1999 Senior PGA Tour explained

Year:1999
Tour:Senior PGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:39
Most Wins: Bruce Fleisher (7)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Bruce Fleisher
Honor2:Player of the Year
Honoree2: Bruce Fleisher
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Bruce Fleisher
Prevseason:1998
Nextseason:2000

The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of 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 1999 season.[1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
WinnerNotes
Jan 24 Hawaii 1,100,000 John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7 Florida 1,000,000 Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14 Florida 1,200,000 Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21 Florida 1,200,000 Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28 Florida 1,200,000 Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14 California 1,200,000 Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28 Florida 1,100,000 Bob Duval (1)
Apr 4 The Tradition Arizona 1,500,000 Graham Marsh (6) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 18 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,750,000 Allen Doyle (2) Senior major championship
Apr 25 North Carolina 1,200,000 Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2 Alabama 1,200,000 Larry Nelson (5)
May 9 Georgia 1,400,000 Hale Irwin (21)
May 16 Nevada 1,400,000 Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23 Pennsylvania 1,100,000 Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30 Missouri 1,400,000 Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6 New Jersey 1,100,000 Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13 Tennessee 1,400,000 Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20 Texas 1,100,000 John Mahaffey (1)
Jun 27 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,000,000 Hale Irwin (23) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4 Maryland 1,300,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
Jul 11 U.S. Senior Open Iowa 1,500,000 Dave Eichelberger (4) Senior major championship
Jul 18 Illinois 1,300,000 Hale Irwin (24)
Jul 25 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £560,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (2) Senior major championship
Jul 25 Minnesota 1,500,000 Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1 Utah 1,350,000 Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8 New York 1,200,000 Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15 Michigan 1,000,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22 Massachusetts 1,200,000 Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29 Canada 1,350,000 Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5 Missouri 1,200,000 Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12 Indiana 1,200,000 Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19 Texas 1,300,000 Tom Watson (1) New tournament
Sep 26 Ohio 1,400,000 Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3 North Carolina 1,500,000 Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10 California 1,100,000 Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17 California 1,000,000 David Graham (5)
Oct 24 Hawaii 1,000,000 Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31 California 1,200,000 Joe Inman (2)
Nov 7 South Carolina 2,000,000 Gary McCord (2) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 2,515,705
2 2,025,232
3 1,911,640
4 1,513,524
5 1,493,282

Awards

AwardWinner
[4]
[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide . PGA Tour . 2 December 2023.
  2. Web site: 2004 Champions Tour Media Guide Tournament Chronology . PGA Tour . 2 December 2023 . 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document) . April 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071856/https://svrns8web1.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/2c47cc31e412bc4985256e6e00287832/3b11341dae1ad9b38525753e005e561b/$FILE/2004-mg-ct.pdf.
  3. Web site: 1999 Money list . PGA Tour . 2 December 2023 . http://web.archive.org/web/20160304074615/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.1999.html . 4 March 2016.
  4. News: Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards . The Indianapolis Star . 33 . Indianapolis, Indiana . 8 December 1999 . 2 December 2023 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  5. Web site: 1999 Scoring average . PGA Tour . 1 December 2023.