PGA Tour Champions awards

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Listed below are recipients of awards for various achievements on PGA Tour Champions, a circuit operated by the U.S.-based PGA Tour for men's golfers aged 50 and over. The tour began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, changed its name to the Champions Tour in 2003, and became PGA Tour Champions in 2016.

Charles Schwab Cup

From 2001 through 2015, points were earned for thousands of dollars earned in top-ten finishes at tournaments. From 2008 to 2015, points were doubled at majors and the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Since 2016, the Charles Schwab Cup has used a playoff format similar to the FedEx Cup playoffs on the regular PGA Tour, though with three total events instead of four on the regular tour. Changes to the format are:[1]

  • During the regular season, points are based on dollars earned, regardless of the player's finish in a given tournament. No bonus is awarded for wins in majors.
  • The top 72 players on the money list will qualify for the first playoff event. Additionally, a "wild card" playoff berth will be awarded to a golfer who finishes in the top 10 of the last regular-season event, the SAS Championship, and is not within the top 72 after the tournament. (If more than one player outside the top 72 finishes in the top 10 at the SAS Championship, the highest finisher among these players will qualify.)
  • During the first two playoff events, points are earned as in the regular season, except the winner earns double points. The playoff field is cut to 54 after the first playoff event and 36 after the second, with the survivors advancing to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
  • Prior to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the points totals are reset. All 36 qualifiers will have a theoretical chance to win the Charles Schwab Cup, and each golfer in the top five can win the Charles Schwab Cup by winning the final event, no matter how the rest of the field performs.

The top five win annuities. Annuities involved in ties are divided amongst the tied players.

Winners

SeasonWinnerPoints
2023 Steve Stricker3,986,063
2022 Steven Alker4,173,435
2020–21 Bernhard Langer (6)3,655,999
2019 Scott McCarron2,534,090
2018 Bernhard Langer (5)2,525,404
2017 Kevin Sutherland3,280
2016 Bernhard Langer (4)3,200
2015 Bernhard Langer (3)3,520
2014 Bernhard Langer (2)4,152
2013 Kenny Perry3,273
2012 Tom Lehman (2)3,082
2011 Tom Lehman2,422
2010 Bernhard Langer3,597
2009 Loren Roberts (2)2,670
2008 Jay Haas (2)2,556
2007 Loren Roberts2,716
2006 Jay Haas3,053
2005 Tom Watson (2)2,980
2004 Hale Irwin (2)3,427
2003 Tom Watson4,370
2002 Hale Irwin2,886
2001 Allen Doyle2,382

Player and rookie of the year awards

SeasonPlayer of the YearRookie of the YearComeback Player of the Year
2023 Steve StrickerNo awardNo award
2022 Steven Alker Pádraig Harrington
2020–21 Bernhard Langer (9) Jim Furyk
2019 Scott McCarron Retief Goosen
2018 Bernhard Langer (8) Ken Tanigawa
2017 Bernhard Langer (7) Jerry Kelly
2016 Bernhard Langer (6) Paul Broadhurst
2015 Bernhard Langer (5) Jerry Smith
2014 Bernhard Langer (4) Scott Dunlap
2013 Kenny Perry Rocco Mediate
2012 Tom Lehman (2) Kirk Triplett
2011 Tom Lehman Kenny Perry Chip Beck
2010 Bernhard Langer (3) Fred Couples Ken Green
2009 Bernhard Langer (2) Russ CochranNo award
2008 Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer
2007 Jay Haas (2) Denis Watson R. W. Eaks
2006 Jay Haas Eduardo Romero Tim Simpson
2005 Dana Quigley Jay Haas Peter Jacobsen
2004 Craig Stadler Mark McNulty Hubert Green (2)
2003 Tom Watson Craig Stadler Don Pooley
2002 Hale Irwin Morris Hatalsky Hubert Green
2001 Allen Doyle Bob Gilder John Schroeder
2000 Larry Nelson Doug Tewell Raymond Floyd
1999 Bruce Fleisher Bruce Fleisher Tom Jenkins
1998 Hale Irwin (2) Joe Inman Jim Colbert
1997 Hale Irwin Gil Morgan George Archer
1996 Jim Colbert (2) John Bland Al Geiberger
1995 Jim Colbert Hale Irwin Walter Morgan
1994 Lee Trevino (3) Jay Sigel Dave Eichelberger
1993 Dave Stockton Bob Murphy Jim Ferree
1992 Lee Trevino (2) Dave Stockton Tommy Aaron
1991 George Archer and
Mike Hill (shared)
Jim Colbert Larry Laoretti
1990 Lee Trevino Lee TrevinoNo award

Byron Nelson Award

SeasonWinnerScoring Average
2023 Steve Stricker67.54
2022 Steven Alker68.27
2020–21 Jim Furyk68.84
2019 Retief Goosen69.14
2018 Bernhard Langer (7)69.01
2017 Bernhard Langer (6)68.03
2016 Bernhard Langer (5)68.31
2015 Bernhard Langer (4)68.69
2014 Bernhard Langer (3)68.03
2013 Fred Couples (3)68.64
2012 Fred Couples (2)68.52
2011 Mark Calcavecchia69.04
2010 Fred Couples67.96
2009 Bernhard Langer (2)68.92
2008 Bernhard Langer69.65
2007 Loren Roberts (2)69.31
2006 Loren Roberts69.01
2005 Mark McNulty69.41
2004 Craig Stadler69.30
2003 Tom Watson68.81
2002 Hale Irwin (4)68.93
2001 Gil Morgan (2)69.20
2000 Gil Morgan68.83
1999 Bruce Fleisher69.19
1998 Hale Irwin (3)68.59
1997 Hale Irwin (2)68.92
1996 Hale Irwin69.47
1995 Raymond Floyd (2)69.47
1994 Raymond Floyd69.08
1993 Bob Charles (3)69.59
1992 Lee Trevino (3)69.46
1991 Lee Trevino (2)69.50
1990 Lee Trevino68.89
1989 Bob Charles (2)69.78
1988 Bob Charles70.05
1987 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2)70.07
1986 Chi-Chi Rodríguez69.65
1985 Don January (5)70.11
1984 Don January (4)70.68
1983 Don January (3)69.46
1982 Don January (2)70.03
1981 Miller Barber69.57
1980 Don January71.00

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