European Senior Tour


The European Senior Tour, title sponsored as the Staysure Tour, is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. UK-based insurance company Staysure became the first-ever title sponsors of the tour in 2018.

History

The Tour was founded in 1992 after calls from 60 leading professionals five years after the first Senior Open Championship in 1987. The highest profile event in Europe is the Senior British Open Championship, which is co-sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions; this will be played on the Old Course at St Andrew for the first time in 2018. The European Tour co-sanctions the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open. Prize money in latter does not count towards the Order of Merit, but since 2007 the former has been an official money event.

Tour schedules

The table below summarises the development of the tour since 1999, which was the year that the euro became the currency of record for the tour. Individual tournaments have purses fixed in a mixture of British pounds, euros and U.S. dollars, so year on year changes in the total prize fund reflect exchange rate fluctuations as well as prize fund movements in constant currencies.
YearTournamentsTotal purse
201919
201819
201715
201613
20151212,030,299
2014146,957,767
2013165,089,169
2012167,454,025
2011228,971,738
2010219,043,584
2009167,045,769
2008187,729,284
2007198,305,947
2006176,346,453
2005217,019,820
2004206,340,626
2003206,041,828
2002195,497,811
2001206,539,844
2000204,714,254
1999173,266,041

Order of Merit winners

The winner of the Order of Merit is awarded the John Jacobs Trophy.
YearOrder of Merit leaderCountryEarnings
2019Phillip Price2887.8^
2018Paul Broadhurst547,793
2017Clark Dennis222,055
2016Paul Broadhurst399,285
2015Colin Montgomerie679,147
2014Colin Montgomerie624,543
2013Paul Wesselingh311,644
2012Roger Chapman356,751
2011Peter Fowler302,327
2010Boonchu Ruangkit266,609
2009Sam Torrance170,696
2008Ian Woosnam320,120
2007Carl Mason412,376
2006Sam Torrance347,525
2005Sam Torrance277,421
2004Carl Mason354,743
2003Carl Mason350,242
2002Seiji Ebihara330,211
2001Ian Stanley287,025
2000Noel Ratcliffe163,167
1999Tommy Horton138,944
1998Tommy Horton178,719
1997Tommy Horton221,798
1996Tommy Horton186,473
1995Brian Barnes89,068
1994John Morgan80,093
1993Tommy Horton79,709
1992John Fourie66,998

^ From 2019, the tour used a point-based system instead of prize money.

Leading career money winners

The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Senior Tour as of the end of the 2018 season.
RankPlayerCountryEarnings
1Bernhard Langer2,811,071
2Carl Mason2,757,126
3Colin Montgomerie1,943,628
4Nick Job1,653,634
5Peter Fowler1,652,178
6Barry Lane1,571,534
7Tom Watson1,570,663
8Sam Torrance1,560,985
9Tommy Horton1,527,506
10Bill Longmuir1,472,192

There is a full list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website .