2011 Champions Tour

The 2011 Champions Tour was the 32nd 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.

2011 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 21, 2011 (2011-01-21) – November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)
Number of official events24
Most wins John Cook (3)
Tom Lehman (3)
Charles Schwab Cup Tom Lehman
Money list Tom Lehman
Player of the Year Tom Lehman
Rookie of the Year Kenny Perry
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 23Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 John Cook (6)
Feb 13Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000 Tom Lehman (3)
Feb 20ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Bernhard Langer (14)
Mar 13Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,700,000 Nick Price (4)
Apr 3Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000 Tom Lehman (4)
Apr 17Outback Steakhouse Pro-AmFlorida1,700,000 John Cook (7)Pro-Am
Apr 24Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia2,700,000 David Eger (4) and
Mark McNulty (8)		Team event
May 8Regions TraditionAlabama2,200,000 Tom Lehman (5)Champions Tour major championship
May 29Senior PGA ChampionshipKentucky2,000,000 Tom Watson (14)Senior major championship
Jun 5Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,725,000 Bob Gilder (10)
Jun 12Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,750,000 Mark Wiebe (3)
Jun 26Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,750,000 John Huston (1)
Jul 3Montreal ChampionshipCanada1,800,000 John Cook (8)
Jul 10Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia1,600,000 Jeff Sluman (4)
Jul 24The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,000,000 Russ Cochran (3)Senior major championship
Jul 31U.S. Senior OpenOhio2,600,000 Olin Browne (1)Senior major championship
Aug 73M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Jay Haas (15)
Aug 21Constellation Energy Senior Players ChampionshipNew York2,700,000 Fred Couples (5)Champions Tour major championship
Aug 28Boeing ClassicWashington2,000,000 Mark Calcavecchia (1)
Sep 18Songdo IBD ChampionshipSouth Korea3,000,000 Jay Don Blake (1)
Oct 2SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Kenny Perry (1)
Oct 9Insperity ChampionshipTexas1,700,000 Brad Faxon (1)
Oct 16AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,800,000 Fred Couples (6)
Nov 6Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Jay Don Blake (2)Tour Championship

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 Tom Lehman2,422
2 Mark Calcavecchia2,348
3 Peter Senior1,874
4 Jay Don Blake1,803
5 John Cook1,798

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Tom Lehman2,081,526
2 Mark Calcavecchia1,867,991
3 John Cook1,747,075
4 Jay Don Blake1,531,877
5 Russ Cochran1,503,090

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Tom Lehman[5]
Rookie of the Year Kenny Perry[6]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Mark Calcavecchia[7]
Comeback Player of the Year Chip Beck[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. "2011 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. "2011 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  3. "Blake wins finale, Lehman takes points title". The San Diego Union-Tribune. The Associated Press. November 6, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  4. "2011 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  5. "Lehman named Champions Tour PoY". Golfweek. Associated Press. December 14, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  6. "Champions Tour Announcement". ASAP sports. December 14, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023. We also announced that Kenny Perry was named Rookie of the Year and Chip Beck was the Comeback Player of the Year on the Champions Tour.
  7. "2011 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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