2006 Champions Tour

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.

2007 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 20, 2006 (2006-01-20) – October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
Number of official events28[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins Jay Haas (4)
Loren Roberts (4)
Charles Schwab Cup Jay Haas
Money list Jay Haas
Player of the Year Jay Haas
Rookie of the Year Eduardo Romero
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 2] Notes
Jan 22MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,700,000 Loren Roberts (2)
Jan 29Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000 Loren Roberts (3)
Feb 19ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Loren Roberts (4)
Feb 26Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,600,000 Jerry Pate (1)Pro-Am
Mar 12AT&T ClassicCalifornia1,600,000 Tom Kite (8)
Mar 20Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,650,000 Brad Bryant (1)
Apr 2Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf ClassicMexico1,600,000 Morris Hatalsky (3)New tournament
Apr 23Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,500,000 Jay Haas (3)
Apr 30FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000 Jay Haas (4)
May 7Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,600,000 Brad Bryant (2)
May 14Boeing Championship at SandestinFlorida1,600,000 Bobby Wadkins (2)
May 28Senior PGA ChampionshipOklahoma2,000,000 Jay Haas (5)Senior major championship
Jun 4Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000 Gil Morgan (24)
Jun 11Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts–Canceled
Jun 25Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,500,000 John Harris (1)
Jul 2Greater Kansas City Golf ClassicKansas1,650,000 Dana Quigley (11)
Jul 9U.S. Senior OpenKansas2,600,000 Allen Doyle (11)Senior major championship
Jul 16Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000 Bobby Wadkins (3)Champions Tour major championship
Jul 30The Senior British Open ChampionshipScotland1,800,000 Loren Roberts (5)Senior major championship
Aug 63M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 David Edwards (1)
Aug 20Boeing Greater Seattle ClassicWashington1,600,000 Tom Kite (9)
Aug 27JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,500,000 Eduardo Romero (1)Champions Tour major championship
Sep 3Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000 Scott Simpson (1)
Sep 17Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,700,000 Bob Gilder (9)
Oct 1Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000 Andy Bean (1)
Oct 8SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,000,000 Tom Jenkins (7)
Oct 15Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,600,000 Jay Haas (6)
Oct 23AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,600,000 Fred Funk (1)
Oct 30Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 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 ChallengeFlorida1,000,000 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.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Jay Haas3,053
2 Loren Roberts3,033
3 Tom Kite1,910
4 Brad Bryant1,685
5 Eduardo Romero1,546

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4][3]

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

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Jay Haas[5]
Rookie of the Year Eduardo Romero[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Loren Roberts[6]
Comeback Player of the Year Tim Simpson[5]

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. "Haas' Cup Win Wraps Up Champions Tour Season". Golf Channel. Associated Press. 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. "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.
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