2006 Champions Tour

2007 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 20, 2006 (2006-01-20) – October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
Number of official events28
Most winsUnited States Jay Haas (4)
United States Loren Roberts (4)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Jay Haas
Money listUnited States Jay Haas
Player of the YearUnited States Jay Haas
Rookie of the YearArgentina Eduardo Romero
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The 2006 Champions Tour was the 27th 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 2006 season.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner Notes
Jan 22MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,700,000United States Loren Roberts (2)
Jan 29Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000United States Loren Roberts (3)
Feb 19ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Loren Roberts (4)
Feb 26Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000United States Jerry Pate (1)Pro-Am
Mar 12AT&T ClassicCalifornia1,600,000United States Tom Kite (8)
Mar 20Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,650,000United States Brad Bryant (1)
Apr 2Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf ClassicMexico1,600,000United States Morris Hatalsky (3)New tournament
Apr 23Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,500,000United States Jay Haas (3)
Apr 30FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000United States Jay Haas (4)
May 7Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,600,000United States Brad Bryant (2)
May 14Boeing Championship at SandestinFlorida1,600,000United States Bobby Wadkins (2)
May 28Senior PGA ChampionshipOklahoma2,000,000United States Jay Haas (5)Senior major championship
Jun 4Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000United States Gil Morgan (24)
Jun 11Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts–Canceled
Jun 25Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000United States John Harris (1)
Jul 2Greater Kansas City Golf ClassicKansas1,650,000United States Dana Quigley (11)
Jul 9U.S. Senior OpenKansas2,600,000United States Allen Doyle (11)Senior major championship
Jul 16Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000United States Bobby Wadkins (3)Champions Tour major championship
Jul 30The Senior British Open ChampionshipScotland1,800,000United States Loren Roberts (5)Senior major championship
Aug 63M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States David Edwards (1)
Aug 20Boeing Greater Seattle ClassicWashington1,600,000United States Tom Kite (9)
Aug 27JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,500,000Argentina Eduardo Romero (1)Champions Tour major championship
Sep 3Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000United States Scott Simpson (1)
Sep 17Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,700,000United States Bob Gilder (9)
Oct 1Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000United States Andy Bean (1)
Oct 8SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,000,000United States Tom Jenkins (7)
Oct 15Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,600,000United States Jay Haas (6)
Oct 23AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,600,000United States Fred Funk (1)
Oct 30Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000United States Jim Thorpe (12)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 3Del Webb 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 Jay Haas3,053
2United States Loren Roberts3,033
3United States Tom Kite1,910
4United States Brad Bryant1,685
5Argentina Eduardo Romero1,546

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Jay Haas2,420,227
2United States Loren Roberts2,365,395
3United States Brad Bryant1,692,417
4United States Tom Kite1,643,348
5United States Gil Morgan1,525,050

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Jay Haas
Rookie of the YearArgentina Eduardo Romero
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Loren Roberts
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States Tim Simpson

Notes

  1. ↑ One further tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
  2. ↑ 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 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 27, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2006 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 5, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Haas' Cup Win Wraps Up Champions Tour Season". Golf Channel. October 31, 2006. Archived from the original on November 1, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2023. Haas also won the Arnold Palmer Award as the tour's leading money-winner, finishing with $2,420,227 in earnings...
  4. ↑ "2006 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Jay Haas Named Champions Tour Player Of The Year; Eduardo Romero Wins Rookie Of The Year Award And Tim Simpson Comeback Player Of The Year". The Golf Wire. December 4, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2006 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.