2005 Champions Tour

2005 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 21, 2005 (2005-01-21) – October 30, 2005 (2005-10-30)
Number of official events28
Most winsUnited States Hale Irwin (4)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Tom Watson
Money listUnited States Dana Quigley
Player of the YearUnited States Dana Quigley
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jay Haas
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The 2005 Champions Tour was the 26th season of the Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner Notes
Jan 23MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000United States Dana Quigley (9)
Jan 30Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (41)
Feb 20ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000England Mark James (2)
Feb 28Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000United States Hale Irwin (42)Pro-Am
Mar 13SBC ClassicCalifornia1,550,000Republic of Ireland Des Smyth (1)
Mar 20Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,650,000United States Mark Johnson (1)
Apr 24Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,250,000Republic of Ireland Des Smyth (2)
May 1FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,650,000United States Jim Thorpe (10)
May 16Blue Angels ClassicFlorida1,500,000United States Jim Thorpe (11)
May 22Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,500,000United States D. A. Weibring (3)
May 29Senior PGA ChampionshipPennsylvania2,000,000United States Mike Reid (1)Senior major championship
Jun 5Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000United States Tom Jenkins (6)
Jun 13Bayer Advantage ClassicKansas1,650,000United States Dana Quigley (10)
Jun 26Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,600,000Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty (4)
Jul 3Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000United States Ron Streck (1)
Jul 10Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000United States Peter Jacobsen (2)Champions Tour major championship
Jul 24The Senior British Open ChampionshipScotland1,800,000United States Tom Watson (7)Senior major championship
Jul 31U.S. Senior OpenOhio2,600,000United States Allen Doyle (10)Senior major championship
Aug 73M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States Tom Purtzer (3)
Aug 21Boeing Greater Seattle ClassicWashington1,600,000United States David Eger (2)
Aug 28JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,500,000United States Loren Roberts (1)Champions Tour major championship
Sep 4Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000United States Hale Irwin (43)
Sep 18Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,700,000United States Bob Gilder (8)
Oct 2SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,900,000United States Hale Irwin (44)
Oct 9Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000United States Jay Haas (1)
Oct 16Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,600,000Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty (5)
Oct 23SBC ChampionshipTexas1,550,000United States Jay Haas (2)
Oct 30Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000United States Tom Watson (8)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Champions Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 4MBNA WorldPoints Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000Germany Bernhard Langer and
son Stefan Langer		Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

PositionPlayerPoints
1United States Tom Watson2,980
2United States Dana Quigley2,733
3Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty2,210
4United States Hale Irwin2,001
5United States Loren Roberts1,846

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Dana Quigley2,170,258
2United States Hale Irwin1,983,596
3Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty1,791,452
4United States D. A. Weibring1,550,030
5United States Tom Watson1,532,482

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Dana Quigley
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jay Haas
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States Peter Jacobsen

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Champions Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Champions Tour members.

References

  1. ↑ "2006 PGA Tour Champions Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  2. ↑ "2005 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ "2005 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tom Watson Captures the 2005 Charles Schwab Cup". The Golf Wire. November 1, 2005. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  5. ↑ "2005 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "NASCAR annoyed with no-shows | Tour Golf". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyoming. December 7, 2005. p. 42 (D4 in paper). Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "2005 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.