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2006 European Seniors Tour

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The 2006 European Seniors Tour was the 15th season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged fifty and above operated by the PGA European Tour. Scotland's Sam Torrance retained his Order of Merit title, despite a late charge by the 2003 and 2004 Order of Merit winner Carl Mason.

Tournament results

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.

Date Tournament Host country Winner Notes
3 Mar DGM Barbados Open Barbados Spain José Rivero (1)
21 May Sharp Italian Seniors Open Italy Scotland Sam Torrance (5)
28 May U.S. Senior PGA Championship United States United States Jay Haas (n/a) Champions Tour major.
Unofficial money on the EST.
4 Jun AIB Irish Seniors Open Republic of Ireland Scotland Sam Torrance (6)
11 Jun Irvine Whitlock Seniors Classic Jersey Chile Guillermo Encina (1)
18 Jun Firstplus Wales Seniors Open Wales Spain José Rivero (2)
1 Jul Bendinat London Seniors Masters England Italy Giuseppe Calì (2)
9 Jul U.S. Senior Open United States United States Allen Doyle (n/a) Champions Tour major.
Unofficial money on the EST.
30 Jul Senior British Open Championship Scotland United States Loren Roberts (n/a) Senior major
6 Aug Wentworth Senior Masters England Argentina Eduardo Romero (2)
13 Aug Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open Switzerland Spain Juan Quirós (1)
19 Aug Scandinavian Senior Open Denmark Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori (1)
28 Aug PGA Seniors Championship England Scotland Sam Torrance (7)
3 Sep Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open Scotland Scotland Sam Torrance (8)
10 Sep European Senior Masters England England Carl Mason (12)
17 Sep English Seniors Open England England Carl Mason (13)
15 Oct OKI Castellón Open de España Senior Spain England Gordon J. Brand (1)
22 Oct Estoril Seniors Open of Portugal Portugal England Carl Mason (14)
11 Nov Arcapita Seniors Tour Championship Bahrain England Gordon J. Brand (2)

For the tour schedule on the European Seniors Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.

Leading money winners

Position Player Country Prize money (euro)
1 Sam Torrance Scotland Scotland 347,525
2 Carl Mason England England 268,453
3 José Rivero Spain Spain 233,374
4 Gordon J. Brand England England 196,002
5 Stewart Ginn Australia Australia 178,260
6 Juan Quirós Spain Spain 159,071
7 Horacio Carbonetti Argentina Argentina 147,655
8 David J Russell England England 140,784
9 Guiseppi Calì Italy Italy 138,242
10 Luis Carbonetti Argentina Argentina 136,375

There is a complete list on the official site here.