2000 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 21, 2000 (2000-01-21) – November 5, 2000 (2000-11-05)
Number of official events40
Most winsUnited States Larry Nelson (6)
Money listUnited States Larry Nelson
Player of the YearUnited States Larry Nelson
Rookie of the YearUnited States Doug Tewell
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Senior PGA Tour was the 21st season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a] Notes
Jan 23 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,200,000 United States George Archer (19)
Feb 6 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 1,100,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (8)
Feb 13 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,200,000 United States Lanny Wadkins (1)
Feb 20 GTE Classic Florida 1,300,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (9)
Feb 27 LiquidGolf.com Invitational Florida 1,200,000 United States Tom Wargo (5)
Mar 5 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,300,000 United States Allen Doyle (5)
Mar 12 Audi Senior Classic Mexico 1,500,000 United States Hubert Green (2) New tournament
Mar 26 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,250,000 United States Gil Morgan (16)
Apr 2 The Countrywide Tradition Arizona 1,600,000 United States Tom Kite (1) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 16 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,800,000 United States Doug Tewell (1) Senior major championship
Apr 23 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada 1,400,000 United States Larry Nelson (6)
Apr 30 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,300,000 United States John Jacobs (3)
May 7 Home Depot Invitational North Carolina 1,300,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (10)
May 14 Nationwide Championship Georgia 1,450,000 United States Hale Irwin (26)
May 21 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri 1,300,000 United States Dana Quigley (4)
May 28 Boone Valley Classic Missouri 1,500,000 United States Larry Nelson (7)
Jun 4 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,500,000 United States Hale Irwin (27)
Jun 11 SBC Senior Open Illinois 1,400,000 United States Tom Kite (2)
Jun 18 SBC Championship Texas 1,100,000 United States Doug Tewell (2)
Jun 25 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,100,000 United States Lee Trevino (29)
Jul 2 U.S. Senior Open Pennsylvania 2,250,000 United States Hale Irwin (28) Senior major championship
Jul 9 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland 1,350,000 United States Leonard Thompson (2)
Jul 16 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,300,000 United States Raymond Floyd (14) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 23 Instinet Classic New Jersey 1,400,000 United States Gil Morgan (17)
Jul 30 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £400,000 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (4) Senior major championship[b]
Jul 30 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York 1,500,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (11)
Aug 6 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota 1,600,000 United States Ed Dougherty (1)
Aug 13 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,450,000 United States Tom Jenkins (2)
Aug 20 Novell Utah Showdown Utah 1,450,000 United States Doug Tewell (3)
Aug 27 FleetBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,300,000 United States Larry Nelson (8)
Sep 3 Foremost Insurance Championship Michigan 1,100,000 United States Larry Nelson (9)
Sep 10 Comfort Classic Indiana 1,250,000 United States Gil Morgan (18)
Sep 17 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,400,000 United States Hubert Green (3)
Sep 24 Bank One Senior Championship Texas 1,400,000 United States Larry Nelson (10)
Oct 1 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,500,000 United States Larry Nelson (11)
Oct 8 The Transamerica California 1,100,000 United States Jim Thorpe (1)
Oct 15 Gold Rush Classic California 1,100,000 United States Jim Thorpe (2)
Oct 22 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 1,100,000 United States Hale Irwin (29)
Oct 29 SBC Senior Classic California 1,400,000 United States Joe Inman (3)
Nov 5 IR Senior Tour Championship South Carolina 2,100,000 United States Tom Watson (2) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winners Notes
Dec 10 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 860,000 United States Raymond Floyd and
son Robert Floyd		 Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Larry Nelson 2,708,005
2 United States Bruce Fleisher 2,373,977
3 United States Hale Irwin 2,128,968
4 United States Gil Morgan 1,873,216
5 United States Dana Quigley 1,802,063

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) United States Larry Nelson [3]
Rookie of the Year United States Doug Tewell [3]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) United States Gil Morgan [4]
Comeback Player of the Year United States Raymond Floyd [3]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

  1. ^ "2000 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "2000 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Larry Nelson tops among seniors". United Press International. December 7, 2000. Retrieved December 1, 2023. Coming off a season in which he led the Senior Tour in victories and earnings, Larry Nelson received the Jack Nicklaus Award Thursday after being voted Player of the Year by his fellow peers. Doug Tewell claimed Rookie of the Year honors, while Raymond Floyd took home the Comeback Player of the Year Award.
  4. ^ "2000 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

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