2005 Champions Tour Explained

Year:2005
Tour:Champions Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:28
Most Wins: Hale Irwin (4)
Honor1:Charles Schwab Cup
Honoree1: Tom Watson
Honor2:Money list
Honoree2: Dana Quigley
Honor3:Player of the Year
Honoree3: Dana Quigley
Honor4:Rookie of the Year
Honoree4: Jay Haas
Prevseason:2004
Nextseason:2006

The 2005 Champions Tour was the 26th 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 2005 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
WinnerNotes
Jan 23 Hawaii 1,600,000 Dana Quigley (9)
Jan 30 Hawaii 1,500,000 Hale Irwin (41)
Feb 20 Florida 1,600,000 Mark James (2)
Feb 28 Florida 1,600,000 Hale Irwin (42) Pro-Am
Mar 13 California 1,550,000 Des Smyth (1)
Mar 20 California 1,650,000 Mark Johnson (1)
Apr 24 Georgia 2,250,000 Des Smyth (2)
May 1 Texas 1,650,000 Jim Thorpe (10)
May 16 Florida 1,500,000 Jim Thorpe (11)
May 22 Alabama 1,500,000 D. A. Weibring (3)
May 29 Senior PGA Championship Pennsylvania 2,000,000 Mike Reid (1) Senior major championship
Jun 5 Iowa 1,500,000 Tom Jenkins (6)
Jun 13 Kansas 1,650,000 Dana Quigley (10)
Jun 26 Massachusetts 1,600,000 Mark McNulty (4)
Jul 3 New York 1,500,000 Ron Streck (1)
Jul 10 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,500,000 Peter Jacobsen (2) Champions Tour major championship
Jul 24 The Senior British Open Championship Scotland 1,800,000 Tom Watson (7) Senior major championship
Jul 31 U.S. Senior Open Ohio 2,600,000 Allen Doyle (10) Senior major championship
Aug 7 Minnesota 1,750,000 Tom Purtzer (3)
Aug 21 Washington 1,600,000 David Eger (2)
Aug 28 JELD-WEN Tradition Oregon 2,500,000 Loren Roberts (1) Champions Tour major championship
Sep 4 California 2,000,000 Hale Irwin (43)
Sep 18 Maryland 1,700,000 Bob Gilder (8)
Oct 2 North Carolina 1,900,000 Hale Irwin (44)
Oct 9 North Carolina 1,600,000 Jay Haas (1)
Oct 16 Texas 1,600,000 Mark McNulty (5)
Oct 23 Texas 1,550,000 Jay Haas (2)
Oct 30 California 2,500,000 Tom Watson (8) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Charles Schwab Cup

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

PositionPlayerPoints
1 2,980
2 2,733
3 2,210
4 2,001
5 1,846

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 2,170,258
2 1,983,596
3 1,791,452
4 1,550,030
5 1,532,482

Awards

AwardWinner
[5]
[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005 Tournament schedule . PGA Tour . 29 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071219181126/http://www.pgatour.com/s/schedule/2005.html . 19 December 2007.
  2. Web site: 2005 Charles Schwab Cup . PGA Tour . 29 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051202065738/http://pgatour.com/stats/s . 2 December 2005.
  3. News: Tom Watson Captures the 2005 Charles Schwab Cup . The Golf Wire . 1 November 2005 . 29 November 2023.
  4. Web site: 2005 Money list . PGA Tour . 29 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140601031850/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.2005.html . 1 June 2014.
  5. News: NASCAR annoyed with no-shows Tour Golf . Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyoming . 7 December 2005 . 29 November 2023 . 42 (D4 in paper) . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  6. Web site: 2005 Scoring average . PGA Tour . 29 November 2023.