2009 Champions Tour

The 2009 Champions Tour was the 30th season of the Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

2009 Champions Tour season

Duration	January 23, 2009 (2009-01-23) – November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01)
Number of official events	25
Most wins	Bernhard Langer (4)
Charles Schwab Cup	Loren Roberts
Money list	Bernhard Langer
Player of the Year	Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the Year	Russ Cochran
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Notes
Jan 25	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	Hawaii	1,800,000	Bernhard Langer (5)
Feb 15	Allianz Championship	Florida	1,700,000	Mike Goodes (1)
Feb 22	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,600,000	Loren Roberts (9)
Mar 8	Toshiba Classic	California	1,700,000	Eduardo Romero (5)
Mar 15	AT&T Champions Classic	California	1,600,000	Dan Forsman (1)
Mar 29	Cap Cana Championship	Dominican Republic	2,100,000	Keith Fergus (2)
Apr 19	Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am	Florida	1,700,000	Nick Price (1)	Pro-Am
Apr 26	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf	Georgia	2,600,000	Bernhard Langer (6) and Tom Lehman (1)	Team event
May 17	Regions Charity Classic	Alabama	1,700,000	Keith Fergus (3)
May 24	Senior PGA Championship	Ohio	2,000,000	Michael Allen (1)	Senior major championship
May 31	Principal Charity Classic	Iowa	1,725,000	Mark McNulty (7)
Jun 7	Triton Financial Classic	Texas	1,600,000	Bernhard Langer (7)
Jun 28	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	New York	1,650,000	Lonnie Nielsen (2)
Jul 12	3M Championship	Minnesota	1,750,000	Bernhard Langer (8)
Jul 26	The Senior Open Championship	England	2,000,000	Loren Roberts (10)	Senior major championship
Aug 2	U.S. Senior Open	Indiana	2,600,000	Fred Funk (5)	Senior major championship
Aug 23	JELD-WEN Tradition	Oregon	2,700,000	Mike Reid (2)	Champions Tour major championship
Aug 30	Boeing Classic	Washington	1,800,000	Loren Roberts (11)
Sep 6	Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	California	2,100,000	Jeff Sluman (3)
Sep 20	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	North Carolina	1,750,000	Jay Haas (13)
Sep 27	SAS Championship	North Carolina	2,100,000	Tom Pernice Jr. (1)
Oct 4	Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship	Maryland	2,700,000	Jay Haas (14)	Champions Tour major championship
Oct 18	Administaff Small Business Classic	Texas	1,700,000	John Cook (3)
Oct 25	AT&T Championship	Texas	1,700,000	Phil Blackmar (1)
Nov 1	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	California	2,500,000	John Cook (4)	Tour Championship

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Points
1	Loren Roberts	2,670
2	John Cook	2,351
3	Fred Funk	2,349
4	Bernhard Langer	2,322
5	Jay Haas	1,984

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[5][6]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Bernhard Langer	2,139,451
2	Loren Roberts	1,960,613
3	John Cook	1,798,664
4	Jay Haas	1,758,395
5	Fred Funk	1,563,810

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Bernhard Langer	[6]
Rookie of the Year	Russ Cochran	[7]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Bernhard Langer	[6][8]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Champions Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Champions Tour members.

References

1. "2009 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
2. "2010 Champions Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
3. "2009 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 16, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
4. Fields, Bill (November 2, 2009). "Year Of Loss Isn't A Lost Year For Roberts". Golf Digest. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
5. "2009 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
6. "Langer makes history on Champions Tour". football.co.uk. December 21, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2023. Additionally, Langer also collected his second consecutive Byron Nelson Award for lowest scoring average (68.92) in 2009, as well as earning his second consecutive Arnold Palmer Award as the Tour's leading money winner ($2,139,451).
7. "Russ Cochran". Golf Info Guide. Retrieved November 28, 2023. He first played on the Champions Tour in 2009, and finished in third place at the US Senior Open. At the end of that season Cochran was given the title Rookie of the Year.
8. "2009 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

External links

• Official website