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The 2012 Champions Tour was the 33rd 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 24 official money events with purses totaling $ $46,700,000, including five majors . Bernhard Langer topped the end-of-season money list, winning $2,140,296. Eight golfers won two tournaments each. Fred Couples led the tour in scoring average. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2012 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold . No golfer won on his Champions Tour debut this season.
Date
Tournament
Location
Purse ($ )
Winner
Score
Winner's share ($)
Jan 22
Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
Hawaii
1,800,000
Dan Forsman (3)
201 (−15)
307,000
Feb 12
Allianz Championship
Florida
1,800,000
Corey Pavin (1)
205 (−11)
270,000
Feb 19
ACE Group Classic
Florida
1,600,000
Kenny Perry (2)
196 (−20)
240,000
Mar 18
Toshiba Classic
California
1,750,000
Loren Roberts (13)
205 (−8)
262,500
Mar 25
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic
Mississippi
1,600,000
Fred Couples (7)
202 (−14)
240,000
Apr 15
Encompass Insurance Pro-Am of Tampa Bay
Florida
1,600,000
Michael Allen (2)
201 (−12)
240,000
Apr 22
Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf
Georgia
2,700,000
Michael Allen (3) & David Frost (2)
187 (−29)
230,000 (each)
May 6
Insperity Championship
Texas
1,700,000
Fred Funk (7)
202 (−14)
255,000
May 27
Senior PGA Championship
Michigan
2,000,000
Roger Chapman (1)
271 (−17)
378,000
Jun 3
Principal Charity Classic
Iowa
1,750,000
Jay Haas (16)
197 (−16)
262,500
Jun 10
Regions Tradition
Alabama
2,200,000
Tom Lehman (6)
274 (−14)
335,000
Jun 24
Montreal Championship
Quebec , Canada
1,800,000
Mark Calcavecchia (2)
200 (−16)
270,000
Jul 1
Constellation Senior Players Championship
Pennsylvania
2,700,000
Joe Daley (1)
266 (−14)
405,000
Jul 8
Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
California
1,700,000
Kirk Triplett (1)
206 (−10)
255,000
Jul 15
U.S. Senior Open
Michigan
2,600,000
Roger Chapman (2)
270 (−10)
500,000
Jul 29
The Senior Open Championship
Scotland
2,000,000
Fred Couples (8)
271 (−9)
315,600
Aug 5
3M Championship
Minnesota
1,750,000
Bernhard Langer (15)
198 (−18)
262,500
Aug 19
Dick's Sporting Goods Open
New York
1,800,000
Willie Wood (1)
203 (−13)
270,000
Aug 26
Boeing Classic
Washington
2,000,000
Jay Don Blake (3)
206 (−10)
300,000
Sep 16
Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship
Hawaii
1,800,000
Willie Wood (2)
202 (−14)
270,000
Oct 7
SAS Championship
North Carolina
2,100,000
Bernhard Langer (16)
203 (−13)
315,000
Oct 14
Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn
North Carolina
1,600,000
Fred Funk (8)
201 (−15)
240,000
Oct 28
AT&T Championship
Texas
1,850,000
David Frost (3)
208 (−8)
277,500
Nov 4
Charles Schwab Cup Championship
Arizona
2,500,000
Tom Lehman (7)
258 (−22)
440,000
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[1]
Money List leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
Events
Wins
1
Bernhard Langer
Germany
2,140,296
20
2
2
Tom Lehman
United States
1,982,575
19
2
3
Michael Allen
United States
1,686,488
22
2
4
Fred Funk
United States
1,427,937
22
2
5
Jay Don Blake
United States
1,378,180
24
1
Source:[2]
Career Money List leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
Wins
1
Hale Irwin
United States
26,587,272
45
2
Gil Morgan
United States
20,223,660
25
3
Tom Kite
United States
15,395,838
10
4
Dana Quigley
United States
14,836,336
11
5
Bruce Fleisher
United States
14,813,815
18
Source:[3]
Awards
See also
References
External links