2000 Senior PGA Tour explained

Year:2000
Tour:Senior PGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:40
Most Wins: Larry Nelson (6)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Larry Nelson
Honor2:Player of the Year
Honoree2: Larry Nelson
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Doug Tewell
Prevseason:1999
Nextseason:2001

The 2000 Senior PGA Tour was the 21st 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 2000 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
WinnerNotes
Jan 23 Hawaii 1,200,000 George Archer (19)
Feb 6 Florida 1,100,000 Bruce Fleisher (8)
Feb 13 Florida 1,200,000 Lanny Wadkins (1)
Feb 20 Florida 1,300,000 Bruce Fleisher (9)
Feb 27 Florida 1,200,000 Tom Wargo (5)
Mar 5 California 1,300,000 Allen Doyle (5)
Mar 12 Mexico 1,500,000 Hubert Green (2) New tournament
Mar 26 Florida 1,250,000 Gil Morgan (16)
Apr 2 The Countrywide Tradition Arizona 1,600,000 Tom Kite (1) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 16 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,800,000 Doug Tewell (1) Senior major championship
Apr 23 Nevada 1,400,000 Larry Nelson (6)
Apr 30 Alabama 1,300,000 John Jacobs (3)
May 7 North Carolina 1,300,000 Bruce Fleisher (10)
May 14 Georgia 1,450,000 Hale Irwin (26)
May 21 Missouri 1,300,000 Dana Quigley (4)
May 28 Missouri 1,500,000 Larry Nelson (7)
Jun 4 Tennessee 1,500,000 Hale Irwin (27)
Jun 11 Illinois 1,400,000 Tom Kite (2)
Jun 18 Texas 1,100,000 Doug Tewell (2)
Jun 25 New Jersey 1,100,000 Lee Trevino (29)
Jul 2 U.S. Senior Open Pennsylvania 2,250,000 Hale Irwin (28) Senior major championship
Jul 9 Maryland 1,350,000 Leonard Thompson (2)
Jul 16 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,300,000 Raymond Floyd (14) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 23 New Jersey 1,400,000 Gil Morgan (17)
Jul 30 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £400,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (4) Senior major championship
Jul 30 New York 1,500,000 Bruce Fleisher (11)
Aug 6 Minnesota 1,600,000 Ed Dougherty (1)
Aug 13 Canada 1,450,000 Tom Jenkins (2)
Aug 20 Utah 1,450,000 Doug Tewell (3)
Aug 27 Massachusetts 1,300,000 Larry Nelson (8)
Sep 3 Michigan 1,100,000 Larry Nelson (9)
Sep 10 Indiana 1,250,000 Gil Morgan (18)
Sep 17 Ohio 1,400,000 Hubert Green (3)
Sep 24 Texas 1,400,000 Larry Nelson (10)
Oct 1 North Carolina 1,500,000 Larry Nelson (11)
Oct 8 California 1,100,000 Jim Thorpe (1)
Oct 15 California 1,100,000 Jim Thorpe (2)
Oct 22 Hawaii 1,100,000 Hale Irwin (29)
Oct 29 California 1,400,000 Joe Inman (3)
Nov 5 South Carolina 2,100,000 Tom Watson (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.[2]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 2,708,005
2 2,373,977
3 2,128,968
4 1,873,216
5 1,802,063

Awards

AwardWinner
[3]
[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 Tournament schedule . PGA Tour . 1 December 2023 . http://web.archive.org/web/20000815055009/http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/spga/index.html . 15 August 2000.
  2. Web site: 2000 Money list . PGA Tour . 1 December 2023 . http://web.archive.org/web/20140601052942/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.2000.html . 1 June 2014.
  3. News: Larry Nelson tops among seniors . United Press International . 7 December 2000 . 1 December 2023 . Coming off a season in which he led the Senior Tour in victories and earnings, Larry Nelson received the Jack Nicklaus Award Thursday after being voted Player of the Year by his fellow peers. Doug Tewell claimed Rookie of the Year honors, while Raymond Floyd took home the Comeback Player of the Year Award..
  4. Web site: 2000 Scoring average . PGA Tour . 1 December 2023.