2006 Champions Tour

The 2006 Champions Tour was the 27th 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 28 official money events with purses totalling $50,950,000, including five majors. One other tournament, the Bank of America Championship, with a purse of $1,600,000, was canceled due to severe weather. Jay Haas and Loren Roberts won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

2007 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 18, 2006 (2006-01-18) – October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
Number of official events28
Most wins4 United States Jay Haas and United States Loren Roberts
Money leaderUnited States Jay Haas
Player of the YearUnited States Jay Haas
Rookie of the YearArgentina Eduardo Romero
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Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2006 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 22MasterCard Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,700,000United States Loren Roberts (2)191 (−25)290,000
Jan 29Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000United States Loren Roberts (3)204 (−12)225,000
Feb 19The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Loren Roberts (4)202 (−14)240,000
Feb 26Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000United States Jerry Pate (1)202 (−11)240,000
Mar 12AT&T ClassicCalifornia1,600,000United States Tom Kite (8)204 (−12)240,000
Mar 20Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,650,000United States Brad Bryant (1)204 (−9)247,500
Apr 2Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf ClassicMexico1,600,000United States Morris Hatalsky (3)207 (−9)240,000
Apr 23Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,500,000United States Jay Haas (3)201 (−15)395,000
Apr 30FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000United States Jay Haas (4)205 (−11)240,000
May 7Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,600,000United States Brad Bryant (2)199 (−17)240,000
May 14The Boeing Championship at SandestinFlorida1,600,000United States Bobby Wadkins (2)203 (−10)240,000
May 28Senior PGA ChampionshipOklahoma2,000,000United States Jay Haas (5)279 (−5)360,000
Jun 4Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000United States Gil Morgan (24)197 (−16)225,000
Jun 11Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,600,000Canceled (severe weather)
Jun 25Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000United States John Harris (1)202 (−11)225,000
Jul 2Greater Kansas City Golf ClassicKansas1,650,000United States Dana Quigley (11)198 (−18)248,000
Jul 9U.S. Senior OpenKansas2,600,000United States Allen Doyle (11)272 (−8)470,000
Jul 16Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000United States Bobby Wadkins (3)274 (−14)375,000
Jul 30Senior British OpenScotland1,800,000United States Loren Roberts (5)274 (−6)293,981
Aug 63M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States David Edwards (1)204 (−12)262,500
Aug 20Boeing Greater Seattle ClassicWashington1,600,000United States Tom Kite (9)201 (−15)240,000
Aug 27JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,500,000Argentina Eduardo Romero (1)275 (−13)375,000
Sep 3Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000United States Scott Simpson (1)204 (−12)300,000
Sep 17Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,700,000United States Bob Gilder (9)202 (−14)255,000
Oct 1Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000United States Andy Bean (1)201 (−15)240,000
Oct 8SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,000,000United States Tom Jenkins (7)134 (−10)300,000
Oct 15Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,600,000United States Jay Haas (6)126 (−16)240,000
Oct 23AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,600,000United States Fred Funk (1)201 (−12)240,000
Oct 30Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000United States Jim Thorpe (12)271 (−17)440,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Loren Roberts United States69.01
2Jay Haas United States69.07
3Tom Watson United States69.67
4Brad Bryant United States69.71
5David Edwards United States69.94

Source:[1]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Jay Haas United States2,420,227214
2Loren Roberts United States2,365,395214
3Brad Bryant United States1,692,417202
4Tom Kite United States1,643,348252
5Gil Morgan United States1,525,050271

Source:[2]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States23,384,70544
2Gil Morgan United States17,208,47224
3Bruce Fleisher United States13,260,44218
4Dana Quigley United States13,166,72511
5Larry Nelson United States12,893,73619

Source:[3]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Jay Haas United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Jay Haas United States
Charles Schwab CupJay Haas United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Loren Roberts United States
Rookie of the YearEduardo Romero Argentina
Comeback Player of the YearTim Simpson United States

See also

References
  1. "Scoring Average – 2006 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Money Leaders – 2006 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Career Money Leaders – 2006 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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