2004 Champions Tour

The 2004 Champions Tour was the 25th 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.

2004 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 23, 2004 (2004-01-23) – October 24, 2004 (2004-10-24)
Number of official events30
Most wins Craig Stadler (5)
Charles Schwab Cup Hale Irwin
Money list Craig Stadler
Player of the Year Craig Stadler
Rookie of the Year Mark McNulty
2003
2005

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 25MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000 Fuzzy Zoeller (2)
Feb 8Royal Caribbean Golf ClassicFlorida1,450,000 Bruce Fleisher (17)
Feb 15ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Craig Stadler (4)
Feb 22Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000 Mark McNulty (1)Pro-Am
Mar 7MasterCard ClassicMexico2,000,000 Ed Fiori (1)
Mar 14SBC ClassicCalifornia1,500,000 Gil Morgan (23)
Mar 21Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,600,000 Tom Purtzer (2)
Apr 18Blue Angels ClassicFlorida1,500,000 Tom Jenkins (5)
Apr 25Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia3,100,000 Hale Irwin (39)
May 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,500,000 Bruce Fleisher (18)
May 9FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000 Larry Nelson (18)
May 23Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000 D. A. Weibring (2)
May 31Senior PGA ChampionshipKentucky2,000,000 Hale Irwin (40)Senior major championship
Jun 6Farmers Charity ClassicMichigan1,600,000 Jim Thorpe (8)
Jun 13Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-AmMissouri1,650,000 Allen Doyle (9)Pro-Am
Jun 27Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,550,000 Craig Stadler (5)
Jul 4Commerce Bank Long Island ClassicNew York1,500,000 Jim Thorpe (9)
Jul 11Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000 Mark James (1)Champions Tour major championship
Jul 25The Senior British Open ChampionshipNorthern Ireland1,600,000 Pete Oakley (1)Senior major championship
Aug 1U.S. Senior OpenMissouri2,600,000 Peter Jacobsen (1)Senior major championship
Aug 83M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Tom Kite (7)
Aug 22Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000 Doug Tewell (8)
Aug 29JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,300,000 Craig Stadler (6)Champions Tour major championship
Sep 5First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000 Craig Stadler (7)New tournament
Sep 12Kroger ClassicOhio1,500,000 Bruce Summerhays (3)
Sep 26SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,800,000 Craig Stadler (8)
Oct 3Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,600,000 Wayne Levi (2)
Oct 10Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,600,000 Larry Nelson (19)New tournament
Oct 17SBC ChampionshipTexas1,500,000 Mark McNulty (2)
Oct 24Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Mark McNulty (3)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
Nov 21UBS CupSouth Carolina3,000,000 Team USATeam event
Dec 5Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000 Larry Nelson and
son Josh Nelson
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Hale Irwin3,427
2 Craig Stadler3,388
3 Tom Kite2,981
4 Peter Jacobsen2,471
5 Mark McNulty2,417

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Craig Stadler2,306,066
2 Hale Irwin2,035,397
3 Tom Kite1,831,211
4 Gil Morgan1,606,453
5 Bruce Fleisher1,537,571

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Craig Stadler[5]
Rookie of the Year Mark McNulty[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Craig Stadler[6]
Comeback Player of the Year Hubert Green[7]

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. "2004 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  2. "2004 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. "McNulty takes cash; Irwin earns cup". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. October 25, 2004. p. 40 (C10 in paper). Retrieved November 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "2004 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  5. "Stadler Chosen Champions Tour POY". NBC Sports. Sports Network. December 6, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2023. Mark McNulty, a native of Zimbabwe, won the Rookie of the Year honors...
  6. "2004 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  7. "Green gains perspective". Los Angeles Times. March 18, 2005. Retrieved November 29, 2023. He returned in April and completed 16 events, earning Champions Tour Comeback Player of the Year for the second time in three seasons.
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