2008 Champions Tour

The 2008 Champions Tour was the 29th 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.

2008 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 18, 2008 (2008-01-18) – November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02)
Number of official events29
Most wins Bernhard Langer (3)
Eduardo Romero (3)
Charles Schwab Cup Jay Haas
Money list Bernhard Langer
Player of the Year Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the Year Bernhard Langer
2007
2009

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 20MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,800,000 Fred Funk (3)
Jan 27Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,600,000 Jerry Pate (2)
Feb 10Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,650,000 Scott Hoch (2)
Feb 17ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Scott Hoch (3)
Mar 9Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000 Bernhard Langer (2)
Mar 16AT&T Champions ClassicCalifornia1,600,000 Denis Watson (3)
Mar 30Ginn Championship Hammock Beach ResortFlorida2,500,000 Bernhard Langer (3)
Apr 6Cap Cana ChampionshipDominican Republic2,000,000 Mark Wiebe (2)New tournament
Apr 20Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000 Tom Watson (11)Pro-Am
Apr 27Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,600,000 Andy North (1) and
Tom Watson (12)
Team event
May 4FedEx Kinko's ClassicTexas1,600,000 Denis Watson (4)
May 18Regions Charity ClassicAlabama1,700,000 Andy Bean (2)
May 25Senior PGA ChampionshipNew York2,000,000 Jay Haas (11)Senior major championship
Jun 1Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000 Jay Haas (12)
Jun 22Bank of America ChampionshipMassachusetts1,650,000 Jeff Sluman (1)
Jun 29Commerce Bank ChampionshipNew York1,600,000 Loren Roberts (8)
Jul 6Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,600,000 Eduardo Romero (2)
Jul 203M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 R.W. Eaks (3)
Jul 27The Senior Open ChampionshipScotland2,000,000 Bruce Vaughan (1)Senior major championship
Aug 3U.S. Senior OpenColorado2,600,000 Eduardo Romero (3)Senior major championship
Aug 17JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,600,000 Fred Funk (4)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 24Boeing ClassicWashington1,700,000 Tom Kite (10)
Aug 31Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,100,000 Jeff Sluman (2)
Sep 14Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,700,000 R.W. Eaks (4)
Sep 28SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Eduardo Romero (4)
Oct 12Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipMaryland2,600,000 D. A. Weibring (5)Champions Tour major championship
Oct 19Administaff Small Business ClassicTexas1,700,000 Bernhard Langer (4)
Oct 26AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,650,000 John Cook (2)
Nov 2Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Andy Bean (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
Dec 2Del Webb Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000 Larry Nelson and
son Drew 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 Jay Haas2,556
2 Fred Funk2,544
3 Bernhard Langer2,460
4 Eduardo Romero2,032
5 John Cook1,867

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Bernhard Langer2,035,073
2 Jay Haas1,991,726
3 Fred Funk1,825,931
4 Jeff Sluman1,728,443
5 John Cook1,721,038

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Bernhard Langer[5]
Rookie of the Year Bernhard Langer[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Bernhard Langer[5][6]

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. "2008 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on July 1, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. "2008 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  3. "Win For Bean, Cup To Haas". Golf Digest. November 1, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. "2008 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  5. "Champions Tour Player/Rookie of the Year: Bernhard Langer". PGA Tour. December 16, 2008. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2023. The World Golf Hall of Fame member also had the lowest scoring average of the season.
  6. "2008 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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