2009 Champions Tour
Year2009
TourChampions Tour
Regular seasonJanuary 23, 2009 – November 1, 2009
No of events25
Most winsBernhard Langer (4)
Honor 1Charles Schwab Cup
Honoree 1Loren Roberts
Honor 2Money list
Honoree 2Bernhard Langer
Honor 3Player of the Year
Honoree 3Bernhard Langer
Honor 4Rookie of the Year
Honoree 4Russ Cochran
Prevseason2008
Nextseason2010

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.

Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner[a]Notes
Jan 25Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000Bernhard Langer (5)
Feb 15Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,700,000Mike Goodes (1)
Feb 22ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000Loren Roberts (9)
Mar 8Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000Eduardo Romero (5)
Mar 15AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000Dan Forsman (1)
Mar 29Cap Cana ChampionshipDominican Republic2,100,000Keith Fergus (2)
Apr 19Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000Nick Price (1)Pro-Am
Apr 26Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,600,000Bernhard Langer (6) and
Tom Lehman (1)		Team event
May 17Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,700,000Keith Fergus (3)
May 24Senior PGA ChampionshipOhio2,000,000Michael Allen (1)Senior major championship
May 31Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000Mark McNulty (7)
Jun 7Triton Financial ClassicTexas1,600,000Bernhard Langer (7)
Jun 28Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,650,000Lonnie Nielsen (2)
Jul 123M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000Bernhard Langer (8)
Jul 26The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,000,000Loren Roberts (10)Senior major championship
Aug 2U.S. Senior OpenIndiana2,600,000Fred Funk (5)Senior major championship
Aug 23JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,700,000Mike Reid (2)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 30Boeing ClassicWashington1,800,000Loren Roberts (11)
Sep 6Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,100,000Jeff Sluman (3)
Sep 20Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,750,000Jay Haas (13)
Sep 27SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000Tom Pernice Jr. (1)
Oct 4Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,700,000Jay Haas (14)Champions Tour major championship
Oct 18Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000John Cook (3)
Oct 25AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,700,000Phil Blackmar (1)
Nov 1Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000John 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]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Loren Roberts2,670
2John Cook2,351
3Fred Funk2,349
4Bernhard Langer2,322
5Jay Haas1,984

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Bernhard Langer2,139,451
2Loren Roberts1,960,613
3John Cook1,798,664
4Jay Haas1,758,395
5Fred Funk1,563,810

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Bernhard Langer[6]
Rookie of the YearRuss 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 13 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "2010 Champions Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour. 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ "2009 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived 16 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ^ Fields, Bill (2 November 2009). "Year Of Loss Isn't A Lost Year For Roberts". Golf Digest. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. ^ "2009 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived 1 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Langer makes history on Champions Tour". football.co.uk. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 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 28 November 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 28 November 2023.