2011 Champions Tour


The 2011 Champions Tour was the 32nd season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 24 official money events with purses totalling $48,075,000, including five majors. Tom Lehman topped the end-of-season money list, winning $2,081,526. Lehman and John Cook won the most tournaments, three each. Mark Calcavecchia led the tour in scoring average. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2011 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. No golfer won on his Champions Tour debut this season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse WinnerScore1st prize
Jan 23Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 John Cook 194 305,000
Feb 13Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000 Tom Lehman 203 270,000
Feb 20The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Bernhard Langer 196 240,000
Mar 13Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000 Nick Price 196 255,000
Apr 3Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000 Tom Lehman 200 240,000
Apr 17Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000 John Cook 204 255,000
Apr 24Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,700,000 David Eger &
/ Mark McNulty
189 230,000
May 8Regions TraditionAlabama2,200,000 Tom Lehman 275 330,000
May 29Senior PGA ChampionshipKentucky2,000,000 Tom Watson 278 360,000
Jun 5Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000 Bob Gilder 199 258,750
Jun 12Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,750,000 Mark Wiebe 197 262,500
Jun 26Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,750,000 John Huston 200 262,500
Jul 3Montreal ChampionshipCanada1,800,000 John Cook 195 270,000
Jul 10Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia1,600,000 Jeff Sluman 206 240,000
Jul 24Senior British OpenEngland2,000,000 Russ Cochran 276 315,600
Jul 31U.S. Senior OpenOhio2,600,000 Olin Browne 269 500,000
Aug 73M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Jay Haas 201 262,500
Aug 21Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipNew York2,700,000 Fred Couples 273 405,000
Aug 28Boeing ClassicWashington2,000,000 Mark Calcavecchia 202 300,000
Sep 18Songdo IBD ChampionshipSouth Korea3,000,000 Jay Don Blake 203 456,000
Oct 2SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Kenny Perry 205 315,000
Oct 9Insperity ChampionshipTexas1,700,000 Brad Faxon 134 255,000
Oct 16AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,800,000 Fred Couples 193 270,000
Nov 6Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Jay Don Blake 276 440,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Mark Calcavecchia69.04
2Tom Lehman69.22
3Russ Cochran69.22
4Michael Allen69.47
5Nick Price69.56

Source:
Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Tom Lehman2,081,526213
2Mark Calcavecchia1,867,991221
3John Cook1,747,075233
4Jay Don Blake1,531,877202
5Russ Cochran1,503,090181

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Hale Irwin26,195,61545
2Gil Morgan20,010,74825
3Tom Kite14,883,50010
4Dana Quigley14,782,22311
5Bruce Fleisher14,721,41718

Source:

Awards