2012 PGA Tour
Year2012
TourPGA Tour
Regular seasonJanuary 5, 2012 – November 11, 2012
No of events45
Most winsRory McIlroy (4)
Honor 1FedEx Cup
Honoree 1Brandt Snedeker
Honor 2Money list
Honoree 2Rory McIlroy
Honor 3PGA Tour Player of the Year
Honoree 3Rory McIlroy
Honor 4PGA Player of the Year
Honoree 4Rory McIlroy
Honor 5Rookie of the Year
Honoree 5John Huh
Prevseason2011
Nextseason2013

The 2012 PGA Tour was the 97th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 44th season since separating from the PGA of America, and the sixth edition of the FedEx Cup.

Changes for 2012

The schedule was announced on October 19, 2011 and had four phases:[1]

  • Regular season: Consisted of 37 events and started on January 5 with the limited-field Hyundai Tournament of Champions and ended with the Wyndham Championship on August 19.
  • FedEx Cup Playoffs: As in previous seasons, this was a series of four tournaments. It started with The Barclays on August 23 and ended with the Tour Championship on September 23.
  • Fall Series: After the Tour Championship, the principal portion of the season ended with a series of four tournaments. These tournaments, generally passed on by the elite players, offered an additional opportunity for players to secure their tour cards for the following season by finishing in the top 125 on the money list, or to gain a two-year exemption by winning a tournament with a slightly weaker field than usual.
  • Between the regular season and the end of the Fall Series, the tour had three events, none of which offered official prize money.
    • The 2012 Ryder Cup, a biennial team competition involving the United States team and the European team. In 2012, this event was held in Illinois.
    • The CIMB Classic, a limited-field event held in Malaysia that debuted in 2010.
    • The WGC-HSBC Champions, a World Golf Championships event held in China. Founded in 2005, it was elevated to WGC status in 2009, when it also became an event on the PGA Tour schedule. Although the prize money was unofficial, it counted as an official PGA Tour win, if it was won by a PGA Tour member.

The regular season included all four major championships and three of the World Golf Championships events. All four majors and all four WGC events were also sanctioned by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner[a]OWGR
points		Other
tours[b]		Notes
Jan 9Hyundai Tournament of ChampionsHawaii5,600,000Steve Stricker (12)38Winners-only event
Jan 15Sony Open in HawaiiHawaii5,500,000Johnson Wagner (3)42
Jan 22Humana ChallengeCalifornia5,600,000Mark Wilson (5)44Pro-Am
Jan 29Farmers Insurance OpenCalifornia6,000,000Brandt Snedeker (3)48
Feb 5Waste Management Phoenix OpenArizona6,100,000Kyle Stanley (1)50
Feb 12AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia6,400,000Phil Mickelson (40)38Pro-Am
Feb 19Northern Trust OpenCalifornia6,600,000Bill Haas (4)62
Feb 26WGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipArizona8,500,000Hunter Mahan (4)76World Golf Championship
Feb 26Mayakoba Golf ClassicMexico3,700,000John Huh (1)24Alternate event
Mar 4The Honda ClassicFlorida5,700,000Rory McIlroy (3)50
Mar 11WGC-Cadillac ChampionshipFlorida8,500,000Justin Rose (4)78World Golf Championship
Mar 11Puerto Rico OpenPuerto Rico3,500,000George McNeill (2)24Alternate event
Mar 18Transitions ChampionshipFlorida5,500,000Luke Donald (5)58
Mar 25Arnold Palmer InvitationalFlorida6,000,000Tiger Woods (72)56Invitational
Apr 1Shell Houston OpenTexas6,000,000Hunter Mahan (5)50
Apr 8Masters TournamentGeorgia8,000,000Bubba Watson (4)100Major championship
Apr 15RBC HeritageSouth Carolina5,700,000Carl Pettersson (5)50Invitational
Apr 22Valero Texas OpenTexas6,200,000Ben Curtis (4)24
Apr 29Zurich Classic of New OrleansLouisiana6,400,000Jason Dufner (1)52
May 6Wells Fargo ChampionshipNorth Carolina6,500,000Rickie Fowler (1)58
May 13The Players ChampionshipFlorida9,500,000Matt Kuchar (4)80Flagship event
May 20HP Byron Nelson ChampionshipTexas6,500,000Jason Dufner (2)38
May 27Crowne Plaza Invitational at ColonialTexas6,400,000Zach Johnson (8)50Invitational
Jun 3Memorial TournamentOhio6,200,000Tiger Woods (73)68Invitational
Jun 10FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennessee5,600,000Dustin Johnson (6)34
Jun 17U.S. OpenCalifornia8,000,000Webb Simpson (3)100Major championship
Jun 24Travelers ChampionshipConnecticut6,000,000Marc Leishman (1)46
Jul 1AT&T NationalMaryland6,500,000Tiger Woods (74)48Invitational
Jul 8Greenbrier ClassicWest Virginia6,100,000Ted Potter Jr. (1)48
Jul 15John Deere ClassicIllinois4,600,000Zach Johnson (9)36
Jul 22The Open ChampionshipEngland£5,000,000Ernie Els (19)100Major championship
Jul 22True South ClassicMississippi3,000,000Scott Stallings (2)24Alternate event
Jul 29RBC Canadian OpenCanada5,200,000Scott Piercy (2)36
Aug 5WGC-Bridgestone InvitationalOhio8,500,000Keegan Bradley (3)76World Golf Championship
Aug 5Reno–Tahoe OpenNevada3,000,000J. J. Henry (2)24Alternate event
Aug 12PGA ChampionshipSouth Carolina8,000,000Rory McIlroy (4)100Major championship
Aug 20Wyndham ChampionshipNorth Carolina5,200,000Sergio García (8)42
Aug 26The BarclaysNew York8,000,000Nick Watney (5)74FedEx Cup playoff event
Sep 3Deutsche Bank ChampionshipMassachusetts8,000,000Rory McIlroy (5)74FedEx Cup playoff event
Sep 9BMW ChampionshipIndiana8,000,000Rory McIlroy (6)70FedEx Cup playoff event
Sep 23Tour ChampionshipGeorgia8,000,000Brandt Snedeker (4)62FedEx Cup playoff event
Oct 7Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children OpenNevada4,500,000Ryan Moore (2)30Fall Series
Oct 14Frys.com OpenCalifornia5,000,000Jonas Blixt (1)24Fall Series
Oct 21McGladrey ClassicGeorgia4,000,000Tommy Gainey (1)26Fall Series
Nov 11Children's Miracle Network Hospitals ClassicFlorida4,700,000Charlie Beljan (1)24Fall Series

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		Winner(s)OWGR
points		Other
tours[b]		Notes
Mar 20Tavistock CupFlorida2,170,000Team Lake Nonan/aTeam event
Jun 19CVS Caremark Charity ClassicRhode Island1,300,000Jay Haas and
Morgan Pressel		n/aTeam event
Sep 30Ryder CupIllinoisn/aTeam Europen/aTeam event
Oct 24PGA Grand Slam of GolfBermuda1,350,000Pádraig Harringtonn/aLimited-field event
Oct 28CIMB ClassicMalaysia6,100,000Nick Watney36ASALimited-field event
Nov 4WGC-HSBC ChampionsChina7,000,000Ian Poulter (2)64World Golf Championship[c]
Nov 13Wendy's 3-Tour ChallengeNevada1,000,000PGA Tourn/aTeam event
Dec 2World ChallengeCalifornia4,000,000Graeme McDowell44Limited-field event
Dec 9Franklin Templeton ShootoutFlorida3,000,000Sean O'Hair and
Kenny Perry		n/aTeam event

FedEx Cup

Final standings

For full rankings, see 2012 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Final top 10 players in the FedEx Cup:[3][4]

PositionPlayerPointsBonus money ($)
1Brandt Snedeker4,10010,000,000
2Rory McIlroy2,8273,000,000
3Tiger Woods2,6632,000,000
4Nick Watney2,2151,500,000
5Phil Mickelson2,0731,000,000
6Justin Rose1,770800,000
7Louis Oosthuizen1,635700,000
8Dustin Johnson1,527600,000
9Luke Donald1,275550,000
10Lee Westwood1,205500,000

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Rory McIlroy8,047,952
2Tiger Woods6,133,158
3Brandt Snedeker4,989,739
4Jason Dufner4,869,304
5Bubba Watson4,644,997
6Zach Johnson4,504,244
7Justin Rose4,290,930
8Phil Mickelson4,203,821
9Hunter Mahan4,019,193
10Keegan Bradley3,910,658

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Rory McIlroy[7]
PGA Player of the YearRory McIlroy[8]
Rookie of the YearJohn Huh[9]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Rory McIlroy[10]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Rory McIlroy[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ ASA − Asian Tour.
  3. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, however counted as an official win as Poulter was a PGA Tour member.

References

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  2. ^ "2012 PGA Tour schedule". PGA Tour. October 19, 2011. Archived December 22, 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "2012 FedEx Cup". PGA Tour. Archived 7 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ^ Snell, Patrick (23 September 2012). "Brandt Snedeker wins Tour Championship, FedEx Cup". CNN. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  5. ^ "2012 Official money". PGA Tour. Archived 20 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  6. ^ Coleman, Scott (7 October 2012). "PGA Money List 2012: Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods sit atop leaderboard". SB Nation. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Rory McIlroy is voted PGA Tour Player of the Year for 2012". Sky Sports. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  8. ^ "PGA Champion McIlroy wins PGA Player of Year and Vardon Trophy". PGA of America. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Korean-American named PGA Rookie of the Year". The Korea Herald. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  10. ^ "2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide | Awards". PGA Tour. Retrieved 22 October 2023.