2019 European Senior Tour


The 2019 Staysure Tour was the 28th season of the European Senior Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour. The season was officially called the Staysure Tour after UK-based insurance company Staysure.

Schedule

The 2019 schedule consisted of 19 events.
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Senior Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.
DateTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
6 AprJordan Mixed OpenJordan José Cóceres
Highest placed senior		Co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour and Ladies European Tour.
Points earned towards the Order of Merit based only
on other golfers from the European Senior Tour.
26 MayKitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipUnited States Ken Tanigawa Senior major championship
1 JunSenior Italian OpenItaly Barry Lane
9 JunArras Open Senior Hauts de FranceFrance Peter Baker New tournament
23 JunFarmfoods European Legends Links ChampionshipEngland Jean-François Remésy New tournament
30 JunU.S. Senior OpenUnited States Steve Stricker Senior major championship
7 JulSwiss Seniors OpenSwitzerland José Cóceres
14 JulEuropean Tour Destinations Senior ClassicSpain José Manuel Carriles
21 JulWINSTONgolf Senior OpenGermany Clark Dennis
28 JulSenior Open ChampionshipEngland Bernhard Langer Senior major championship
4 AugStaysure PGA Seniors ChampionshipEngland Phillip Price
18 AugScottish Senior OpenScotland Paul Lawrie
1 SepThe Sinclair InvitationalEngland David Shacklady
22 SepParis Legends ChampionshipFrance David Shacklady
29 SepMurhof Legends – Austrian Senior OpenAustria José Cóceres New tournament
6 OctFarmfoods European Senior MastersEngland Thomas Levet
1 DecMCB Tour Championship – MadagascarMadagascar Barry Lane New tournament
7 DecMCB Tour Championship – SeychellesSeychelles Peter Fowler
15 DecMCB Tour Championship – MauritiusMauritius Jarmo Sandelin

For the tour schedule on the European Senior Tour's website, including links to full results, click .

Qualifying school

The qualifying school was played in Portugal in late January 2019. There were two 36-hole "stage 1" events with the leading players in these events joining a number of exempt players in the 72-hole final stage. There were just five qualifying places available for the 2019 season. There was a cut after 54 holes with players more than eight shots away from the fifth qualifying place not playing the final round.
The following five players gained their places on the 2019 tour:
#PlayerNotes
1 Tim Thelen
2 José Manuel Carriles
3 Dan Olsen
4 André Bossert
T5 Stuart Little

Little beat Peter Wilson with a birdie at the second playoff hole.

Order of Merit leaders

A points-based system was used instead of one based on prize money. Tournaments had different points values with the three majors carrying 10,000 points and the remaining 16 events carrying between 2,500 and 4,500 points.
RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Phillip Price2887.8
2James Kingston2526.2
3David Shacklady2196.4
4Jean-François Remésy2136.8
5Peter Fowler2131.5
6Barry Lane2123.7
7José Cóceres2091.2
8Paul Broadhurst2020.0
9Bernhard Langer1954.9
10Peter Baker1661.3

There is a complete list on the official site .