1999 Senior PGA Tour

The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1999 Senior PGA Tour season

Duration	January 22, 1999 (1999-01-22) – November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
Number of official events	39
Most wins	Bruce Fleisher (7)
Money list	Bruce Fleisher
Player of the Year	Bruce Fleisher
Rookie of the Year	Bruce Fleisher
← 1998 2000 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Notes
Jan 24	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	1,100,000	John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	1,000,000	Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14	American Express Invitational	Florida	1,200,000	Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21	GTE Classic	Florida	1,200,000	Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,200,000	Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	1,200,000	Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28	Emerald Coast Classic	Florida	1,100,000	Bob Duval (1)
Apr 4	The Tradition	Arizona	1,500,000	Graham Marsh (6)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 18	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	1,750,000	Allen Doyle (2)	Senior major championship
Apr 25	Home Depot Invitational	North Carolina	1,200,000	Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	1,200,000	Larry Nelson (5)
May 9	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	1,400,000	Hale Irwin (21)
May 16	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	1,400,000	Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23	Bell Atlantic Classic	Pennsylvania	1,100,000	Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30	Boone Valley Classic	Missouri	1,400,000	Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6	Cadillac NFL Golf Classic	New Jersey	1,100,000	Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13	BellSouth Senior Classic	Tennessee	1,400,000	Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20	Southwestern Bell Dominion	Texas	1,100,000	John Mahaffey (1)
Jun 27	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	2,000,000	Hale Irwin (23)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4	State Farm Senior Classic	Maryland	1,300,000	Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
Jul 11	U.S. Senior Open	Iowa	1,500,000	Dave Eichelberger (4)	Senior major championship
Jul 18	Ameritech Senior Open	Illinois	1,300,000	Hale Irwin (24)
Jul 25	Senior British Open	Northern Ireland	£560,000	Christy O'Connor Jnr (2)	Senior major championship[b]
Jul 25	Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic	Minnesota	1,500,000	Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1	Novell Utah Showdown	Utah	1,350,000	Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8	Lightpath Long Island Classic	New York	1,200,000	Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15	Foremost Insurance Championship	Michigan	1,000,000	Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22	BankBoston Classic	Massachusetts	1,200,000	Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29	AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship	Canada	1,350,000	Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5	TD Waterhouse Championship	Missouri	1,200,000	Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12	Comfort Classic	Indiana	1,200,000	Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19	Bank One Championship	Texas	1,300,000	Tom Watson (1)	New tournament
Sep 26	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	1,400,000	Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,500,000	Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10	The Transamerica	California	1,100,000	Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17	Raley's Gold Rush Classic	California	1,000,000	David Graham (5)
Oct 24	EMC Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	1,000,000	Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31	Pacific Bell Senior Classic	California	1,200,000	Joe Inman (2)
Nov 7	Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship	South Carolina	2,000,000	Gary McCord (2)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winners	Notes
Dec 5	Office Depot Father/Son Challenge	Florida	860,000	Jack Nicklaus and son Gary Nicklaus	Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Bruce Fleisher	2,515,705
2	Hale Irwin	2,025,232
3	Allen Doyle	1,911,640
4	Larry Nelson	1,513,524
5	Gil Morgan	1,493,282

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Bruce Fleisher	[4]
Rookie of the Year	Bruce Fleisher	[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Bruce Fleisher	[5][4]
Comeback Player of the Year	Tom Jenkins	[4]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
2. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

1. "2000 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
2. "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
3. "1999 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
4. "Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. December 8, 1999. p. 33. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "1999 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

External links

• Official website