PGA Tour Champions awards

Listed below are recipients of awards for various achievements on PGA Tour Champions, a circuit operated by the U.S.-based PGA Tour for men's golfers aged 50 and over. The tour began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, changed its name to the Champions Tour in 2003, and became PGA Tour Champions in 2016.

Player-elected awards

Three PGA Tour Champions year-end awards are elected by the players and announced in December. The ceremony is held at a tournament early in the following season. The Jack Nicklaus Trophy is for the player of the year. The other two are the Rookie of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year awards.

Year	Jack Nicklaus Trophy		Rookie of the Year		Comeback Player of the Year
Year	Player	Country	Player	Country	Player	Country
1990	Lee Trevino	United States	Lee Trevino	United States	began in 1991
1991	Mike Hill George Archer	United States United States	Jim Colbert	United States	Larry Laoretti	United States
1992	Lee Trevino	United States	Dave Stockton	United States	Tommy Aaron	United States
1993	Dave Stockton	United States	Bob Murphy	United States	Jim Ferree	United States
1994	Lee Trevino	United States	Jay Sigel	United States	Dave Eichelberger	United States
1995	Jim Colbert	United States	Hale Irwin	United States	Walter Morgan	United States
1996	Jim Colbert	United States	John Bland	South Africa	Al Geiberger	United States
1997	Hale Irwin	United States	Gil Morgan	United States	George Archer	United States
1998	Hale Irwin	United States	Joe Inman	United States	Jim Colbert	United States
1999	Bruce Fleisher	United States	Bruce Fleisher	United States	Tom Jenkins	United States
2000	Larry Nelson	United States	Doug Tewell	United States	Raymond Floyd	United States
2001	Allen Doyle	United States	Bob Gilder	United States	John Schroeder	United States
2002	Hale Irwin	United States	Morris Hatalsky	United States	Hubert Green	United States
2003	Tom Watson	United States	Craig Stadler	United States	Don Pooley	United States
2004	Craig Stadler	United States	Mark McNulty	Ireland	Hubert Green	United States
2005	Dana Quigley	United States	Jay Haas	United States	Peter Jacobsen	United States
2006	Jay Haas	United States	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	Tim Simpson	United States
2007	Jay Haas	United States	Denis Watson	Zimbabwe	R. W. Eaks	United States
2008	Bernhard Langer	Germany	Bernhard Langer	Germany
2009	Bernhard Langer	Germany	Russ Cochran	United States
2010	Bernhard Langer	Germany	Fred Couples	United States	Ken Green	United States
2011	Tom Lehman	United States	Kenny Perry	United States	Chip Beck	United States
2012	Tom Lehman	United States	Kirk Triplett	United States
2013	Kenny Perry	United States	Rocco Mediate	United States
2014	Bernhard Langer	Germany	Scott Dunlap	United States
2015	Bernhard Langer	Germany	Jerry Smith	United States
2016	Bernhard Langer	Germany	Paul Broadhurst	England
2017	Bernhard Langer	Germany	Jerry Kelly	United States
2018	Bernhard Langer^[1]	Germany	Ken Tanigawa	United States
2019	Scott McCarron^[2]	United States	Retief Goosen	South Africa

Statistical awards

The Arnold Palmer Award is given to the player who earns the most PGA Tour Champions money in a season. The Byron Nelson Award goes to the player who has the lowest scoring average (strokes per round).

Year	Arnold Palmer Award			Byron Nelson Award
Year	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Player	Country	Scoring Average
1980	Don January	United States	44,100	Don January	United States	71.00
1981	Miller Barber	United States	83,136	Miller Barber	United States	69.57
1982	Miller Barber	United States	106,890	Don January	United States	70.03
1983	Don January	United States	237,571	Don January	United States	69.46
1984	Don January	United States	328,597	Don January	United States	70.68
1985	Peter Thomson	Australia	386,724	Don January	United States	70.11
1986	Bruce Crampton	Australia	454,299	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	69.65
1987	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	509,145	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	70.07
1988	Bob Charles	New Zealand	533,929	Bob Charles	New Zealand	70.05
1989	Bob Charles	New Zealand	725,887	Bob Charles	New Zealand	69.78
1990	Lee Trevino	United States	1,190,518	Lee Trevino	United States	68.89
1991	Mike Hill	United States	1,065,657	Lee Trevino	United States	69.50
1992	Lee Trevino	United States	1,027,002	Lee Trevino	United States	69.46
1993	Dave Stockton	United States	1,175,944	Bob Charles	New Zealand	69.59
1994	Dave Stockton	United States	1,402,519	Raymond Floyd	United States	69.08
1995	Jim Colbert	United States	1,444,386	Raymond Floyd	United States	69.47
1996	Jim Colbert	United States	1,627,890	Hale Irwin	United States	69.47
1997	Hale Irwin	United States	2,343,364	Hale Irwin	United States	68.92
1998	Hale Irwin	United States	2,861,945	Hale Irwin	United States	68.59
1999	Bruce Fleisher	United States	2,515,705	Bruce Fleisher	United States	69.19
2000	Larry Nelson	United States	2,708,005	Gil Morgan	United States	68.83
2001	Allen Doyle	United States	2,553,582	Gil Morgan	United States	69.20
2002	Hale Irwin	United States	3,028,304	Hale Irwin	United States	68.93
2003	Tom Watson	United States	1,853,108	Tom Watson	United States	68.81
2004	Craig Stadler	United States	2,306,066	Craig Stadler	United States	69.30
2005	Dana Quigley	United States	2,170,258	Mark McNulty	Ireland	69.41
2006	Jay Haas	United States	2,420,227	Loren Roberts	United States	69.01
2007	Jay Haas	United States	2,581,001	Loren Roberts	United States	69.31
2008	Bernhard Langer	Germany	2,035,073	Bernhard Langer	Germany	69.65
2009	Bernhard Langer	Germany	2,139,451	Bernhard Langer	Germany	68.92
2010	Bernhard Langer	Germany	2,648,939	Fred Couples	United States	67.96
2011	Tom Lehman	United States	2,081,526	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	69.04
2012	Bernhard Langer	Germany	2,140,296	Fred Couples	United States	68.52
2013	Bernhard Langer	Germany	2,448,428	Fred Couples	United States	68.64
2014	Bernhard Langer	Germany	3,074,189	Bernhard Langer	Germany	68.03
2015	Bernhard Langer	Germany	2,340,288	Bernhard Langer	Germany	68.69
2016	Bernhard Langer	Germany	3,016,959	Bernhard Langer	Germany	68.31
2017	Bernhard Langer	Germany	3,677,359	Bernhard Langer	Germany	68.03
2018	Bernhard Langer	Germany	2,222,154	Bernhard Langer	Germany	69.01
2019	Scott McCarron	United States	2,534,090	Retief Goosen	South Africa	69.14

Charles Schwab Cup

From 2001 through 2015, points were earned for thousands of dollars earned in top-ten finishes at tournaments. From 2008 to 2015, points were doubled at majors and the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Since 2016, the Charles Schwab Cup has used a playoff format similar to the FedEx Cup playoffs on the regular PGA Tour, though with three total events instead of four on the regular tour. Changes to the format are:^[3]

During the regular season, points are based on dollars earned, regardless of the player's finish in a given tournament. No bonus is awarded for wins in majors.
The top 72 players on the money list will qualify for the first playoff event. Additionally, a "wild card" playoff berth will be awarded to a golfer who finishes in the top 10 of the last regular-season event, the SAS Championship, and is not within the top 72 after the tournament. (If more than one player outside the top 72 finishes in the top 10 at the SAS Championship, the highest finisher among these players will qualify.)
During the first two playoff events, points are earned as in the regular season, except the winner earns double points. The playoff field is cut to 54 after the first playoff event and 36 after the second, with the survivors advancing to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Prior to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the points totals are reset. All 36 qualifiers will have a theoretical chance to win the Charles Schwab Cup, and each golfer in the top five can win the Charles Schwab Cup by winning the final event, no matter how the rest of the field performs.

The top five win annuities. Annuities involved in ties are divided amongst the tied players.

Year	$1,000,000	$500,000	$300,000	$200,000	$100,000
2001	2,382 Allen Doyle	2,166 Bruce Fleisher	1,959 Hale Irwin	1,930 Larry Nelson	1,640 Gil Morgan
2002	2,886 Hale Irwin	2,087 Bob Gilder	1,582 Bruce Fleisher	1,448 Tom Watson	1,419 Tom Kite
2003	4,370 Tom Watson	3,046 Jim Thorpe	2,618 Tom Kite	2,585 Bruce Lietzke	2,328 Gil Morgan
2004	3,427 Hale Irwin	3,388 Craig Stadler	2,981 Tom Kite	2,471 Peter Jacobsen	2,417 Mark McNulty
2005	2,980 Tom Watson	2,733 Dana Quigley	2,210 Mark McNulty	2,001 Hale Irwin	1,846 Loren Roberts
2006	3,053 Jay Haas	3,033 Loren Roberts	1,910 Tom Kite	1,685 Brad Bryant	1,546 Eduardo Romero 1,546 Jim Thorpe
2007	2,716 Loren Roberts	2,551 Jay Haas	2,177 Denis Watson	2,167 Brad Bryant	2,032 Tom Watson
2008	2,556 Jay Haas	2,544 Fred Funk	2,460 Bernhard Langer	2,032 Eduardo Romero	1,867 John Cook
2009	2,670 Loren Roberts	2,351 John Cook	2,349 Fred Funk	2,322 Bernhard Langer	1,984 Jay Haas
2010	3,597 Bernhard Langer	2,771 Fred Couples	2,451 John Cook	1,846 Michael Allen	1,813 Russ Cochran
2011	2,422 Tom Lehman	2,348 Mark Calcavecchia	1,874 Peter Senior	1,803 Jay Don Blake	1,798 John Cook
2012	3,082 Tom Lehman	2,647 Bernhard Langer	1,846 Fred Couples	1,806 Roger Chapman	1,677 Fred Funk
2013	3,273 Kenny Perry	2,861 Bernhard Langer	2,425 Fred Couples	2,089 David Frost	1,673 Duffy Waldorf
2014	4,152 Bernhard Langer	3,307 Colin Montgomerie	2,461 Jay Haas	2,059 Kenny Perry	1,892 Tom Pernice Jr.
2015	3,520 Bernhard Langer	3,182 Colin Montgomerie	3,143 Jeff Maggert	1,951 Billy Andrade	1,466 Joe Durant
2016	3,200 Bernhard Langer	2,400 Colin Montgomerie	2,216 Paul Goydos	2,004 Scott McCarron	1,658 Joe Durant
2017	3,280 Kevin Sutherland	2,234 Bernhard Langer	2,100 Scott McCarron	1,834 Kenny Perry	1,640 Vijay Singh
2018	2,525,404 Bernhard Langer	2,256,618 Scott McCarron	2,254,856 Scott Parel	2,237,619 Vijay Singh	2,015,793 Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2019	2,534,090 Scott McCarron	2,382,675 Jerry Kelly	1,859,085 Retief Goosen	1,831,622 Bernhard Langer	1,733,517 Woody Austin

Players of the Month

Three members of the media form a panel which determines the recipients. The winners receive a medal.

Month	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
February	Mike Hill	J. C. Snead	Hale Irwin	David Graham	Larry Nelson	Bruce Fleisher
March	Jay Sigel	Jim Albus	Walter Morgan	David Graham	Lee Trevino	Gary McCord
April	Raymond Floyd	Raymond Floyd	Hale Irwin	Hale Irwin	Hale Irwin	Allen Doyle
May	Lee Trevino	Isao Aoki	Isao Aoki	Jay Sigel	Jay Sigel	Hale Irwin
June	Dave Stockton	Bob Murphy	Isao Aoki	Graham Marsh	John Jacobs	Bruce Fleisher
July	Jim Colbert	Tom Weiskopf	Dave Stockton	Larry Gilbert	Hale Irwin	Hale Irwin
August	Dave Stockton	Bob Murphy	Graham Marsh	Hugh Baiocchi	Hale Irwin	Hale Irwin
September	Isao Aoki	Walter Morgan	Mike Hill	David Graham	Hugh Baiocchi	Gil Morgan
October	Bob Murphy	Lee Trevino	Jim Colbert	Hale Irwin	Dana Quigley	Bruce Fleisher
November	n/a	n/a	Jay Sigel	Gil Morgan	Hale Irwin	Gary McCord

Month	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
February	Bruce Fleisher	Gil Morgan	Hale Irwin	Dave Barr	Fuzzy Zoeller
March	Gil Morgan	José María Cañizares	Dana Quigley	David Eger	Tom Purtzer
April	Larry Nelson	Doug Tewell	Jim Thorpe	Bob Gilder	Gil Morgan
May	Larry Nelson	Tom Watson	Sammy Rachels	Hale Irwin	D. A. Weibring
June	Hale Irwin	Tom Kite	Don Pooley	Bruce Lietzke	Allen Doyle
July	Raymond Floyd	Allen Doyle	Bob Gilder	Craig Stadler Tom Watson	Mark James
August	Ed Dougherty	Walter Hall	Hale Irwin	Jim Thorpe	Craig Stadler
September	Larry Nelson	Jim Thorpe	Bob Gilder	Larry Nelson	Craig Stadler
October	Jim Thorpe	Bob Gilder	Tom Watson	Jim Thorpe	Mark McNulty

Month	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Jan./Feb.	Hale Irwin	Loren Roberts	Loren Roberts	Scott Hoch	Bernhard Langer
March	Mark James	Morris Hatalsky	Tom Purtzer	Bernhard Langer	Joey Sindelar
April	Jim Thorpe	Jay Haas	Jay Haas	Tom Watson	Nick Price
May	Mike Reid	Brad Bryant	Denis Watson	Jay Haas	Mark McNulty
June	D. A. Weibring	Gil Morgan	Jay Haas	Loren Roberts	Bernhard Langer
July	Tom Watson	Loren Roberts	Tom Watson	Bruce Vaughan	Fred Funk
August	Loren Roberts	Tom Kite	D. A. Weibring	Fred Funk	Loren Roberts
September	Hale Irwin	Bob Gilder	Gil Morgan	Tom Kite	Jeff Sluman
October	Jay Haas	Jim Thorpe	Loren Roberts	D. A. Weibring	John Cook

Month	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Jan./Feb.	Fred Couples	Tom Lehman	Corey Pavin	Bernhard Langer	Bernhard Langer
March	Fred Couples	Nick Price	Fred Couples	David Frost	Jeff Maggert
April	Mark O'Meara	Nick Price	Michael Allen		Miguel Ángel Jiménez
May	Tom Lehman	Tom Watson	Roger Chapman	Kōki Idoki	Colin Montgomerie
June	Nick Price	Mark Wiebe	Tom Lehman	Kenny Perry	Jeff Sluman
July	Bernhard Langer	Russ Cochran	Fred Couples	Kenny Perry	Bernhard Langer
August		Mark Calcavecchia	Willie Wood	Bart Bryant	Kevin Sutherland
September	Russ Cochran	Jay Don Blake	Willie Wood	Kirk Triplett	Wes Short Jr.
October		Bernhard Langer			Jay Haas

Month	2015
Jan./Feb.	Bart Bryant
March	David Frost
April	Joe Durant
May	Colin Montgomerie
June	Jeff Maggert
July	Marco Dawson
August	Jeff Maggert
September	Esteban Toledo
October

References

^ "Bernhard Langer named PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year for eighth time". www.pgatour.com. January 16, 2019.
^ Kelly, Todd (January 15, 2020). "Scott McCarron named 2019 PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year". Golfweek.
^ "Champions Tour announces 2016 schedule and format for inaugural Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs" (Press release). PGA Tour. November 11, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2016.

External links

[1] "Bernhard Langer named PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year for eighth time". www.pgatour.com. January 16, 2019.

[2] Kelly, Todd (January 15, 2020). "Scott McCarron named 2019 PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year". Golfweek.

[3] "Champions Tour announces 2016 schedule and format for inaugural Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs" (Press release). PGA Tour. November 11, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2016.

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