2019 PGA Tour Champions season

2019 PGA Tour Champions season
Duration January 17, 2019 – November 10, 2019
Number of official events 27
Most wins Jerry Kelly (3)
Scott McCarron (3)
Charles Schwab Cup Scott McCarron
Money list Scott McCarron
Player of the Year Scott McCarron
Rookie of the Year Retief Goosen
2018
2020–21

The 2019 PGA Tour Champions season was the 40th season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner Notes
Jan 19 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Hawaii 1,800,000 Tom Lehman (12)
Feb 10 Oasis Championship Florida 1,700,000 Bernhard Langer (39)
Feb 17 Chubb Classic Florida 1,600,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (7)
Mar 3 Cologuard Classic Arizona 1,700,000 Mark O'Meara (3)
Mar 10 Hoag Classic California 1,800,000 Kirk Triplett (7)
Mar 31 Rapiscan Systems Classic Mississippi 1,600,000 Kevin Sutherland (2)
Apr 21 Mitsubishi Electric Classic Georgia 1,800,000 Scott McCarron (9)
Apr 28 Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf Missouri 1,800,000 Scott Hoch (4) and
Tom Pernice Jr. (6)
Team event
May 5 Insperity Invitational Texas 2,200,000 Scott McCarron (10)
May 13 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,400,000 Steve Stricker (4) PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 26 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship New York 3,250,000 Ken Tanigawa (2) Senior major championship
Jun 2 Principal Charity Classic Iowa 1,850,000 Kevin Sutherland (3)
Jun 9 MasterCard Japan Championship Japan 2,500,000 Scott McCarron (11)
Jun 23 American Family Insurance Championship Wisconsin 2,000,000 Jerry Kelly (4)
Jun 30 U.S. Senior Open Indiana 4,000,000 Steve Stricker (5) Senior major championship
Jul 14 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship Ohio 2,800,000 Retief Goosen (1) PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 28 The Senior Open Championship England 2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (40) Senior major championship
Aug 18 Dick's Sporting Goods Open New York 2,050,000 Doug Barron (1)
Aug 25 Boeing Classic Washington 2,100,000 Brandt Jobe (2)
Sep 1 Shaw Charity Classic Canada 2,350,000 Wes Short Jr. (2)
Sep 15 The Ally Challenge Michigan 2,000,000 Jerry Kelly (5)
Sep 22 Sanford International South Dakota 1,800,000 Rocco Mediate (4)
Sep 29 PURE Insurance Championship California 2,100,000 Kirk Triplett (8)
Oct 13 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,100,000 Jerry Kelly (6)
Oct 21 Dominion Energy Charity Classic Virginia 2,000,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (8) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 3 Invesco QQQ Championship California 2,000,000 Colin Montgomerie (7) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 10 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Arizona 2,500,000 Jeff Maggert (6) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winners Notes
Dec 8 PNC Father-Son Challenge Florida 1,085,000 Bernhard Langer and
son Jason Langer
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Position Player Points
1 Scott McCarron 2,534,090
2 Jerry Kelly 2,510,865
3 Retief Goosen 2,290,985
4 Bernhard Langer 2,247,434
5 Colin Montgomerie 2,100,177

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Scott McCarron 2,534,090
2 Jerry Kelly 2,382,675
3 Retief Goosen 1,859,085
4 Bernhard Langer 1,831,622
5 Woody Austin 1,733,517

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Scott McCarron
Rookie of the Year Retief Goosen
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Retief Goosen