1999 Senior PGA Tour

The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003). The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $48,900,000, including four majors. Bruce Fleisher won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1999 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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse($)	Winner	Score	1st Prize($)
Jan 24	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	1,100,000	John Jacobs (2)	203 (-13)	185,000
Feb 7	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	1,000,000	Bruce Fleisher (1)	205 (-8)	150,000
Feb 14	American Express Invitational	Florida	1,200,000	Bruce Fleisher (2)	203 (-13)	180,000
Feb 21	GTE Classic	Florida	1,200,000	Larry Nelson (4)	205 (-8)	180,000
Feb 28	The ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,200,000	Allen Doyle (1)	203 (-13)	180,000
Mar 14	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	1,200,000	Gary McCord (1)	204 (-9)	180,000
Mar 28	Emerald Coast Classic	Florida	1,100,000	Bob Duval (1)	200 (-10)	165,000
Apr 4	The Tradition	Arizona	1,500,000	Graham Marsh (6)	136 (-8)	225,000
Apr 18	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	1,500,000	Allen Doyle (2)	274 (-14)	315,000
Apr 25	The Home Depot Invitational	North Carolina	1,200,000	Bruce Fleisher (3)	205 (-11)	180,000
May 2	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	1,200,000	Larry Nelson (5)	205 (-11)	180,000
May 9	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	1,400,000	Hale Irwin (21)	206 (-10)	210,000
May 16	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	1,400,000	Vicente Fernandez (3)	274 (-13)	210,000
May 23	Bell Atlantic Classic	Pennsylvania	1,100,000	Tom Jenkins (1)	206 (-10)	165,000
May 30	Boone Valley Classic	Missouri	1,400,000	Hale Irwin (22)	203 (-13)	210,000
Jun 6	Cadillac NFL Golf Classic	New Jersey	1,100,000	Allen Doyle (3)	202 (-12)	165,000
Jun 13	BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland	Tennessee	1,400,000	Bruce Fleisher (4)	200 (-16)	210,000
Jun 20	Southwestern Bell Dominion	Texas	1,100,000	John Mahaffey (1)	204 (-12)	165,000
Jun 27	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	2,000,000	Hale Irwin (23)	267 (-21)	300,000
Jul 4	State Farm Senior Classic	Maryland	1,300,000	Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)	198 (-18)	195,000
Jul 11	U.S. Senior Open	Iowa	1,500,000	Dave Eichelberger (4)	281 (-7)	315,000
Jul 18	Ameritech Senior Open	Illinois	1,300,000	Hale Irwin (24)	206 (-10)	195,000
Jul 25	Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic	Minnesota	1,500,000	Hale Irwin (25)	201 (-15)	225,000
Aug 1	Novell Utah Showdown	Utah	1,350,000	Dave Eichelberger (5)	197 (-19)	202,500
Aug 8	Lightpath Long Island Classic	New York	1,200,000	Bruce Fleisher (5)	206 (-10)	180,000
Aug 15	Foremost Insurance Championship	Michigan	1,000,000	Christy O'Connor Jnr (2)	205 (-11)	150,000
Aug 22	BankBoston Classic	Massachusetts	1,200,000	Tom McGinnis (1)	205 (-11)	180,000
Aug 29	AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship	Canada	1,350,000	Jim Ahern (1)	272 (-16)	202,500
Sep 5	TD Waterhouse Championship	Missouri	1,200,000	Allen Doyle (4)	198 (-18)	180,000
Sep 12	Comfort Classic	Indiana	1,200,000	Gil Morgan (14)	201 (-15)	180,000
Sep 19	Bank One Championship	Texas	1,300,000	Tom Watson (1)	196 (-20)	195,000
Sep 26	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	1,400,000	Gil Morgan (15)	198 (-12)	210,000
Oct 3	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,500,000	Fred Gibson (1)	195 (-15)	225,000
Oct 10	The Transamerica	California	1,100,000	Bruce Fleisher (6)	199 (-17)	165,000
Oct 17	Raley's Gold Rush Classic	California	1,000,000	David Graham (5)	199 (-17)	165,000
Oct 24	EMC Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	1,000,000	Bruce Fleisher (7)	199 (-14)	150,000
Oct 31	Pacific Bell Senior Classic	California	1,200,000	Joe Inman (2)	199 (-14)	180,000
Nov 7	Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship	South Carolina	2,000,000	Gary McCord (2)	276 (-12)	347,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Bruce Fleisher	United States	69.19
2	Hale Irwin	United States	69.58
3	Gil Morgan	United States	69.69
4	Tom Jenkins	United States	69.90
5	Allen Doyle	United States	70.02

Full 1999 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Bruce Fleisher	United States	2,515,705	32	7
2	Hale Irwin	United States	2,025,232	26	5
3	Allen Doyle	United States	1,911,640	31	4
4	Larry Nelson	United States	1,513,524	28	2
5	Gil Morgan	United States	1,493,282	27	2

Full 1999 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings($)	Wins
1	Hale Irwin	United States	9,645,485	25
2	Jim Colbert	United States	8,887,831	19
3	Lee Trevino	United States	8,666,030	28
4	Dave Stockton	United States	8,104,786	14
5	Bob Charles	New Zealand	8,001,710	23

Full 1999 Career Official Money List

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Bruce Fleisher	United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Bruce Fleisher	United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Bruce Fleisher	United States
Rookie of the Year	Bruce Fleisher	United States
Comeback Player of the Year	Tom Jenkins	United States

See also

• Champions Tour awards
• Champions Tour records

External links

• Champions Tour official site
• 2006 Champions Tour Media Guide