2020–21 PGA Tour Champions season

The 2020–21 PGA Tour Champions season is the 41st in which PGA Tour Champions, a golf tour for men age 50 and over, has operated. The tour officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour.

The season was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with half the scheduled tournaments being cancelled, including four of the five senior majors. As a result the only major played in 2020 was the Senior Players Championship, which was won by Jerry Kelly, who finished two strokes ahead Scott Parel to claim his first senior major title. The season was expanded to include all 2021 tournaments with the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs events in 2020 returning to regular event status.[1]

Tournament results

The following table shows the official schedule of events for the 2020–21 season.[2][3]

Date[lower-alpha 1] Tournament[lower-alpha 2] Location Purse ($) Winner[lower-alpha 3] Score Winner's
share ($)
Jan 18Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (9)202 (−14)305,000
Feb 1Morocco ChampionsMorocco2,000,000United States Brett Quigley (1)201 (−15)255,000
Feb 16Chubb ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Scott Parel (3)196 (−17)240,000
Mar 1Cologuard ClassicArizona1,700,000Germany Bernhard Langer (41)201 (−18)255,000
Mar 8Hoag ClassicCalifornia1,800,000South Africa Ernie Els (1)197 (−16)270,000
Mar 29Rapiscan Systems ClassicMississippi1,600,000Canceled[4][5]240,000
Apr 19Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia1,800,000Canceled[4]270,000
May 3Insperity InvitationalTexas2,200,000Canceled[4]330,000
May 24KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipMichigan3,250,000Canceled[6]585,000
Jun 7American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin2,400,000Canceled[5]300,000
Jun 14MasterCard Japan ChampionshipJapan2,500,000Canceled[4]400,000
Jun 28U.S. Senior OpenRhode Island4,000,000Canceled[7]720,000
Jul 26The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,000,000Canceled[8]314,330
Aug 2The Ally ChallengeMichigan2,000,000United States Jim Furyk (1)[lower-alpha 4]202 (−14)300,000
Aug 16Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York2,050,000Canceled[5]307,500
Aug 16[lower-alpha 5]Bridgestone Senior Players ChampionshipOhio2,800,000United States Jerry Kelly (7)277 (−3)420,000
Aug 23Boeing ClassicWashington2,100,000Canceled[11]315,000
Aug 21Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar LodgeMissouri3,000,000United States Shane Bertsch (1)200 (−13)450,000
Aug 26Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks NationalMissouri3,000,000United States Phil Mickelson (1)[lower-alpha 4]191 (−22)450,000
Aug 30Shaw Charity ClassicAlberta, Canada2,350,000Canceled[12]352,500
Sep 6[lower-alpha 6]Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,850,000Canceled[13]277,500
Sep 13Sanford InternationalSouth Dakota1,800,000Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (10)196 (−14)270,000
Sep 20PURE Insurance ChampionshipCalifornia2,200,000United States Jim Furyk (2)204 (−12)315,000
Sep 27[lower-alpha 7]Regions TraditionAlabama2,400,000Canceled[14]360,000
Oct 4Ascension Charity ClassicMissouri2,000,000Canceled[15]300,000
Oct 11SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000South Africa Ernie Els (2)204 (−12)315,000
Oct 18Dominion Energy Charity ClassicVirginia2,000,000United States Phil Mickelson (2)199 (−17)305,000
Nov 1TimberTech ChampionshipFlorida2,000,000Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (1)199 (−17)255,000
Nov 8Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000United States Kevin Sutherland (4)198 (−15)440,000
Dec 20PNC Championship[lower-alpha 8]Florida1,085,000Justin Thomas and Mike Thomas119 (−25)
Jan 23Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (2)195 (−21)310,000
Feb 28Cologuard ClassicArizona1,700,000United States Kevin Sutherland (5)204 (−15)255,000
Mar 7Hoag ClassicCalifornia1,800,000Postponed[16]
Apr 18Chubb ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Steve Stricker (6)200 (−16)240,000
May 2Insperity InvitationalTexas2,250,000Canada Mike Weir (1)134 (−10)337,500
May 9Regions TraditionAlabama2,750,000Germany Alex Čejka (1)270 (−18)375,000
May 16Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia1,800,000United States Dicky Pride (1)205 (−11)270,000
May 30KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipOklahoma3,500,000Germany Alex Čejka (2)272 (−8)585,000
Jun 6Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,850,000Canada Stephen Ames (2)204 (−12)277,500
Jun 13American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin2,400,000United States Jerry Kelly (8)202 (−14)300,000
Jun 27Bridgestone Senior Players ChampionshipOhio3,000,000United States Steve Stricker (7)273 (−7)420,000
Jul 4Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York2,050,000United States Cameron Beckman (1)204 (−12)307,500
Jul 11U.S. Senior OpenNebraska4,000,000United States Jim Furyk (3)273 (−7)720,000
Jul 25The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,500,000Wales Stephen Dodd (1)267 (−13)392,800
Aug 15Shaw Charity ClassicAlberta, Canada2,350,000United States Doug Barron (2)192 (−18)352,500
Aug 22Boeing ClassicWashington2,100,000Australia Rod Pampling (1)204 (−12)315,000
Aug 29The Ally ChallengeMichigan2,000,000United States Joe Durant (4)199 (−17)300,000
Sep 12Ascension Charity ClassicMissouri2,000,000United States David Toms (2)203 (−10)300,000
Sep 19Sanford InternationalSouth Dakota1,800,000Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (3)198 (−12)270,000
Sep 26PURE Insurance ChampionshipCalifornia2,200,000South Korea K. J. Choi (1)203 (−13)330,000
Oct 10Constellation Furyk and FriendsFlorida2,000,000United States Phil Mickelson (3)201 (−15)300,000
Oct 17SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000United States Lee Janzen (2)204 (−12)315,000
Oct 24Dominion Energy Charity ClassicVirginia2,000,000Germany Bernhard Langer (42)202 (−14)300,000
Nov 7TimberTech ChampionshipFlorida2,000,000New Zealand Steven Alker (1)199 (−17)300,000
Nov 14Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000United States Phil Mickelson (4)265 (−19)375,000
Dec 19PNC Championship[lower-alpha 8]Florida1,085,000John Daly and John Daly II117 (−27)200,000
  1. The date given is the end (or scheduled end) date of the tournament.
  2. Senior majors are shown in bold.
  3. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they will have on the tour up to and including that event.
  4. First tournament played on PGA Tour Champions.[9][10]
  5. Rescheduled from Jul 9–12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
  6. Rescheduled from May 29–31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
  7. Rescheduled from May 7–10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
  8. Unofficial event.

Leaders

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Jim Furyk United States68.84
2Bernhard Langer Germany68.96
3Kevin Sutherland United States69.14
3Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain69.24
5Ernie Els South Africa69.40

Source:[17]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bernhard Langer Germany3,255,499392
2Jim Furyk United States3,141,663263
3Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain2,800,098322
4Ernie Els South Africa2,719,445362
5Jerry Kelly United States2,588,101362

Source:[18]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Bernhard Langer Germany31,908,62542
2Hale Irwin United States27,158,51545
3Gil Morgan United States20,631,93025
4Jay Haas United States19,568,56918
5Tom Kite United States16,303,74710

Source:[19]

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

See also

References
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  2. "PGA Tour Champions 2020 schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  3. "PGA Tour Champions announces 2021 tournament schedule". PGA Tour. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  4. "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  5. "PGA Tour Champions announces modifications to 2020 schedule". PGA Tour. April 29, 2020.
  6. "Senior PGA Championship, scheduled for May, canceled". ESPN. Associated Press. April 2, 2020.
  7. Barrett, Scott (April 6, 2020). "U.S. Senior Open at Newport County Club canceled". The Newport Daily News. Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  8. Dempster, Martin (July 2, 2020). "Senior Open cancelled for first time in its history". The Scotsman. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
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  10. Schupak, Adam (August 26, 2020). "Phil Mickelson goes wire-to-wire to win his PGA Tour Champions debut". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  11. "PGA Champions Tour event in Washington canceled". ESPN. Associated Press. June 12, 2020.
  12. Gilbertson, Wes (June 11, 2020). "COVID-19 crisis forces cancellation of 2020 Shaw Charity Classic". Calgary Sun.
  13. "Principal Charity Classic cancels 2020 golf tournament due to COVID concerns". Business Record. July 16, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  14. Patchen, Tyler (August 14, 2020). "Principal Charity Classic cancels 2020 golf tournament due to COVID concerns". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  15. Rubbelke, Nathan (August 7, 2020). "The 2020 Regions Tradition canceled due to Covid-19". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  16. "Hoag Classic 2021 Golf Tournament Postponed Due To Coronavirus". patch.com. January 8, 2021.
  17. "Scoring Average – 2020–21 PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  18. "Money Leaders – 2020–21 PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  19. "Career Money Leaders – 2020–21 PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
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