The 2009 Champions Tour was the 30th 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 25 official money events with purses totalling $48,875,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2009 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Champions Tour debut are shown in italics.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse ($) | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 25 | Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai | Hawaii | 1,800,000 |  Bernhard Langer (5) | 198 (−18) | 315,000 |
| Feb 15 | Allianz Championship | Florida | 1,700,000 |  Mike Goodes (1) | 201 (−15) | 255,000 |
| Feb 22 | The ACE Group Classic | Florida | 1,600,000 | Loren Roberts (9) | 209 (−7) | 240,000 |
| Mar 8 | Toshiba Classic | California | 1,700,000 |  Eduardo Romero (5) | 202 (−11) | 255,000 |
| Mar 15 | AT&T Champions Classic | California | 1,600,000 | Dan Forsman (1) | 205 (−11) | 240,000 |
| Mar 29 | Cap Cana Championship | Dominican Republic | 2,100,000 | Keith Fergus (2) | 203 (−13) | 315,000 |
| Apr 19 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | Florida | 1,700,000 |  Nick Price (1) | 204 (−9) | 255,000 |
| Apr 26 | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf | Georgia | 2,600,000 | Bernhard Langer (6) &
Tom Lehman (1) | 189 (−27) | 225,000
(each) |
| May 17 | Regions Charity Classic | Alabama | 1,700,000 | Keith Fergus (3) | 132 (−12) | 255,000 |
| May 24 | Senior PGA Championship | Ohio | 2,000,000 | Michael Allen (1) | 274 (−6) | 360,000 |
| May 31 | Principal Charity Classic | Iowa | 1,725,000 |  Mark McNulty (7) | 203 (−10) | 258,750 |
| Jun 7 | Triton Financial Classic | Texas | 1,600,000 | Bernhard Langer (7) | 201 (−15) | 240,000 |
| Jun 28 | Dick's Sporting Goods Open | New York | 1,650,000 | Lonnie Nielsen (2) | 195 (−21) | 247,500 |
| Jul 12 | 3M Championship | Minnesota | 1,750,000 | Bernhard Langer (8) | 200 (−16) | 262,500 |
| Jul 26 | Senior British Open | England | 2,000,000 | Loren Roberts (10) | 268 (−12) | 315,600 |
| Aug 2 | U.S. Senior Open | Indiana | 2,600,000 | Fred Funk (5) | 268 (−20) | 470,000 |
| Aug 23 | JELD-WEN Tradition | Oregon | 2,700,000 | Mike Reid (2) | 272 (−16) | 392,000 |
| Aug 30 | Boeing Classic | Washington | 1,800,000 | Loren Roberts (11) | 198 (−18) | 270,000 |
| Sep 6 | Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | California | 2,100,000 | Jeff Sluman (3) | 206 (−10) | 315,000 |
| Sep 20 | Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn | North Carolina | 1,750,000 | Jay Haas (13) | 198 (−18) | 262,500 |
| Sep 27 | SAS Championship | North Carolina | 2,100,000 | Tom Pernice, Jr. (1) | 203 (−13) | 315,000 |
| Oct 4 | Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship | Maryland | 2,700,000 | Jay Haas (14) | 267 (−13) | 405,000 |
| Oct 18 | Administaff Small Business Classic | Texas | 1,700,000 | John Cook (3) | 205 (−11) | 255,000 |
| Oct 25 | AT&T Championship | Texas | 1,700,000 | Phil Blackmar (1) | 203 (−10) | 255,000 |
| Nov 1 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | California | 2,500,000 | John Cook (4) | 266 (−22) | 442,000 |
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[1]
Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 2,139,451 | 20 | 4 |
| 2 | Loren Roberts | United States | 1,960,613 | 22 | 3 |
| 3 | John Cook | United States | 1,798,664 | 23 | 2 |
| 4 | Jay Haas | United States | 1,758,395 | 21 | 2 |
| 5 | Fred Funk | United States | 1,563,810 | 21 | 1 |
Source:[2]
Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin | United States | 25,217,826 | 45 |
| 2 | Gil Morgan | United States | 19,600,904 | 25 |
| 3 | Dana Quigley | United States | 14,634,841 | 11 |
| 4 | Bruce Fleisher | United States | 14,406,862 | 18 |
| 5 | Tom Kite | United States | 13,727,373 | 10 |
Source:[3]