The 2001 Senior PGA Tour was the 22nd season since the Senior PGA Tour, now known as
PGA Tour Champions
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...
, officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 37 official money events with purses totalling
$58,150,000 (not including the
Vantage Championship
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which was canceled due to
terrorist activities of September 11), including four
majors
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Larry Nelson
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won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 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. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in ''italics''.
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Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
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Money List leaders
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Career Money List leaders
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Awards
See also
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Champions Tour awards
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 ...
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Champions Tour records These are achievements of play on PGA Tour Champions.
Individual scoring records
Stroke totals
*72 holes
:257 – Pádraig Harrington, 2022 Charles Schwab Cup Championship
*54 holes
:191 – Bruce Fleisher, 2002 RJR Championship
:191 – Loren Rob ...
References
External links
PGA Tour Champions official site
{{Champions Tour seasons
PGA Tour Champions seasons
Senior PGA Tour
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...