2006 PGA Tour

The 2006 PGA Tour was the 91st season of the PGA Tour. The tour saw several notable storylines during the season: after being challenged by Phil Mickelson in the first half of the year, when Mickelson won his second straight major at the Masters and was on course to win the U.S. Open until the 72nd hole, Tiger Woods emphatically re-established his status as the dominant golfer of his era in the second half of the season by finishing with six consecutive wins, including the last two majors, and took the Player of the Year award for the eighth time in his career. Jim Furyk had his career year to date, finishing second on the money list despite picking up only two wins, due to exceptional consistency.

2006 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 5, 2006 (2006-01-05) – November 5, 2006 (2006-11-05)
Number of official events48
Most wins8:
United States Tiger Woods
Money winnerUnited States Tiger Woods
Player of the YearUnited States Tiger Woods
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Trevor Immelman
2005
2007

It was last season of the PGA Tour before the introduction of the FedEx Cup in 2007.

Ten players won three million dollars, 31 won two million or more and 93 won one million or more. The cut off to make the top 125 on the money list and retain a tour card was a record $660,898.

The total prize money, as stated on the 2006 schedule of tournaments page of the PGA Tour website, was $256.3 million.[1] The actual prize money was slightly higher – $258,669,218.84 (due to more than 70 players making the cut at most tournaments). If one player had played and won each of the 44 events (excluding the four alternate events), he would have won $44,209,480.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Notes
Jan 8 Mercedes Championships Hawaii 5,400,000 Australia Stuart Appleby (7) 46 Winners-only event
Jan 15 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 5,100,000 United States David Toms (12) 52
Jan 22 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 5,000,000 United States Chad Campbell (3) 48 Pro-Am
Jan 29 Buick Invitational California 5,100,000 United States Tiger Woods (47) 56
Feb 5 FBR Open Arizona 5,200,000 United States J. B. Holmes (1) 58
Feb 12 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 5,400,000 United States Arron Oberholser (1) 48 Pro-Am
Feb 19 Nissan Open California 5,100,000 South Africa Rory Sabbatini (3) 66
Feb 26 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship California 7,500,000 Australia Geoff Ogilvy (2) 76 World Golf Championship
Feb 26 Chrysler Classic of Tucson Arizona 3,000,000 United States Kirk Triplett (3) 24 Alternate event
Mar 5 Ford Championship at Doral Florida 5,500,000 United States Tiger Woods (48) 66
Mar 12 The Honda Classic Florida 5,500,000 England Luke Donald (2) 44
Mar 19 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 5,500,000 Australia Rod Pampling (2) 68 Invitational
Mar 26 The Players Championship Florida 8,000,000 Canada Stephen Ames (2) 80 Flagship event
Apr 2 BellSouth Classic Georgia 5,300,000 United States Phil Mickelson (28) 52
Apr 9 Masters Tournament Georgia 7,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson (29) 100 Major championship
Apr 16 Verizon Heritage South Carolina 5,300,000 Australia Aaron Baddeley (1) 54 Invitational
Apr 23 Shell Houston Open Texas 5,300,000 Australia Stuart Appleby (8) 44
Apr 30 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 6,000,000 United States Chris Couch (1) 48
May 7 Wachovia Championship North Carolina 6,000,000 United States Jim Furyk (11) 66
May 14 EDS Byron Nelson Championship Texas 6,200,000 United States Brett Wetterich (1) 58
May 21 Bank of America Colonial Texas 6,000,000 United States Tim Herron (4) 54 Invitational
May 28 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 5,200,000 United States Jeff Maggert (3) 32
Jun 4 Memorial Tournament Ohio 5,750,000 Sweden Carl Pettersson (2) 68 Invitational
Jun 11 Barclays Classic New York 5,750,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (29) 68
Jun 18 U.S. Open New York 6,800,000 Australia Geoff Ogilvy (3) 100 Major championship
Jun 27 Booz Allen Classic Maryland 5,000,000 United States Ben Curtis (2) 32
Jul 2 Buick Championship Connecticut 4,400,000 United States J. J. Henry (1) 40
Jul 9 Cialis Western Open Illinois 5,000,000 South Africa Trevor Immelman (1) 60
Jul 16 John Deere Classic Illinois 4,000,000 Australia John Senden (1) 24
Jul 23 The Open Championship England £4,000,000 United States Tiger Woods (49) 100 Major championship
Jul 23 B.C. Open New York 3,000,000 United States John Rollins (2) 24 Alternate event
Jul 30 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee Wisconsin 4,000,000 United States Corey Pavin (15) 30
Aug 6 Buick Open Michigan 4,800,000 United States Tiger Woods (50) 54
Aug 13 The International Colorado 5,500,000 United States Dean Wilson (1) 52
Aug 20 PGA Championship Illinois 6,800,000 United States Tiger Woods (51) 100 Major championship
Aug 27 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Ohio 7,500,000 United States Tiger Woods (52) 76 World Golf Championship
Aug 27 Reno–Tahoe Open Nevada 3,000,000 United States Will MacKenzie (1) 24 Alternate event
Sep 4 Deutsche Bank Championship Massachusetts 5,500,000 United States Tiger Woods (53) 46
Sep 10 Canadian Open Canada 5,000,000 United States Jim Furyk (12) 46
Sep 17 84 Lumber Classic Pennsylvania 4,600,000 United States Ben Curtis (3) 40
Sep 24 Valero Texas Open Texas 4,000,000 United States Eric Axley (1) 24
Oct 1 WGC-American Express Championship England 7,500,000 United States Tiger Woods (54) 70 World Golf Championship
Oct 1 Southern Farm Bureau Classic Mississippi 3,000,000 United States D. J. Trahan (1) 24 Alternate event
Oct 8 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro North Carolina 5,000,000 United States Davis Love III (19) 36
Oct 15 Frys.com Open Nevada 4,000,000 United States Troy Matteson (1) 42
Oct 22 Funai Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort Florida 4,600,000 United States Joe Durant (4) 48
Oct 29 Chrysler Championship Florida 5,300,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (4) 56
Nov 5 The Tour Championship Georgia 6,500,000 Australia Adam Scott (4) 52 Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winner(s) Notes
Mar 28 Tavistock Cup Florida 2,000,000 Team Isleworth Team event
Jun 20 CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic Rhode Island 1,300,000 South Africa Tim Clark and
Zimbabwe Nick Price
Team event
Sep 24 Ryder Cup Ireland n/a Team Europe Team event
Nov 12 Merrill Lynch Shootout Florida 2,750,000 United States Jerry Kelly and
Australia Rod Pampling
Team event
Nov 14 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Nevada 1,000,000 PGA Tour Team event
Nov 22 PGA Grand Slam of Golf Hawaii 1,250,000 United States Tiger Woods Limited-field event
Nov 26 LG Skins Game California 1,000,000 Canada Stephen Ames Limited-field event
Dec 11 WGC-World Cup Barbados 4,000,000 Germany Bernhard Langer and
Germany Marcel Siem
World Golf Championship
Team event
Dec 17 Target World Challenge California 5,750,000 United States Tiger Woods Limited-field event

Location of tournaments

Money leaders

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]

PositionPlayerEventsPrize money ($)
1United States Tiger Woods159,941,563
2United States Jim Furyk247,213,316
3Australia Adam Scott194,978,858
4Fiji Vijay Singh274,602,416
5Australia Geoff Ogilvy204,354,969

Awards

AwardWinner
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)United States Tiger Woods
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Tiger Woods
PGA Player of the YearUnited States Tiger Woods
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Trevor Immelman
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)United States Jim Furyk
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)United States Tiger Woods
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States Steve Stricker

Notes

  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.

References

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