2023 PGA Tour Champions season

The 2023 PGA Tour Champions season was the 43rd season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

2023 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 19, 2023 (2023-01-19) – November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)
Number of official events28
Most wins Steve Stricker (6)
Charles Schwab Cup Steve Stricker
Money list Steve Stricker
Player of the Year Steve Stricker
← 2022
2024 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 21Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii2,000,000 Steve Stricker (12)
Feb 11Trophy Hassan IIMorocco2,000,000 Stephen Ames (3)New to PGA Tour Champions[lower-alpha 2]
Feb 19Chubb ClassicFlorida1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (45)
Mar 5Cologuard ClassicArizona2,200,000 David Toms (3)
Mar 19Hoag ClassicCalifornia2,000,000 Ernie Els (3)
Mar 26Galleri ClassicCalifornia2,200,000 David Toms (4)New tournament
Apr 23Invited Celebrity ClassicTexas2,000,000 Mark Hensby (1)
Apr 30Insperity InvitationalTexas2,700,000 Steven Alker (6)
May 7Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia1,800,000 Stephen Ames (4)
May 14Regions TraditionAlabama2,500,000 Steve Stricker (13)PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 28KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipTexas3,500,000 Steve Stricker (14)Senior major championship
Jun 4Principal Charity ClassicIowa2,000,000 Stephen Ames (5)
Jun 11American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin2,400,000 Steve Stricker (15)
Jun 25Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York2,100,000 Pádraig Harrington (5)
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenWisconsin4,000,000 Bernhard Langer (46)Senior major championship
Jul 16Kaulig Companies ChampionshipOhio3,500,000 Steve Stricker (16)PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 30The Senior Open ChampionshipWales2,750,000 Alex Čejka (3)Senior major championship
Aug 13Boeing ClassicWashington2,200,000 Stephen Ames (6)
Aug 20Shaw Charity ClassicCanada2,400,000 Ken Duke (1)
Aug 27The Ally ChallengeMichigan2,000,000 Vijay Singh (5)
Sep 10Ascension Charity ClassicMissouri2,000,000 Steve Flesch (4)
Sep 17Sanford InternationalSouth Dakota2,000,000 Steve Stricker (17)
Sep 24PURE Insurance ChampionshipCalifornia2,300,000 Thongchai Jaidee (2)
Oct 8Constellation Furyk and FriendsFlorida2,000,000 Brett Quigley (2)
Oct 15SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Rod Pampling (2)
Oct 22Dominion Energy Charity ClassicVirginia2,200,000 Harrison Frazar (1)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 5TimberTech ChampionshipFlorida2,200,000 Pádraig Harrington (6)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 12Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona3,000,000 Steven Alker (7)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 10World Champions CupFlorida1,350,000 Team USANew team event
Dec 17PNC ChampionshipFlorida1,085,000 Bernhard Langer and
son Jason Langer		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 Steve Stricker3,986,063
2 Steven Alker3,173,127
3 Ernie Els2,642,983
4 Pádraig Harrington2,614,746
5 Bernhard Langer2,532,490

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Steve Stricker3,986,063
2 Steven Alker2,607,089
3 Bernhard Langer2,240,016
4 Ernie Els2,166,383
5 Stephen Ames2,130,194

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Steve Stricker[6]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Steve Stricker[7]

Notes
  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Champions events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour Champions members.
  2. Tournament's debut on PGA Tour Champions delayed from 2022.

References
  1. "2023 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  2. "PGA Tour Champions announces 2023 schedule". PGA Tour. October 25, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  3. "2023 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  4. Babineau, Jeff (November 12, 2023). "Steve Stricker caps off record-setting year with Charles Schwab Cup title". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  5. "2023 Money list". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  6. "Reigning Charles Schwab Cup Champion Steve Stricker sweeps PGA Tour Champions awards". PGA Tour. January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  7. "2023 Scoring Average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
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