1999 Senior PGA Tour

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1999 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 22, 1999 (1999-01-22) – November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
Number of official events39
Most wins Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher (7)
Money list Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher
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2000 →

The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season. [1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner [a] Notes
Jan 24 MasterCard Championship Hawaii1,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida1,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14 American Express Invitational Florida1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21 GTE Classic Florida1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28 ACE Group Classic Florida1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14 Toshiba Senior Classic California1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28 Emerald Coast Classic Florida1,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Duval (1)
Apr 4 The Tradition Arizona1,500,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh (6) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 18 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida1,750,000 Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle (2) Senior major championship
Apr 25 Home Depot Invitational North Carolina1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson (5)
May 9 Nationwide Championship Georgia1,400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin (21)
May 16 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada1,400,000 Flag of Argentina.svg Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23 Bell Atlantic Classic Pennsylvania1,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30 Boone Valley Classic Missouri1,400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey1,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee1,400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20 Southwestern Bell Dominion Texas1,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg John Mahaffey (1)
Jun 27 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan2,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin (23) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland1,300,000 Flag of Ireland.svg Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
Jul 11 U.S. Senior Open Iowa1,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Eichelberger (4) Senior major championship
Jul 18 Ameritech Senior Open Illinois1,300,000 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin (24)
Jul 25 Senior British Open Northern Ireland£560,000 Flag of Ireland.svg Christy O'Connor Jnr (2) Senior major championship [b]
Jul 25 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota1,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1 Novell Utah Showdown Utah1,350,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15 Foremost Insurance Championship Michigan1,000,000 Flag of Ireland.svg Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22 BankBoston Classic Massachusetts1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada1,350,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12 Comfort Classic Indiana1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19 Bank One Championship Texas1,300,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson (1)New tournament
Sep 26 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio1,400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3 Vantage Championship North Carolina1,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10 The Transamerica California1,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17 Raley's Gold Rush Classic California1,000,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Graham (5)
Oct 24 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii1,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31 Pacific Bell Senior Classic California1,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Joe Inman (2)
Nov 7 Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship South Carolina2,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Gary McCord (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 5 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida860,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus and
son Gary Nicklaus 		Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. [3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher 2,515,705
2 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin 2,025,232
3 Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle 1,911,640
4 Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson 1,513,524
5 Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan 1,493,282

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher [4]
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher [4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Fleisher [5] [4]
Comeback Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Tom Jenkins [4]

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 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1999 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards" . The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. December 8, 1999. p. 33. Retrieved December 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "1999 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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