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Senior PGA Championship

This article is about the Champions Tour major championship. For the European Seniors Tour event, see PGA Seniors Championship.

The Senior PGA Championship is one of the major championships in men's senior golf. It is administered by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and is recognised as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour. It was formerly an unofficial money event on the European Seniors Tour, but from 2007 it is an official money event. [1] Winners gain entry into the same season's PGA Championship.

It was founded in 1937, and the inaugural event was played at Augusta National Golf Club. The lower age limit is 50, which is the standard limit for men's senior professional golf tournaments. In the past the event has had long spells of playing on a single host course, but currently it is played on a different course each year. Two tournaments were played in 1979 and 1984, and no tournaments were held in 1939, 1943, 1944, 1983, and 1985. The tournament was gone by several different names:

Years Name
1937-1984 PGA Seniors' Championship
1984-1989 General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship
1990-2000 PGA Seniors' Championship
2001- Senior PGA Championship

Eligibility

Here is who may be eligible to compete in the Senior PGA Championship (provided they meet the age requirement):

  • Any past winner of the Senior PGA Championship
  • Any past winner of a major championship
  • Any past member of the United States Ryder Cup team
  • The top 15 finishers in the previous year's Senior PGA Championship
  • The top 50 on the Champions Tour money list (previous year and current year)
  • Any winner of a Champions Tour event between the span of the last Senior PGA Championship
  • The top 35 finishers from the Callaway Golf PGA Senior Club Professional Championship
  • Any winner of the previous five U.S. Senior Opens
  • The winner of the last Senior British Open
  • The top eight players from the previous year's European Seniors Tour Order of Merit
  • The top four players from the previous year's Japanese Seniors Tour Order of Merit
  • A one-time exemption for those who have just turned 50 and have won a PGA Tour, Japan Golf Tour, or European Tour event in the last 5 years
  • The top 30 on the career money list, both Champions Tour and combined Champions Tour and PGA Tour
  • A one-time exemption for former PGA Club Professional Champions turning 50
  • Invites for those not meeting criteria above also are made

Winners

Year Champion Country Venue Location
2007 Denis Watson Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course Kiawah Island, South Carolina
2006 Jay Haas Flag of the United States United States Oak Tree Golf Club Edmond, Oklahoma
2005 Mike Reid Flag of the United States United States Laurel Valley Golf Club Ligonier, Pennsylvania
2004 Hale Irwin Flag of the United States United States Valhalla Golf Club Louisville, Kentucky
2003 John Jacobs Flag of the United States United States Aronimink Golf Club Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002 Fuzzy Zoeller Flag of the United States United States Firestone Country Club Akron, Ohio
2001 Tom Watson Flag of the United States United States The Ridgewood Country Club Paramus, New Jersey
2000 Doug Tewell Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1999 Allen Doyle Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1998 Hale Irwin Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1997 Hale Irwin Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1996 Hale Irwin Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1995 Ray Floyd Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1994 Lee Trevino Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1993 Tom Wargo Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1992 Lee Trevino Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1991 Jack Nicklaus Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1990 Gary Player Flag of South Africa South Africa PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1989 Larry Mowry Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1988 Gary Player Flag of South Africa South Africa PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1987 Chi Chi Rodríguez Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1986 Gary Player Flag of South Africa South Africa PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1985 No championship
1984 (Dec.) Peter Thomson Flag of Australia Australia PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1984 (Jan.) Arnold Palmer Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1983 No championship
1982 Don January Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1981 Miller Barber Flag of the United States United States Turnberry Isle Country Club North Miami Beach, Florida
1980 Arnold Palmer Flag of the United States United States Turnberry Isle Country Club North Miami Beach, Florida
1979 (Dec.) Don January Flag of the United States United States Turnberry Isle Country Club North Miami Beach, Florida
1979 (Feb.) Jack Fleck Flag of the United States United States Walt Disney World Orlando, Florida
1978 Joe Jimenez Flag of the United States United States Walt Disney World Orlando, Florida
1977 Julius Boros Flag of the United States United States Walt Disney World Orlando, Florida
1976 Pete Cooper Flag of the United States United States Walt Disney World Orlando, Florida
1975 Charlie Sifford Flag of the United States United States Walt Disney World Orlando, Florida
1974 Roberto De Vicenzo Flag of Argentina Argentina Port St. Lucie Country Club Port St. Lucie, Florida
1973 Sam Snead Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1972 Sam Snead Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1971 Julius Boros Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1970 Sam Snead Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1969 Tommy Bolt Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1968 Chandler Harper Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1967 Sam Snead Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1966 Fred Haas Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1965 Sam Snead Flag of the United States United States Fort Lauderdale Country Club Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1964 Sam Snead Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Club Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1963 Herman Barron Flag of the United States United States Port St. Lucie Country Club Port St. Lucie, Florida
1962 Paul Runyan Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1961 Paul Runyan Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1960 Dick Metz Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1959 Willie Goggin Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1958 Gene Sarazen Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1957 Al Watrous Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1956 Pete Burke Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1955 Mortie Dutra Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1954 Gene Sarazen Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1953 Harry Schwab Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1952 Ernie Newnham Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1951 Al Watrous Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1950 Al Watrous Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1949 Marshall Crichton Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1948 Charles McKenna Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1947 Jock Hutchison Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1946 Eddie Williams Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1945 Eddie Williams Flag of the United States United States PGA National Golf Course Dunedin, Florida
1943-44 No championships due to World War II
1942 Eddie Williams Flag of the United States United States Fort Myers Country Club Fort Myers, Florida
1941 Jack Burke, Sr. Flag of the United States United States Bobby Jones Golf Complex
Sarasota Country Club		 Sarasota, Florida
1940 Otto Hackbarth Flag of the United States United States Bobby Jones Golf Complex
Sarasota Country Club		 Sarasota, Florida
1939 No championship
1938 Fred McLeod Flag of Scotland Scotland Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Georgia
1937 Jock Hutchison Flag of the United States United States Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Georgia

Multiple winners

The following men have won the Senior PGA Championship more than once, through the 2007 tournament:

Winners of both PGA Championship and Senior PGA Championship

The following men have won both the PGA Championship and the Senior PGA Championship, the majors run by the PGA of America:

Player PGA Championship Senior PGA Championship
Jock Hutchison 1920 1937, 1947
Gene Sarazen 1922, 1923, 1933 1954, 1958
Paul Runyan 1934, 1938 1961, 1962
Sam Snead 1942, 1949, 1951 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973
Chandler Harper 1950 1968
Julius Boros 1968 1971, 1977
Don January 1967 1979, 1982
Gary Player 1962, 1972 1986, 1988, 1990
Jack Nicklaus 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980 1991
Lee Trevino 1974, 1984 1992, 1994

Future tournament sites

References

  1. ^ Strong Seniors contingent head to the United Stateseuropeantour.com, 21 May, 2007.

External link


Major championships in playing order: Senior British Open | Senior PGA Championship | Senior Players Championship | U.S. Senior Open | The Tradition
Regular events in playing order: MasterCard Championship at Hualalai | Turtle Bay Championship | Allianz Championship | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | The ACE Group Classic | Toshiba Classic | AT&T Champions Classic | Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf | FedEx Kinko's Classic | Regions Charity Classic | The Boeing Championship at Sandestin  | The Principal Charity Classic | Bank of America Championship | Commerce Bank Championship | Dick's Sporting Goods Open | 3M Championship | Boeing Classic | Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn | SAS Championship | Administaff Small Business Classic | AT&T Championship | Charles Schwab Cup Championship


Majors in playing order: Senior PGA Championship | U.S. Senior Open (unofficial money) | Senior British Open Championship
Other tournaments in playing order: Barbados Open | Turkish Seniors Open | Italian Seniors Open | Irish Seniors Open | Jersey Seniors Classic | Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open | London Seniors Masters | Turkish Seniors Open | Wentworth Senior Masters | Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open | English Seniors Open | European Senior Masters | PGA Seniors Championship | Scandinavian Senior Open | Scottish Seniors Open | Spanish Senior Open | Seniors Tour Championship



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