2000 Senior PGA Tour


The 2000 Senior PGA Tour was the 21st season since the Senior PGA Tour, now known as PGA Tour Champions, officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 39 official money events with purses totalling $54,850,000, including four majors. Larry Nelson won the most tournaments, six. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2000 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.
DateTournamentLocationPurse WinnerScore1st prize
Jan 23MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,200,000 George Archer 207 199,000
Feb 6Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,100,000 Bruce Fleisher 30 165,000
Feb 13ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,200,000 Lanny Wadkins 202 180,000
Feb 20GTE ClassicFlorida1,300,000 Bruce Fleisher 200 195,000
Feb 27LiquidGolf.com InvitationalFlorida1,200,000 Tom Wargo 202 180,000
Mar 5Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,300,000 Allen Doyle 136 195,000
Mar 12Audi Senior ClassicMexico1,500,000 Hubert Green 197 225,000
Mar 26Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,250,000 Gil Morgan 197 187,500
Apr 2The Countrywide TraditionArizona1,600,000 Tom Kite 280 240,000
Apr 16PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000 Doug Tewell 201 324,000
Apr 23Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000 Larry Nelson 197 210,000
Apr 30Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,300,000 John Jacobs 203 195,000
May 7The Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,300,000 Bruce Fleisher 203 195,000
May 14Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,450,000 Hale Irwin 207 217,500
May 21TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,300,000 Dana Quigley 198 195,000
May 28Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,500,000 Larry Nelson 200 225,000
Jun 4BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,500,000 Hale Irwin 198 225,000
Jun 11SBC Senior OpenIllinois1,400,000 Tom Kite 207 210,000
Jun 18SBC ChampionshipTexas1,100,000 Doug Tewell 202 165,000
Jun 25Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000 Lee Trevino 202 165,000
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenPennsylvania2,250,000 Hale Irwin 267 400,000
Jul 9State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,350,000 Leonard Thompson 205 202,500
Jul 16Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,300,000 Raymond Floyd 273 345,000
Jul 23The Instinet ClassicNew Jersey1,400,000 Gil Morgan 199 210,000
Jul 30Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,500,000 Bruce Fleisher 198 225,000
Aug 6Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,600,000 Ed Dougherty 197 240,000
Aug 13AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,450,000 Tom Jenkins 274 217,500
Aug 20Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,450,000 Doug Tewell 199 217,500
Aug 27FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,300,000 Larry Nelson 203 195,000
Sep 3Foremost Insurance ChampionshipMichigan1,100,000 Larry Nelson 198 165,000
Sep 10Comfort ClassicIndiana1,250,000 Gil Morgan 131 187,500
Sep 17Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,400,000 Hubert Green 200 210,000
Sep 24Bank One Senior ChampionshipTexas1,400,000 Larry Nelson 203 210,000
Oct 1Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Larry Nelson 198 225,000
Oct 8The TransamericaCalifornia1,100,000 Jim Thorpe 198 165,000
Oct 15Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,100,000 Jim Thorpe 195 165,000
Oct 22EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,100,000 Hale Irwin 198 165,000
Oct 29SBC Senior ClassicCalifornia1,400,000 Joe Inman 198 210,000
Nov 5IR Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,100,000 Tom Watson 270 365,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Gil Morgan68.83
2Larry Nelson68.87
3Bruce Fleisher69.01
4Hale Irwin69.16
5Tom Watson69.23

Source:
Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Larry Nelson2,708,005306
2Bruce Fleisher2,373,977304
3Hale Irwin2,128,968244
4Gil Morgan1,873,216233
5Dana Quigley1,802,063391

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Hale Irwin11,774,45329
2Jim Colbert9,623,84419
3Lee Trevino9,211,21629
4Dave Stockton8,618,42614
5Bob Charles8,284,08123

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Awards