2008 Champions Tour
Year2008
TourChampions Tour
Regular seasonJanuary 18, 2008 – November 2, 2008
No of events29
Most winsBernhard Langer (3)
Eduardo Romero (3)
Honor 1Charles Schwab Cup
Honoree 1Jay Haas
Honor 2Money list
Honoree 2Bernhard Langer
Honor 3Player of the Year
Honoree 3Bernhard Langer
Honor 4Rookie of the Year
Honoree 4Bernhard Langer
Prevseason2007
Nextseason2009

The 2008 Champions Tour was the 29th 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner[a]Notes
Jan 20MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,800,000Fred Funk (3)
Jan 27Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000Jerry Pate (2)
Feb 10Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,650,000Scott Hoch (2)
Feb 17ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000Scott Hoch (3)
Mar 9Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000Bernhard Langer (2)
Mar 16AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000Denis Watson (3)
Mar 30Ginn Championship Hammock Beach ResortFlorida2,500,000Bernhard Langer (3)
Apr 6Cap Cana ChampionshipDominican Republic2,000,000Mark Wiebe (2)New tournament
Apr 20Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000Tom Watson (11)Pro-Am
Apr 27Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,600,000Andy North (1) and
Tom Watson (12)		Team event
May 4FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000Denis Watson (4)
May 18Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,700,000Andy Bean (2)
May 25Senior PGA ChampionshipNew York2,000,000Jay Haas (11)Senior major championship
Jun 1Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000Jay Haas (12)
Jun 22Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,650,000Jeff Sluman (1)
Jun 29Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,600,000Loren Roberts (8)
Jul 6Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,600,000Eduardo Romero (2)
Jul 203M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000R.W. Eaks (3)
Jul 27The Senior Open ChampionshipScotland2,000,000Bruce Vaughan (1)Senior major championship
Aug 3U.S. Senior OpenColorado2,600,000Eduardo Romero (3)Senior major championship
Aug 17JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,600,000Fred Funk (4)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 24Boeing ClassicWashington1,700,000Tom Kite (10)
Aug 31Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,100,000Jeff Sluman (2)
Sep 14Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,700,000R.W. Eaks (4)
Sep 28SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000Eduardo Romero (4)
Oct 12Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,600,000D. A. Weibring (5)Champions Tour major championship
Oct 19Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000Bernhard Langer (4)
Oct 26AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,650,000John Cook (2)
Nov 2Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000Andy Bean (3)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 2Del Webb Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000Larry Nelson and
son Drew Nelson		Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Jay Haas2,556
2Fred Funk2,544
3Bernhard Langer2,460
4Eduardo Romero2,032
5John Cook1,867

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Bernhard Langer2,035,073
2Jay Haas1,991,726
3Fred Funk1,825,931
4Jeff Sluman1,728,443
5John Cook1,721,038

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Bernhard Langer[5]
Rookie of the YearBernhard Langer[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Bernhard Langer[5][6]

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. ^ "2008 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived 1 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "2008 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived 6 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Win For Bean, Cup To Haas". Golf Digest. 1 November 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ^ "2008 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived 1 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Champions Tour Player/Rookie of the Year: Bernhard Langer". PGA Tour. 16 December 2008. Archived 17 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023. The World Golf Hall of Fame member also had the lowest scoring average of the season.
  6. ^ "2008 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved 28 November 2023.