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2020–21 PGA Tour Champions Season
The 2020–21 PGA Tour Champions season was the 41st season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over. COVID-19 pandemic impact The season was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with half the scheduled tournaments being cancelled, including four of the five Senior major golf championships, 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. Schedule The following table shows the official schedule of events for the 2020–21 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six Men's major golf championships, major championships: three Masters Tournament, Masters titles (2004 Masters Tournament, 2004, 2006 Masters Tournament, 2006, 2010 Masters Tournament, 2010), two PGA Championships (2005 PGA Championship, 2005, 2021 PGA Championship, 2021), and one The Open Championship, Open Championship (2013 Open Championship, 2013). With his win at the 2021 PGA Championship, Mickelson became the oldest major championship winner in history at the age of 50 years, 11 months, and 7 days. He is nicknamed "Lefty", as he plays left-handed. Mickelson is one of 17 players in the history of golf to win at least three of the four majors. He has won every major except the U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open, in which he has finished runner-up a record six times. In 2022, Mickelson became the only golfer who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chubb Classic
The Chubb Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions, held annually in February in Naples, Florida. It has been played at a variety of courses, and Chubb Corporation is the main sponsor. It debuted in 1988 as the Aetna Challenge,. The purse in 2016 was $1.6 million with a winner's share of $240,000. For 2021, the event moves to Tiburón Golf Club, but on the Black Course, which will be the first time it has been used in professional play. Tiburón's Gold Course is used for the QBE Challenge and CME Group Tour Championship, but this will be the first use of the secondary course. Host courses Winners Multiple winners Seven players have won this tournament more than once through 2022. *5 wins **Bernhard Langer: 2011, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023 *2 wins **Fred Couples: 2010, 2017 **Loren Roberts: 2006, 2009 **Hale Irwin: 1997, 2002 **Gil Morgan: 1998, 2001 ** Mike Hill: 1993, 1994 (consecutive) **Lee Trevino Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgestone Senior Players Championship
The Senior Players Championship, stylised by the PGA Tour as The SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, is one of the five major championships on golf's PGA Tour Champions. The inaugural event was played in 1983 and the age minimum is 50, the standard for men's senior professional golf tournaments. The winner gains entry into the following season's Players Championship on the PGA Tour (although Retief Goosen, the 2019 winner, was not allowed to play in the ''official'' subsequent Players Championship). For sponsorship reasons in 2023, the tournament was titled as the Kaulig Companies Championship. Unlike the U.S. Senior Open, the Senior PGA Championship, and the Senior Open Championship, it is not recognized as a major by the European Senior Tour, and is not part of that tour's schedule. Since 2019, the Senior Players championship has been held at the South course of the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio; it replaced the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational that had been held there be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick's Sporting Goods Open
The Dick's Open is a golf tournament held in Endicott, New York, United States as part of the PGA Tour Champions. It debuted in July 2007, supplanting the B.C. Open, a former PGA Tour event from 1971 through 2006. It is sponsored by Dick's Sporting Goods, founded in adjacent Binghamton. The tournament is played at the En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott in Upstate New York Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York (state), New York that lies north and northwest of the New York metropolitan area, New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York. Upstate includes the middle and upper Hudson Valley, .... En-Joie Golf Club opened in 1927 under the original design of Ernie Smith. The golf course was originally built by George F. Johnson, the owner of the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company. Johnson created the golf course as a place of recreation for his employees who worked at the local shoe factory in Endicott. In 1998 and 1999, the golf course layout was renovated by Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ally Challenge
The Ally Challenge is a PGA Tour Champions event at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, just south of Flint, which debuted in September 2018. The tournament is sponsored by Grand Blanc-based McLaren Health Care. Detroit-based Ally Financial is the title sponsor. Beyond the tournament, the Ally Challenge event includes a pro-am on Wednesday and Thursday, The Ally Challenge Community Concert on Friday and Adidas 5K Challenge run/walk event on Saturday morning. Net proceeds from the tournament were earmarked for Community Foundation of Greater Flint and Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan plus additional charities could participate in the Birdies for Charities fundraising program. Grand Blanc Community Schools benefits by using their parking lots to generate revenue. Background Previously, the area had the Buick Open from 1958 through 2009 at the Warwick Hills Golf Club, as one of six former PGA Tour sites hosting PGA Tour Champions event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Senior Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The Open Championship, and the PGA European Tour. Prize money won in the event is official money on both PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and Champions Tour) and the European Senior Tour. The purse, which is fixed in United States dollars, had increased to $2.75 million for 2023. History The tournament was first held in 1987 and became part of the European Seniors Tour schedule in 1992. It is younger than the PGA Seniors Championship, which started in 1957, as well as the U.S. Senior Open and the Senior PGA Championship. In late 2002 it was designated as the fifth major championship on the Champions Tour schedule. Winners before 2003 were not retroactively designated as Champions Tour major winners until late 2018. Winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MasterCard Japan Championship
The Mastercard Japan Championship is a professional golf tournament in Japan on the PGA Tour Champions, played at Narita Golf Club in Narita, Chiba, Japan. The inaugural edition in September 2017 featured an 81-player field competing for a $2.5 million purse, and was a no-cut, 54-hole event. Colin Montgomerie won the inaugural event by one stroke over Billy Mayfair William Fred Mayfair (born August 6, 1966) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he won five times, including at the 1995 Tour Championship. Early years and am ... and Scott McCarron. Winners References External linksCoverage on the PGA Tour Champions' official site {{Coord, 35.46, 140.19, type:event, display=title PGA Tour Champions events Golf tournaments in Japan 2017 establishments in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Family Insurance Championship
The American Family Insurance Championship is a professional golf tournament in Wisconsin on the PGA Tour Champions, played at University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wisconsin, Madison. The inaugural edition in June 2016 featured an 81-player field and a $2 million purse in a no-cut 54-hole event. History American Family Insurance signed a three-year agreement to be the tournament's initial title sponsor. Steve Stricker served as tournament host in 2016 and then as player-host starting in 2017, when he turned fifty and was eligible to play. Proceeds raised will support the Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation, the American Family Children's Hospital, and The First Tee of South Central Wisconsin. Kirk Triplett won the debut event in 2016 with a final round 65 (−7) for 199 (−17), two strokes ahead of runners-up Bart Bryant and Mike Goodes. After making his only bogey of the final round at the tenth hole, Triplett birdied five of the next six, then concluded with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
The Senior PGA Championship, established in 1937, is the oldest of the five major championships in men's senior golf. It is administered by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and is recognized as a major championship by both PGA Tour Champions and the European Senior Tour. It was formerly an unofficial money event on the European Senior Tour, but since 2007 has been an official money event. Winners gain entry into the next PGA Championship. The winners prior to 1980, the first season of the senior tour, are not considered major champions of this event by the PGA Tour Champions. The lower age limit is 50, which is the standard limit for men's senior professional golf tournaments. Like its PGA Tour counterpart, the Senior PGA Championship allows club professionals to enter. The tournament committee gives former winners of the PGA Professional National Championship a one time invitation upon turning 50 years of age and the top 35 club professionals who qualify thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insperity Invitational
The Insperity Invitational is a professional golf tournament held in Greater Houston, Texas, United States as part of the PGA Tour Champions. It debuted in 2004 as the Administaff Small Business Classic. The first four editions were at Augusta Pines Golf Club in Spring, then it was moved to The Woodlands Country Club in The Woodlands in 2008, the former home of the Houston Open on the PGA Tour. Played in October for its first eight years, it changed to early May in 2012. Insperity, previously known as Administaff, has been the event's main sponsor since its debut. The purse for 2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ... is $2.2 million, with a winner's share of $330,000. Winners Notes References External links *Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions' official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsubishi Electric Classic
The Mitsubishi Electric Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions in Georgia in the greater Atlanta area. It debuted in 2013 as the "Greater Gwinnett Championship," and has been played each year at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, a northeast A familiar course, TPC Sugarloaf was a venue on the PGA Tour for twelve seasons (1997–2008) for the AT&T Classic (previously BellSouth Classic). The purse in 2019 was $1.8 million, with a winner's share of $270,000. The Champions Tour tournament in 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ..., although the LocaliQ Series Championship was held in its place in November. Winners Notes References External links *Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions official site PGA Tour C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapiscan Systems Classic
The Rapiscan Systems Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions in southern Mississippi. It debuted in 2010 at Fallen Oak Golf Club in Saucier, north of Biloxi. The tournament is sponsored by Rapiscan Systems. The purse in 2019 was $1.6 million, with a winner's share of $240,000. Winners See also Other Mississippi Gulf Coast golf tournaments: * Gulfport Open, a PGA Tour event, played 1944–45 * Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic, a Nationwide Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. ... event, played 1990–97 * Mississippi Gulf Coast Open, a Nationwide Tour event, played 1999–2000 References External links *Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions official site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
