2013 Champions Tour

The 2013 Champions Tour was the 34th 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.

2013 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 18, 2013 (2013-01-18) – November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)
Number of official events26
Most wins Kenny Perry (5)
Charles Schwab Cup Kenny Perry
Money list Bernhard Langer
Player of the Year Kenny Perry
Rookie of the Year Rocco Mediate
2012
2014

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 20Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 John Cook (9)
Feb 10Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000 Rocco Mediate (1)
Feb 17ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Bernhard Langer (17)
Mar 17Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,750,000 David Frost (4)
Mar 24Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000 Michael Allen (4)
Apr 21Greater Gwinnett ChampionshipGeorgia1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (18)New tournament
Apr 28Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of GolfGeorgia2,700,000 Brad Faxon (2) and
Jeff Sluman (5)
Team event
May 5Insperity ChampionshipTexas1,800,000 Esteban Toledo (1)
May 26Senior PGA ChampionshipMissouri2,100,000 Kōki Idoki (1)Senior major championship
Jun 2Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,750,000 Russ Cochran (4)
Jun 9Regions TraditionAlabama2,200,000 David Frost (5)Champions Tour major championship
Jun 23Encompass ChampionshipIllinois1,800,000 Craig Stadler (9)
Jun 30Constellation Senior Players ChampionshipPennsylvania2,700,000 Kenny Perry (3)Champions Tour major championship
Jul 14U.S. Senior OpenNebraska2,750,000 Kenny Perry (4)Senior major championship
Jul 29The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,000,000 Mark Wiebe (4)Senior major championship
Aug 43M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Tom Pernice Jr. (2)
Aug 18Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,800,000 Bart Bryant (1)
Aug 25Boeing ClassicWashington2,000,000 John Riegger (1)
Sep 1Shaw Charity ClassicCanada2,000,000 Rocco Mediate (2)New tournament
Sep 8Montreal ChampionshipCanada1,600,000 Esteban Toledo (2)
Sep 22Pacific Links Hawai'i ChampionshipHawaii1,800,000 Mark Wiebe (5)
Sep 29Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia1,800,000 Kirk Triplett (2)
Oct 13SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Russ Cochran (5)
Oct 20Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000 Michael Allen (5)
Oct 27AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,900,000 Kenny Perry (5)
Nov 3Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Fred Couples (9)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 15PNC Father-Son ChallengeFlorida1,085,000 Stewart Cink and
son Connor Cink
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Kenny Perry3,273
2 Bernhard Langer2,861
3 Fred Couples2,425
4 David Frost2,089
5 Duffy Waldorf1,673

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Bernhard Langer2,448,428
2 Kenny Perry2,241,188
3 David Frost1,817,234
4 Fred Couples1,706,812
5 Russ Cochran1,458,583

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Kenny Perry[6]
Rookie of the Year Rocco Mediate[7]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Fred Couples[8]

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. "2013 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  2. "Champions Tour announces 2013 tournament schedule". PGA Tour. December 19, 2012. Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  3. "2013 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  4. "Couples wins Schwab as Perry takes season title". Golfweek. November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2023. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  5. "2013 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  6. "Kenny Perry senior tour's top player". ESPN. December 5, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  7. "Golf: Former Moc Rocco Mediate Named Top Rookie". Lakeland Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. December 4, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  8. "2013 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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