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The 2006 Champions Tour was the 27th season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour . The season consisted of 28 official money events with purses totalling $ 50,950,000, including five majors . One other tournament, the Bank of America Championship , with a purse of $1,600,000, was canceled due to severe weather. Jay Haas and Loren Roberts won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2006 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Purse ($ )
Winner
Score
1st prize ($)
Jan 22
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
Hawaii
1,700,000
Loren Roberts (2)
191 (−25)
290,000
Jan 29
Turtle Bay Championship
Hawaii
1,500,000
Loren Roberts (3)
204 (−12)
225,000
Feb 19
The ACE Group Classic
Florida
1,600,000
Loren Roberts (4)
202 (−14)
240,000
Feb 26
Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am
Florida
1,600,000
Jerry Pate (1)
202 (−11)
240,000
Mar 12
AT&T Classic
California
1,600,000
Tom Kite (8)
204 (−12)
240,000
Mar 20
Toshiba Classic
California
1,650,000
Brad Bryant (1)
204 (−9)
247,500
Apr 2
Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic
Mexico
1,600,000
Morris Hatalsky (3)
207 (−9)
240,000
Apr 23
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
Georgia
2,500,000
Jay Haas (3)
201 (−15)
395,000
Apr 30
FedEx Kinko's Classic
Texas
1,600,000
Jay Haas (4)
205 (−11)
240,000
May 7
Regions Charity Classic
Alabama
1,600,000
Brad Bryant (2)
199 (−17)
240,000
May 14
The Boeing Championship at Sandestin
Florida
1,600,000
Bobby Wadkins (2)
203 (−10)
240,000
May 28
Senior PGA Championship
Oklahoma
2,000,000
Jay Haas (5)
279 (−5)
360,000
Jun 4
Allianz Championship
Iowa
1,500,000
Gil Morgan (24)
197 (−16)
225,000
Jun 11
Bank of America Championship
Massachusetts
1,600,000
Canceled (severe weather)
Jun 25
Commerce Bank Championship
New York
1,500,000
John Harris (1)
202 (−11)
225,000
Jul 2
Greater Kansas City Golf Classic
Kansas
1,650,000
Dana Quigley (11)
198 (−18)
248,000
Jul 9
U.S. Senior Open
Kansas
2,600,000
Allen Doyle (11)
272 (−8)
470,000
Jul 16
Ford Senior Players Championship
Michigan
2,500,000
Bobby Wadkins (3)
274 (−14)
375,000
Jul 30
Senior British Open
Scotland
1,800,000
Loren Roberts (5)
274 (−6)
293,981
Aug 6
3M Championship
Minnesota
1,750,000
David Edwards (1)
204 (−12)
262,500
Aug 20
Boeing Greater Seattle Classic
Washington
1,600,000
Tom Kite (9)
201 (−15)
240,000
Aug 27
JELD-WEN Tradition
Oregon
2,500,000
Eduardo Romero (1)
275 (−13)
375,000
Sep 3
Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
California
2,000,000
Scott Simpson (1)
204 (−12)
300,000
Sep 17
Constellation Energy Classic
Maryland
1,700,000
Bob Gilder (9)
202 (−14)
255,000
Oct 1
Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn
North Carolina
1,600,000
Andy Bean (1)
201 (−15)
240,000
Oct 8
SAS Championship
North Carolina
2,000,000
Tom Jenkins (7)
134 (−10)
300,000
Oct 15
Administaff Small Business Classic
Texas
1,600,000
Jay Haas (6)
126 (−16)
240,000
Oct 23
AT&T Championship
Texas
1,600,000
Fred Funk (1)
201 (−12)
240,000
Oct 30
Charles Schwab Cup Championship
California
2,500,000
Jim Thorpe (12)
271 (−17)
440,000
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[ 1]
Money List leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
Events
Wins
1
Jay Haas
United States
2,420,227
21
4
2
Loren Roberts
United States
2,365,395
21
4
3
Brad Bryant
United States
1,692,417
20
2
4
Tom Kite
United States
1,643,348
25
2
5
Gil Morgan
United States
1,525,050
27
1
Source:[ 2]
Career Money List leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
Wins
1
Hale Irwin
United States
23,384,705
44
2
Gil Morgan
United States
17,208,472
24
3
Bruce Fleisher
United States
13,260,442
18
4
Dana Quigley
United States
13,166,725
11
5
Larry Nelson
United States
12,893,736
19
Source:[ 3]
Awards
See also
References
External links