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[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 23MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,200,000United States George Archer (19)
Feb 6Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,100,000United States Bruce Fleisher (8)
Feb 13ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,200,000United States Lanny Wadkins (1)
Feb 20GTE ClassicFlorida1,300,000United States Bruce Fleisher (9)
Feb 27LiquidGolf.com InvitationalFlorida1,200,000United States Tom Wargo (5)
Mar 5Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,300,000United States Allen Doyle (5)
Mar 12Audi Senior ClassicMexico1,500,000United States Hubert Green (2)New tournament
Mar 26Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,250,000United States Gil Morgan (16)
Apr 2The Countrywide TraditionArizona1,600,000United States Tom Kite (1)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 16PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000United States Doug Tewell (1)Senior major championship
Apr 23Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000United States Larry Nelson (6)
Apr 30Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,300,000United States John Jacobs (3)
May 7Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,300,000United States Bruce Fleisher (10)
May 14Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,450,000United States Hale Irwin (26)
May 21TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,300,000United States Dana Quigley (4)
May 28Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,500,000United States Larry Nelson (7)
Jun 4BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (27)
Jun 11SBC Senior OpenIllinois1,400,000United States Tom Kite (2)
Jun 18SBC ChampionshipTexas1,100,000United States Doug Tewell (2)
Jun 25Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000United States Lee Trevino (29)
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenPennsylvania2,250,000United States Hale Irwin (28)Senior major championship
Jul 9State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,350,000United States Leonard Thompson (2)
Jul 16Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,300,000United States Raymond Floyd (14)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 23Instinet ClassicNew Jersey1,400,000United States Gil Morgan (17)
Jul 30Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£400,000Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (4)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 30Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,500,000United States Bruce Fleisher (11)
Aug 6Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,600,000United States Ed Dougherty (1)
Aug 13AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,450,000United States Tom Jenkins (2)
Aug 20Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,450,000United States Doug Tewell (3)
Aug 27FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,300,000United States Larry Nelson (8)
Sep 3Foremost Insurance ChampionshipMichigan1,100,000United States Larry Nelson (9)
Sep 10Comfort ClassicIndiana1,250,000United States Gil Morgan (18)
Sep 17Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,400,000United States Hubert Green (3)
Sep 24Bank One Senior ChampionshipTexas1,400,000United States Larry Nelson (10)
Oct 1Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Larry Nelson (11)
Oct 8The TransamericaCalifornia1,100,000United States Jim Thorpe (1)
Oct 15Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,100,000United States Jim Thorpe (2)
Oct 22EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,100,000United States Hale Irwin (29)
Oct 29SBC Senior ClassicCalifornia1,400,000United States Joe Inman (3)
Nov 5IR Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,100,000United 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 10Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000United 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]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Larry Nelson2,708,005
2United States Bruce Fleisher2,373,977
3United States Hale Irwin2,128,968
4United States Gil Morgan1,873,216
5United States Dana Quigley1,802,063

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Larry Nelson[3]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Doug Tewell[3]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Gil Morgan[4]
Comeback Player of the YearUnited 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. 1 2 3 "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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