The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.
The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European Tour is behind the PGA Tour. The highest profile seniors event in Europe is the Senior British Open Championship, which is co-sanctioned by the Champions Tour. The European Tour co-sanctions the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open. Prize money in latter does not count towards the Order of Merit, but from 2007 the former is an official money event.[1]
The 2009 season will feature new events in Brunei and Spain.
Schedule
The table below shows the 2009 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.
For the latest version of the tour schedule on the European Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.
Past tour schedules
The table below summarises the development of the tour since 1999, which was the year that the euro became the currency of record for the tour. It should be noted that individual tournaments have purses fixed in a mixture of British pounds, euros and U.S. dollars, so year on year changes in the total prize fund reflect exchange rate fluctuations as well as prize fund movements in constant currencies.
| Year |
Ranking tournaments |
Total purse (€) |
| 2008 |
18 |
7,729,284 |
| 2007 |
19 |
8,305,947 |
| 2006 |
17 |
6,346,453 |
| 2005 |
21 |
7,019,820 |
| 2004 |
20 |
6,340,626 |
| 2003 |
20 |
6,041,828 |
| 2002 |
19 |
5,497,811 |
| 2001 |
20 |
6,539,844 |
| 2000 |
20 |
4,714,254 |
| 1999 |
17 |
3,266,041 |
Order of Merit winners
| Year |
Order of Merit leader |
Country |
Earnings (€) |
| 2009 |
Sam Torrance |
 Scotland |
170,696 |
| 2008 |
Ian Woosnam |
 Wales |
320,120 |
| 2007 |
Carl Mason |
 England |
412,376 |
| 2006 |
Sam Torrance |
Scotland |
347,525 |
| 2005 |
Sam Torrance |
Scotland |
277,421 |
| 2004 |
Carl Mason |
England |
354,743 |
| 2003 |
Carl Mason |
England |
350,242 |
| 2002 |
Seiji Ebihara |
 Japan |
330,211 |
| 2001 |
Ian Stanley |
 Australia |
287,025 |
| 2000 |
Noel Ratcliffe |
Australia |
163,167 |
| 1999 |
Tommy Horton |
England |
138,944 |
| 1998 |
Tommy Horton |
England |
127,656 |
| 1997 |
Tommy Horton |
England |
158,427 |
| 1996 |
Tommy Horton |
England |
133,195 |
| 1995 |
Brian Barnes |
Scotland |
63,620 |
| 1994 |
John Morgan |
England |
57,209 |
| 1993 |
Tommy Horton |
England |
56,935 |
| 1992 |
John Fourie |
 South Africa |
47,857 |
Leading career money winners
The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Seniors Tour as of the end of the 2009 season.
| Rank |
Player |
Country |
Earnings (€) |
| 1 |
Carl Mason |
England |
1,957,293 |
| 2 |
Tommy Horton |
England |
1,526,344 |
| 3 |
Nick Job |
England |
1,324,437 |
| 4 |
Noel Ratcliffe |
Australia |
1,302,661 |
| 5 |
Sam Torrance |
Scotland |
1,230,304 |
| 6 |
Denis O'Sullivan |
 Ireland |
1,132,458 |
| 7 |
Jim Rhodes |
England |
1,116,019 |
| 8 |
Jerry Bruner |
 United States |
1,080,854 |
| 9 |
Bill Longmuir |
Scotland |
1,048,361 |
| 10 |
John Chillas |
Scotland |
1,043,868 |
There is a full list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website here.
See also
References
External links
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