European Senior Tour

The European Senior Tour, currently branded as the Legends Tour,^[1] is a professional golf tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was titled as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insurance company Staysure became the first title sponsors of the senior tour in December 2017.^[2] The tour was relaunched as the Legends Tour^[3][4] in 2020, after Ryan Howsam, founder and owner of Staysure, took majority ownership in a joint venture with the European Tour.

Legends Tour

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 European Senior Tour
Legends Tour logo
Formerly	European Seniors Tour Staysure Tour
Sport	Golf
Founded	1992
CEO	Phil Harrison
Countries	Based in Europe[a]
Most titles	Order of Merit titles: Tommy Horton (5) Tournament wins: Carl Mason (25)
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports (UK)
Related competitions	European Tour
Official website	https://www.legendstour.com/

History

The Tour was founded in 1992 after calls from 60 leading professionals five years after the first Senior Open Championship in 1987. The highest profile event in Europe is the Senior British Open Championship, which is co-sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions and was played on the Old Course at St Andrews for the first time in 2018. The European Tour co-sanctions the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open. Prize money in the latter does not count towards the Order of Merit, but since 2007 the former has been an official money event.^[5]

Order of Merit winners

Year	Winner	Points
2024	Adilson da Silva	3,837
2023	Peter Baker	4,161
2022	James Kingston	2,845
2021	Stephen Dodd	1,830
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Phillip Price	2,888
Year	Winner	Prize money (€)
2018	Paul Broadhurst (2)	547,793
2017	Clark Dennis	222,055
2016	Paul Broadhurst	399,285
2015	Colin Montgomerie (2)	679,147
2014	Colin Montgomerie	624,543
2013	Paul Wesselingh	311,644
2012	Roger Chapman	356,751
2011	Peter Fowler	302,327
2010	Boonchu Ruangkit	266,609
2009	Sam Torrance (3)	170,696
2008	Ian Woosnam	320,120
2007	Carl Mason (3)	412,376
2006	Sam Torrance (2)	347,525
2005	Sam Torrance	277,421
2004	Carl Mason (2)	354,775
2003	Carl Mason	350,242
2002	Seiji Ebihara	330,211
2001	Ian Stanley	287,025
2000	Noel Ratcliffe	163,164
1999	Tommy Horton (5)	138,943
Year	Winner	Prize money (£)
1998	Tommy Horton (4)	127,656
1997	Tommy Horton (3)	158,427
1996	Tommy Horton (2)	133,195
1995	Brian Barnes	63,620
1994	John Morgan	57,209
1993	Tommy Horton	56,935
1992	John Fourie	47,856

Source:^[6]

Awards

Year	Rookie of the Year
2024	Simon Griffiths
2023	Patrik Sjöland
2022	Adilson da Silva
2021	No award
2020
2019	Paul Lawrie
2018	Paul Streeter
2017	Clark Dennis
2016	Magnus Persson Atlevi
2015	Paul Broadhurst
2014	César Monasterio
2013	Steen Tinning
2012	Paul Wesselingh
2011	Gary Wolstenholme
2010	Boonchu Ruangkit
2009	Mike Harwood
2008	Ian Woosnam
2007	Costantino Rocca
2006	José Rivero
2005	Kevin Spurgeon
2004	Pete Oakley
2003	Carl Mason
2002	Steve Stull
2001	Simon Owen
2000	Priscillo Diniz
1999	Jerry Bruner
1998	Denis O'Sullivan

Leading career money winners

The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Senior Tour as of the end of the 2018 season.

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Bernhard Langer	2,811,071
2	Carl Mason	2,757,126
3	Colin Montgomerie	1,943,628
4	Nick Job	1,653,634
5	Peter Fowler	1,652,178
6	Barry Lane	1,571,534
7	Tom Watson	1,570,663
8	Sam Torrance	1,560,985
9	Tommy Horton	1,527,506
10	Bill Longmuir	1,472,192

There is a full list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website here.

See also

• List of golfers with most European Senior Tour wins

Notes

1. Schedules have also included events in Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America.

References

1. "Ground-breaking joint venture creates new Legends Tour". European Tour. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
2. "Staysure to become first title sponsor of the European Senior Tour". European Tour. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
3. "Legends Tour Website - Ryan Howsam – the businessman with a vision". www.legendstour.com. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
4. "Staysure Tour to become Legends Tour in unique agreement". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
5. "Strong Seniors contingent head to the United States". PGA European Tour. 21 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
6. "John Jacobs Trophy Winners". European Tour. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017.

External links

• Official website