1999 Senior PGA Tour

The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season since the Senior PGA Tour, now known as PGA Tour Champions, officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $48,900,000, including four majors. Bruce Fleisher won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

1999 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 21, 1999 (1999-01-21) – November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
Number of official events38
Most wins6 United States Bruce Fleisher
Money leaderUnited States Bruce Fleisher
Player of the YearUnited States Bruce Fleisher
Rookie of the YearUnited States Bruce Fleisher
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Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1999 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 24MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,100,000United States John Jacobs (2)203 (−13)185,000
Feb 7Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,000,000United States Bruce Fleisher (1)205 (−8)150,000
Feb 14American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000United States Bruce Fleisher (2)203 (−13)180,000
Feb 21GTE ClassicFlorida1,200,000United States Larry Nelson (4)205 (−8)180,000
Feb 28The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,200,000United States Allen Doyle (1)203 (−13)180,000
Mar 14Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,200,000United States Gary McCord (1)204 (−9)180,000
Mar 28Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000United States Bob Duval (1)200 (−10)165,000
Apr 4The TraditionArizona1,500,000Australia Graham Marsh (6)136 (−8)225,000
Apr 18PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,750,000United States Allen Doyle (2)274 (−14)315,000
Apr 25The Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,200,000United States Bruce Fleisher (3)205 (−11)180,000
May 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,200,000United States Larry Nelson (5)205 (−11)180,000
May 9Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,400,000United States Hale Irwin (21)206 (−10)210,000
May 16Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000Argentina Vicente Fernández (3)274 (−13)210,000
May 23Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000United States Tom Jenkins (1)206 (−10)165,000
May 30Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,400,000United States Hale Irwin (22)203 (−13)210,000
Jun 6Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000United States Allen Doyle (3)202 (−12)165,000
Jun 13BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,400,000United States Bruce Fleisher (4)200 (−16)210,000
Jun 20Southwestern Bell DominionTexas1,100,000United States John Mahaffey (1)204 (−12)165,000
Jun 27Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,000,000United States Hale Irwin (23)267 (−21)300,000
Jul 4State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,300,000Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)198 (−18)195,000
Jul 11U.S. Senior OpenIowa1,500,000United States Dave Eichelberger (4)281 (−7)315,000
Jul 18Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000United States Hale Irwin (24)206 (−10)195,000
Jul 25Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (25)201 (−15)225,000
Aug 1Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,350,000United States Dave Eichelberger (5)197 (−19)202,500
Aug 8Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,200,000United States Bruce Fleisher (5)206 (−10)180,000
Aug 15Foremost Insurance ChampionshipMichigan1,000,000Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (2)205 (−11)150,000
Aug 22BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,200,000United States Tom McGinnis (1)205 (−11)180,000
Aug 29AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,350,000United States Jim Ahern (1)272 (−16)202,500
Sep 5TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,200,000United States Allen Doyle (4)198 (−18)180,000
Sep 12Comfort ClassicIndiana1,200,000United States Gil Morgan (14)201 (−15)180,000
Sep 19Bank One ChampionshipTexas1,300,000United States Tom Watson (1)196 (−20)195,000
Sep 26Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,400,000United States Gil Morgan (15)198 (−12)210,000
Oct 3Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Fred Gibson (1)195 (−15)225,000
Oct 10The TransamericaCalifornia1,100,000United States Bruce Fleisher (6)199 (−17)165,000
Oct 17Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,000,000Australia David Graham (5)199 (−17)150,000
Oct 24EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,000,000United States Bruce Fleisher (7)199 (−14)150,000
Oct 31Pacific Bell Senior ClassicCalifornia1,200,000United States Joe Inman (2)199 (−14)180,000
Nov 7Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000United States Gary McCord (2)276 (−12)347,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Bruce Fleisher United States69.19
2Hale Irwin United States69.58
3Gil Morgan United States69.69
4Tom Jenkins United States69.90
5Allen Doyle United States70.02

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bruce Fleisher United States2,515,705327
2Hale Irwin United States2,025,232265
3Allen Doyle United States1,911,640314
4Larry Nelson United States1,513,524282
5Gil Morgan United States1,493,282272

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States9,645,48525
2Jim Colbert United States8,887,83119
3Lee Trevino United States8,666,03028
4Dave Stockton United States8,104,78614
5Bob Charles New Zealand8,001,71023

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Bruce Fleisher United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bruce Fleisher United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Bruce Fleisher United States
Rookie of the YearBruce Fleisher United States
Comeback Player of the YearTom Jenkins United States

See also

References
  1. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 31–32. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Scoring Average – 1999 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Money Leaders – 1999 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 1999 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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