | 1,700,000 |  Bernhard Langer (2) | 199 (−14) | 255,000 |
| Mar 16 | AT&T Champions Classic | California | 1,600,000 |  Denis Watson (3) | 209 (−7) | 240,000 |
| Mar 30 | Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort | Florida | 2,500,000 | Bernhard Langer (3) | 204 (−12) | 375,000 |
| Apr 6 | Cap Cana Championship | Dominican Republic | 2,000,000 | Mark Wiebe (2) | 202 (−14) | 300,000 |
| Apr 20 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | Florida | 1,700,000 | Tom Watson (11) | 204 (−9) | 255,000 |
| Apr 27 | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf | Georgia | 2,600,000 | Andy North (1) &
Tom Watson (12) | 185 (−31) | 225,000
(each) |
| May 4 | FedEx Kinko's Classic | Texas | 1,600,000 | Denis Watson (4) | 206 (−10) | 240,000 |
| May 18 | Regions Charity Classic | Alabama | 1,700,000 | Andy Bean (2) | 203 (−13) | 255,000 |
| May 25 | Senior PGA Championship | New York | 2,000,000 | Jay Haas (11) | 287 (+7) | 360,000 |
| Jun 1 | The Principal Charity Classic | Iowa | 1,725,000 | Jay Haas (12) | 203 (−10) | 258,750 |
| Jun 22 | Bank of America Championship | Massachusetts | 1,650,000 | Jeff Sluman (1) | 199 (−17) | 247,500 |
| Jun 29 | Commerce Bank Championship | New York | 1,600,000 | Loren Roberts (8) | 201 (−12) | 240,000 |
| Jul 6 | Dick's Sporting Goods Open | New York | 1,600,000 |  Eduardo Romero (2) | 199 (−17) | 240,000 |
| Jul 20 | 3M Championship | Minnesota | 1,750,000 | R.W. Eaks (3) | 193 (−23) | 262,500 |
| Jul 27 | Senior British Open Championship | Scotland | 2,000,000 | Bruce Vaughan (1) | 278 (−6) | 315,600 |
| Aug 3 | U.S. Senior Open | Colorado | 2,600,000 | Eduardo Romero (3) | 274 (−6) | 470,000 |
| Aug 17 | JELD-WEN Tradition | Oregon | 2,600,000 | Fred Funk (4) | 269 (−19) | 392,000 |
| Aug 24 | Boeing Classic | Washington | 1,700,000 | Tom Kite (10) | 202 (−14) | 255,000 |
| Aug 31 | Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | California | 2,100,000 | Jeff Sluman (2) | 202 (−14) | 315,000 |
| Sep 14 | Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn | North Carolina | 1,700,000 | R.W. Eaks (4) | 200 (−16) | 255,000 |
| Sep 28 | SAS Championship | North Carolina | 2,100,000 | Eduardo Romero (4) | 201 (−15) | 315,000 |
| Oct 12 | Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship | Maryland | 2,600,000 | D. A. Weibring (5) | 271 (−9) | 390,000 |
| Oct 19 | Administaff Small Business Classic | Texas | 1,700,000 | Bernhard Langer (4) | 204 (−12) | 255,000 |
| Oct 26 | AT&T Championship | Texas | 1,650,000 | John Cook (2) | 197 (−16) | 247,500 |
| Nov 2 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | California | 2,500,000 | Andy Bean (3) | 268 (−20) | 442,000 |
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[1]
Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 2,035,073 | 20 | 3 |
| 2 | Jay Haas | United States | 1,991,726 | 21 | 2 |
| 3 | Fred Funk | United States | 1,825,931 | 18 | 2 |
| 4 | Jeff Sluman | United States | 1,728,443 | 26 | 2 |
| 5 | John Cook | United States | 1,721,038 | 26 | 1 |
Source:[2]
Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings($) | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin | United States | 24,920,665 | 45 |
| 2 | Gil Morgan | United States | 18,964,040 | 25 |
| 3 | Dana Quigley | United States | 14,406,269 | 11 |
| 4 | Bruce Fleisher | United States | 13,990,356 | 18 |
| 5 | Larry Nelson | United States | 13,262,808 | 19 |
Source:[3]