1999 Senior PGA Tour

The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1999 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 22, 1999 (1999-01-22) – November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
Number of official events39
Most wins Bruce Fleisher (7)
Money list Bruce Fleisher
Player of the Year Bruce Fleisher
Rookie of the Year Bruce Fleisher
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2000 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 24MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,100,000 John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,000,000 Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000 Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21GTE ClassicFlorida1,200,000 Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,200,000 Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,200,000 Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000 Bob Duval (1)
Apr 4The TraditionArizona1,500,000 Graham Marsh (6)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 18PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,750,000 Allen Doyle (2)Senior major championship
Apr 25Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,200,000 Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,200,000 Larry Nelson (5)
May 9Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,400,000 Hale Irwin (21)
May 16Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000 Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000 Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,400,000 Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000 Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,400,000 Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20Southwestern Bell DominionTexas1,100,000 John Mahaffey (1)
Jun 27Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,000,000 Hale Irwin (23)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,300,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
Jul 11U.S. Senior OpenIowa1,500,000 Dave Eichelberger (4)Senior major championship
Jul 18Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000 Hale Irwin (24)
Jul 25Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£560,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (2)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 25Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,500,000 Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,350,000 Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,200,000 Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15Foremost Insurance ChampionshipMichigan1,000,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,200,000 Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,350,000 Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,200,000 Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12Comfort ClassicIndiana1,200,000 Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19Bank One ChampionshipTexas1,300,000 Tom Watson (1)New tournament
Sep 26Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,400,000 Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10The TransamericaCalifornia1,100,000 Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,000,000 David Graham (5)
Oct 24EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,000,000 Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31Pacific Bell Senior ClassicCalifornia1,200,000 Joe Inman (2)
Nov 7Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000 Gary McCord (2)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 5Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000 Jack Nicklaus and
son Gary Nicklaus		Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Bruce Fleisher2,515,705
2 Hale Irwin2,025,232
3 Allen Doyle1,911,640
4 Larry Nelson1,513,524
5 Gil Morgan1,493,282

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Bruce Fleisher[4]
Rookie of the Year Bruce Fleisher[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Bruce Fleisher[5][4]
Comeback Player of the Year Tom Jenkins[4]

Notes
  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References
  1. "2000 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. "1999 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. "Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. December 8, 1999. p. 33. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1999 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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