2008 Champions Tour

The 2008 Champions Tour was the 29th 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 29 official money events with purses totalling $55,625,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer and Eduardo Romero won the most tournaments, three. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

2008 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 15, 2008 (2008-01-15) – November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02)
Number of official events29
Most wins3 Argentina Eduardo Romero and West Germany Bernhard Langer
Money leaderWest Germany Bernhard Langer
Player of the YearWest Germany Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the YearWest Germany Bernhard Langer
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Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2008 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 20MasterCard Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000United States Fred Funk (3)195 (−21)300,000
Jan 27Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000United States Jerry Pate (2)211 (−5)240,000
Feb 10Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,650,000United States Scott Hoch (2)202 (−14)247,500
Feb 17The ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Scott Hoch (3)202 (−14)240,000
Mar 9Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000Germany Bernhard Langer (2)199 (−14)255,000
Mar 16AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000Zimbabwe Denis Watson (3)209 (−7)240,000
Mar 30Ginn Championship Hammock Beach ResortFlorida2,500,000Germany Bernhard Langer (3)204 (−12)375,000
Apr 6Cap Cana ChampionshipDominican Republic2,000,000United States Mark Wiebe (2)202 (−14)300,000
Apr 20Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000United States Tom Watson (11)204 (−9)255,000
Apr 27Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,600,000United States Andy North (1) &
United States Tom Watson (12)		185 (−31)225,000
(each)
May 4FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000Zimbabwe Denis Watson (4)206 (−10)240,000
May 18Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,700,000United States Andy Bean (2)203 (−13)255,000
May 25Senior PGA ChampionshipNew York2,000,000United States Jay Haas (11)287 (+7)360,000
Jun 1The Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000United States Jay Haas (12)203 (−10)258,750
Jun 22Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,650,000United States Jeff Sluman (1)199 (−17)247,500
Jun 29Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,600,000United States Loren Roberts (8)201 (−12)240,000
Jul 6Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,600,000Argentina Eduardo Romero (2)199 (−17)240,000
Jul 203M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States R.W. Eaks (3)193 (−23)262,500
Jul 27Senior British Open ChampionshipScotland2,000,000United States Bruce Vaughan (1)278 (−6)315,600
Aug 3U.S. Senior OpenColorado2,600,000Argentina Eduardo Romero (3)274 (−6)470,000
Aug 17JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,600,000United States Fred Funk (4)269 (−19)392,000
Aug 24Boeing ClassicWashington1,700,000United States Tom Kite (10)202 (−14)255,000
Aug 31Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,100,000United States Jeff Sluman (2)202 (−14)315,000
Sep 14Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,700,000United States R.W. Eaks (4)200 (−16)255,000
Sep 28SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000Argentina Eduardo Romero (4)201 (−15)315,000
Oct 12Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,600,000United States D. A. Weibring (5)271 (−9)390,000
Oct 19Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000Germany Bernhard Langer (4)204 (−12)255,000
Oct 26AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,650,000United States John Cook (2)197 (−16)247,500
Nov 2Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000United States Andy Bean (3)268 (−20)442,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Bernhard Langer Germany69.65
2Jay Haas United States69.66
3Loren Roberts United States69.69
4Nick Price Zimbabwe69.71
5Fred Funk United States69.73

Source:[1]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bernhard Langer Germany2,035,073203
2Jay Haas United States1,991,726212
3Fred Funk United States1,825,931182
4Jeff Sluman United States1,728,443262
5John Cook United States1,721,038261

Source:[2]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States24,920,66545
2Gil Morgan United States18,964,04025
3Dana Quigley United States14,406,26911
4Bruce Fleisher United States13,990,35618
5Larry Nelson United States13,262,80819

Source:[3]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Bernhard Langer Germany
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Charles Schwab CupJay Haas United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Rookie of the YearBernhard Langer Germany

See also

References
  1. "Scoring Average – 2008 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Money Leaders – 2008 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Career Money Leaders – 2008 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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