2006 Champions Tour

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox golf season The 2006 Champions Tour was the 27th season of the Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA 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 2006 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
WinnerTemplate:Efn Notes
Jan 22 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,700,000 Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts (2)
Jan 29 Turtle Bay Championship Hawaii 1,500,000 Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts (3)
Feb 19 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts (4)
Feb 26 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Florida 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate (1) Pro-Am
Mar 12 AT&T Classic California 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Tom Kite (8)
Mar 20 Toshiba Classic California 1,650,000 Template:Flagicon Brad Bryant (1)
Apr 2 Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic Mexico 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Morris Hatalsky (3) New tournament
Apr 23 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Georgia 2,500,000 Template:Flagicon Jay Haas (3)
Apr 30 FedEx Kinko's Classic Texas 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Jay Haas (4)
May 7 Regions Charity Classic Alabama 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Brad Bryant (2)
May 14 Boeing Championship at Sandestin Florida 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Bobby Wadkins (2)
May 28 Senior PGA Championship Oklahoma 2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Jay Haas (5) Senior major championship
Jun 4 Allianz Championship Iowa 1,500,000 Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan (24)
Jun 11 Bank of America Championship Massachusetts Canceled
Jun 25 Commerce Bank Championship New York 1,500,000 Template:Flagicon John Harris (1)
Jul 2 Greater Kansas City Golf Classic Kansas 1,650,000 Template:Flagicon Dana Quigley (11)
Jul 9 U.S. Senior Open Kansas 2,600,000 Template:Flagicon Allen Doyle (11) Senior major championship
Jul 16 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,500,000 Template:Flagicon Bobby Wadkins (3) Champions Tour major championship
Jul 30 The Senior British Open Championship Scotland 1,800,000 Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts (5) Senior major championship
Aug 6 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 Template:Flagicon David Edwards (1)
Aug 20 Boeing Greater Seattle Classic Washington 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Tom Kite (9)
Aug 27 JELD-WEN Tradition Oregon 2,500,000 Template:Flagicon Eduardo Romero (1) Champions Tour major championship
Sep 3 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach California 2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Scott Simpson (1)
Sep 17 Constellation Energy Classic Maryland 1,700,000 Template:Flagicon Bob Gilder (9)
Oct 1 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn North Carolina 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Andy Bean (1)
Oct 8 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Tom Jenkins (7)
Oct 15 Administaff Small Business Classic Texas 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Jay Haas (6)
Oct 23 AT&T Championship Texas 1,600,000 Template:Flagicon Fred Funk (1)
Oct 30 Charles Schwab Cup Championship California 2,500,000 Template:Flagicon Jim Thorpe (12) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winners Notes
Dec 3 Del Webb Father/Son Challenge Florida 1,000,000 Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer and
son Stefan Langer
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3]

Position Player Points
1 Template:Flagicon Jay Haas 3,053
2 Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts 3,033
3 Template:Flagicon Tom Kite 1,910
4 Template:Flagicon Brad Bryant 1,685
5 Template:Flagicon Eduardo Romero 1,546

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4][3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Template:Flagicon Jay Haas 2,420,227
2 Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts 2,365,395
3 Template:Flagicon Brad Bryant 1,692,417
4 Template:Flagicon Tom Kite 1,643,348
5 Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan 1,525,050

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Template:Flagicon Jay Haas [5]
Rookie of the Year Template:Flagicon Eduardo Romero [5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts [6]
Comeback Player of the Year Template:Flagicon Tim Simpson [5]

Notes

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External links

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