2013 Champions Tour Explained

Year:2013
Tour:Champions Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:26
Most Wins: Kenny Perry (5)
Honor1:Charles Schwab Cup
Honoree1: Kenny Perry
Honor2:Money list
Honoree2: Bernhard Langer
Honor3:Player of the Year
Honoree3: Kenny Perry
Honor4:Rookie of the Year
Honoree4: Rocco Mediate
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 Champions Tour was the 34th 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 2013 season.[1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
WinnerNotes
Jan 20 Hawaii 1,800,000 John Cook (9)
Feb 10 Florida 1,800,000 Rocco Mediate (1)
Feb 17 Florida 1,600,000 Bernhard Langer (17)
Mar 17 California 1,750,000 David Frost (4)
Mar 24 Mississippi 1,600,000 Michael Allen (4)
Apr 21 Georgia 1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (18) New tournament
Apr 28 Georgia 2,700,000 Brad Faxon (2) and
Jeff Sluman (5)
Team event
May 5 Texas 1,800,000 Esteban Toledo (1)
May 26 Senior PGA Championship Missouri 2,100,000 Kōki Idoki (1) Senior major championship
Jun 2 Iowa 1,750,000 Russ Cochran (4)
Jun 9 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,200,000 David Frost (5) Champions Tour major championship
Jun 23 Illinois 1,800,000 Craig Stadler (9)
Jun 30 Constellation Senior Players Championship Pennsylvania 2,700,000 Kenny Perry (3) Champions Tour major championship
Jul 14 U.S. Senior Open Nebraska 2,750,000 Kenny Perry (4) Senior major championship
Jul 29 The Senior Open Championship England 2,000,000 Mark Wiebe (4) Senior major championship
Aug 4 Minnesota 1,750,000 Tom Pernice Jr. (2)
Aug 18 New York 1,800,000 Bart Bryant (1)
Aug 25 Washington 2,000,000 John Riegger (1)
Sep 1 Canada 2,000,000 Rocco Mediate (2) New tournament
Sep 8 Canada 1,600,000 Esteban Toledo (2)
Sep 22 Hawaii 1,800,000 Mark Wiebe (5)
Sep 29 California 1,800,000 Kirk Triplett (2)
Oct 13 North Carolina 2,100,000 Russ Cochran (5)
Oct 20 North Carolina 1,600,000 Michael Allen (5)
Oct 27 Texas 1,900,000 Kenny Perry (5)
Nov 3 California 2,500,000 Fred Couples (9) 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.[3] [4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 3,273
2 2,861
3 2,425
4 2,089
5 1,673

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 2,448,428
2 2,241,188
3 1,817,234
4 1,706,812
5 1,458,583

Awards

AwardWinner
[6]
[7]
[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013 Tournament schedule . PGA Tour . 26 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Champions Tour announces 2013 tournament schedule . PGA Tour . December 19, 2012 . January 10, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121225024829/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/news/2012/19/champions-tour-announces-2013-tournament-schedule/champions-tour-announces-2013-tournament-schedule.html . 25 December 2012.
  3. Web site: 2013 Charles Schwab Cup . PGA Tour . 26 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140122054833/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.193.html#2013 . 22 January 2014.
  4. News: Couples wins Schwab as Perry takes season title . Golfweek . Associated Press . 4 November 2013 . 25 November 2023.
  5. Web site: 2013 Money list . PGA Tour . 26 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811103113/http://www.pgatour.com:80/champions/stats/stat.109.2013.html . 11 August 2016.
  6. News: Kenny Perry senior tour's top player . ESPN . 5 December 2013 . 26 November 2023.
  7. News: Golf: Former Moc Rocco Mediate Named Top Rookie . Lakeland Ledger . Lakeland, Florida . 4 December 2013 . 26 November 2023.
  8. Web site: 2013 Scoring average . PGA Tour . 25 November 2023.