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.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerNotesJan 23 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,200,000 George Archer (19) Feb 6 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 1,100,000 Bruce Fleisher (8) Feb 13 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,200,000 Lanny Wadkins (1) Feb 20 GTE Classic Florida 1,300,000 Bruce Fleisher (9) Feb 27 LiquidGolf.com Invitational Florida 1,200,000 Tom Wargo (5) Mar 5 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,300,000 Allen Doyle (5) Mar 12 Audi Senior Classic Mexico 1,500,000 Hubert Green (2) New tournamentMar 26 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,250,000 Gil Morgan (16) Apr 2 The Countrywide Tradition Arizona 1,600,000 Tom Kite (1) Senior PGA Tour major championshipApr 16 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,800,000 Doug Tewell (1) Senior major championshipApr 23 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada 1,400,000 Larry Nelson (6) Apr 30 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,300,000 John Jacobs (3) May 7 Home Depot Invitational North Carolina 1,300,000 Bruce Fleisher (10) May 14 Nationwide Championship Georgia 1,450,000 Hale Irwin (26) May 21 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri 1,300,000 Dana Quigley (4) May 28 Boone Valley Classic Missouri 1,500,000 Larry Nelson (7) Jun 4 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,500,000 Hale Irwin (27) Jun 11 SBC Senior Open Illinois 1,400,000 Tom Kite (2) Jun 18 SBC Championship Texas 1,100,000 Doug Tewell (2) Jun 25 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,100,000 Lee Trevino (29) Jul 2 U.S. Senior Open Pennsylvania 2,250,000 Hale Irwin (28) Senior major championshipJul 9 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland 1,350,000 Leonard Thompson (2) Jul 16 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,300,000 Raymond Floyd (14) Senior PGA Tour major championshipJul 23 Instinet Classic New Jersey 1,400,000 Gil Morgan (17) Jul 30 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £400,000 Christy O'Connor Jnr (4) Senior major championshipJul 30 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York 1,500,000 Bruce Fleisher (11) Aug 6 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota 1,600,000 Ed Dougherty (1) Aug 13 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,450,000 Tom Jenkins (2) Aug 20 Novell Utah Showdown Utah 1,450,000 Doug Tewell (3) Aug 27 FleetBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,300,000 Larry Nelson (8) Sep 3 Foremost Insurance Championship Michigan 1,100,000 Larry Nelson (9) Sep 10 Comfort Classic Indiana 1,250,000 Gil Morgan (18) Sep 17 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,400,000 Hubert Green (3) Sep 24 Bank One Senior Championship Texas 1,400,000 Larry Nelson (10) Oct 1 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,500,000 Larry Nelson (11) Oct 8 The Transamerica California 1,100,000 Jim Thorpe (1) Oct 15 Gold Rush Classic California 1,100,000 Jim Thorpe (2) Oct 22 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 1,100,000 Hale Irwin (29) Oct 29 SBC Senior Classic California 1,400,000 Joe Inman (3) Nov 5 IR Senior Tour Championship South Carolina 2,100,000 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 10 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 860,000 Raymond Floyd andson Robert Floyd Team event
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.
Position Player Prize money ($)1 Larry Nelson 2,708,0052 Bruce Fleisher 2,373,9773 Hale Irwin 2,128,9684 Gil Morgan 1,873,2165 Dana Quigley 1,802,063
Awards AwardWinnerPlayer of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Larry Nelson Rookie of the Year Doug Tewell Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Gil Morgan Comeback Player of the Year Raymond Floyd
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